Metro

Bhubaneswar: Two minor girls were reportedly abducted and raped at Patia railway station here Monday night, an official said, Tuesday. The incident came to the fore after the victims, aged 12 and 14, narrated their ordeal before their parents, who informed the Childline authorities Tuesday....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has made online medical certificates mandatory for renewal of driving licence issued by the state transport authority (STA) from January 26. As per the provision of Central Motor Vehicles Rule (CMVR) 1989, a medical certificate (in Form 1A) is mandatory for...

Berhampur: Factional feud has gripped the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) with party workers here voicing their opposition in open against three women legislators of the party. The bitter infighting has sparked concern among the party leaders as they apprehend that it may harm their...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has floated a global tender to disinvest 49 per cent stake in the state-owned Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC). The move came just two years after the state government bought back its 49 per cent share in OPGC from US-based company,...

Cuttack: A 30-year-old woman was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her rented accommodation in Cuttack city, while her two-year-old stepson was found lying in a pool of blood with his throat slit in the same room, police said Tuesday. Police suspect that the...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP has threatened a mass agitation against a list of PM Awas Yojana (PMAY) beneficiaries made public by the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha, which it says has left out 1.5 lakh poor people. The state government has made the provisional list of...

Bhubaneswar: The authorities running the Jagannath Temple of Puri may need a Pied Piper to rid it of rodents that have infested the 12th-century shrine. The rodents, whose numbers increased manifold during the absence of devotees in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, have been...

Bhubaneswar: In a heart-wrenching incident, a woman allegedly strangled her two-year-old stepson before hanging herself in Madhupatna area of Odisha's Cuttack district Monday, police said. The deceased woman was identified as Shilpi Khuntia who was the second wife of Santosh Khuntia. Two-year-old Shivan was Santosh's...

Puri: At least two devotees fell unconscious and were rushed to hospital after they were trapped in a stampede-like situation inside Shree Jagannath Temple here Sunday, police said. The two, a woman from Hatagadia Sahi in Puri district and a minor girl from Pithapur area...

Bhubaneswar: Almost all parts of the state were covered in a blanket of fog for the second consecutive day Saturday. According to a bulletin released by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Angul, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Khurda, Nayagarh and Kandhamal districts are likely to...