Metro

Bhubaneswar: Three cyber criminals, including two from Rajasthan, were arrested for allegedly cheating several people of Odisha. Mahmud Khan and Munfed Khan were arrested from Rajasthan and Anil Khiller from Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, an official of the economic offences wing (EOW) of Odisha said. The...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has strategic potential to grow as a coastal shipping hub in eastern India, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra said Tuesday. Mohapatra said this while inaugurating the 2-day Summit on Prime Minister Gati-Shakti Multimodal Maritime organized under the joint aegis of Paradip Port Authority,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government and the Centre Tuesday announced measures to resolve the agrarian crisis in the state in the midst of the intensified stir by farmers demanding payment of crop insurance claims and input subsidy. The announcements were made a day after the farmers prevented...

Bhubaneswar: Cold conditions prevailed in Odisha Tuesday, with the G Udayagiri area in Kandhamal district recording the lowest temperature of 7.2 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Two places recorded temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius, the other being Similiguda in Koraput district (9...

Bhubaneswar: Ending all speculations, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) named Monday late MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha’s elder daughter Barsha Singh Bariha as the party’s candidate for the December 5 byelection to the Padmapur assembly segment in Bargarh district. Incidentally Barsha is also daughter-in-law...

Bhubaneswar: With the Indian Railways commissioning the 10.5 km of newly-laid broad gauge line between Bichhupali and Jhartarbha of Khurda Road-Bolangir rail line project, the Odisha government has sanctioned Rs 150 crore for speedy execution of the much-awaited project. Principal Secretary, Commerce and Transport Department,...

Puri: Servitors of the Jagannath temple in Puri have written to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, seeking punishment for those who allegedly made "objectionable" remarks against gods. In the letter, the Chhatisha Nijog, the apex servitors' body comprising 36 different groups, Saturday said people claiming to...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha and Bihar governments have renewed their agreements to operate direct bus services passing through Jharkhand on 33 routes covering almost 21,867 km, an official said Saturday. As per the older agreement, buses were operating on 15 routes covering a total distance of...

Puri: Servitors of the Jagannath temple in Puri have written to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, seeking punishment for those who allegedly made "objectionable" remarks against gods. In the letter, the Chhatisha Nijog, the apex servitors' body comprising 36 different groups, Saturday said people claiming to...

Bhubaneswar: The Congress Saturday nominated ex-MLA Satya Bhusan Sahu for the by-election to Padampur Assembly constituency in Odisha's Bargarh district scheduled on December 5. The bypoll has been necessitated after the demise of sitting BJD MLA BIjay Ranjan Singh Bariha in October. "Congress President Mallikarjun...