Metro

Bhubaneswar: Saroj Padhi, a former Congress MLA, has gone missing from his residence here May 12 and has not been traced so far, police said Saturday. His son Sangeet Padhi lodged an FIR with Capital Police Station here and suspected that the former lawmaker of...

Bhubaneswar: The mercury rose in Odisha Saturday after a spell of pleasant weather in the wake of Cyclone Asani. The temperature rose by around 1-3 degrees celsius at a few places, while it was above normal in several areas, the Met office said. Nine places,...

Bhubaneswar: The anti-corruption vigilance sleuths Saturday arrested two women officers on charge of corruption and possessing properties disproportionate to their known sources of income. The two women officers - Neena Beura, In-charge Superintendent of Excise, Rayagada, and Manasi Jena, Inspector of Police, Vigilance, Sambalpur Division....

Bhubaneswar: After discovering that about 30 per cent of students have not returned to schools as classroom teaching resumed after a gap of two years due to the pandemic, the Odisha government has asked the district collectors to try reverse the alarming trend. Analysing the...

Puri: A fresh case has been filed in connection with the controversial Heritage Corridor project at the 800-year-old Jagannath Temple here, which is being carried out by the Odisha government allegedly without permission from the competent authorities. A court in Odisha's Puri district Friday issued...

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the fire tragedy in Delhi, Odisha DG, Fire Services, Santosh Kumar Upadhyay has ordered a fire safety audit of all vital establishments including hospitals, industries and market complexes across the state, officials said Saturday. Upadhyay has issued instructions to all...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has written a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik seeking his intervention to halt the controversial Jagannath temple heritage corridor project till the case is pending in the Orissa High...

Bhubaneswar/Rayagada: A team of Odisha vigilance Saturday arrested Rayagada excise superintendent Nina Beura, a day after she was caught with unaccounted cash worth Rs 6 lakh near Khurda town in her car. Acting on a tip-off, Beura was intercepted by the Vigilance team late Friday...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha recorded 18 new Covid-19 cases, of which 13 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,88,290. Active caseload in the state now stands at 131. Odisha reported zero new...

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a young man allegedly raped a woman in an unconscious state after offering her a 'spiked' drink in a restaurant in the Odisha capital, police said Friday. The accused, identified as Kishan Agrawal, has been arrested and will be produced...