Metro

Bhubaneswar: The economic offence wing (EOW) of Odisha police has arrested two fraudsters from Mumbai for cheating over Rs 2 crore from a businessman of Odisha. The accused persons are identified as Rakesh Kumar Girija Shankar Pandey and Sarman Singh Tomar. Both the accused were...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's economy registered a sharp recovery and the real Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) has grown at a rate of 10.1 per cent in the financial year 2021-22, as per the Odisha Economic Survey Report 2021-22 released Tuesday. "Odisha is one of the fastest-growing...

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police arrested Tuesday one fraudster for duping a person of Rs 62,000 on the pretext of selling a second-hand motorcycle to the victim. The accused identified as Bijay Kumar Pandi, 35, is a resident of Chandradeipur under Balanga police limits in Puri. He...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha assembly was witness to pandemonium Tuesday as opposition MLAs raised questions over the impact of construction work, undertaken by the state government to develop a heritage corridor, near the Jagannath temple in Puri. Raising the issue, BJP's Puri MLA Jayant Sarangi alleged...

Cuttack: The Cuttack Municipal Corporation has told the Orissa High Court that discharge of untreated sewage into a major distributary of the Mahanadi river would stop soon. The court was hearing a writ petition filed six years ago by Khan Nagar Khapuria Puja Committee, which...

Bhubaneswar: Several districts in Odisha are expected to experience heatwave conditions from March 30 to April 1, the regional meteorological centre of IMD said Tuesday. According to the forecast, the maximum temperature (day temperature) will rise gradually by 2 to 3°C over next three days,...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is on a three-day visit to New Delhi. While talking to reporters in the national capital, Patnaik was asked who the BJD would support in the upcoming presidential elections. “There is still some time left for the presidential elections. So...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash has directed the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) Tuesday to change the schedule of the Plus-II Science Examinations-2022. The CHSE had released the schedule March 24. Many students, however, objected to the timetable as...

Bhubaneswar: Meet 31-year-old Gulmaki Dalwazi Habib, a Business Administration graduate, who was elected as the first Muslim woman chairperson of Bhadrak Municipality. Of the 108 civic body election results declared Saturday, only Gulmaki was elected as the chairperson from the Muslim community. Independent candidate Gulmaki...

Bhubaneswar: The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA), headed by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra, approved Monday 12 investment projects worth Rs 2,071 crore. These projects, if grounded, would create employment opportunities for 3,535 persons. The panel approved the proposal of Swosti Premium to...