Metro

Puri: A stampede like situation was created in front of the Shree Jagannath Temple here Friday as a large number of people gathered there to witness a ritual in which the sibling deities are decked in gold jewellery on the occasion of Dola Purnima. The...

Rourkela: The managing director of a private microfinance firm has been arrested in Odisha's Sundargarh district for allegedly embezzling over Rs 100 crore on the pretext of giving loans, police said Friday. The Economic Offences Wing of the Odisha Police arrested Deepak Kindo, who was...

Cuttack: Huge amounts of cash and gold, and several plots were unearthed as the Vigilance Directorate arrested an engineer in Odisha for allegedly possessing over Rs 4 crore of disproportionate assets. In raids at four places in Cuttack and Khurda districts Wednesday, the Vigilance unearthed...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra has called for urgent action and a set of "aggressive" targets to mitigate risks associated with climate change and prevent catastrophic events. Citing the increasing frequency and intensity of summer and winter cyclones, erratic weather conditions, rapidly melting...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has directed all subordinate courts to hold morning session from April 4 given the increase in day temperature with the onset of summer. Bhagyalaxmi Rath, the registrar (administration) of Orissa High Court, communicated the decision to the district and sessions...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government, in its bid to ensure 100 per cent Aadhaar coverage, has decided to enroll newborns, right after they are born in hospitals. The idea was mooted after it was noticed that Aadhaar enrolment for children in the age group of 0-5...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday announced that the annual Plus-II (Class 12) board examinations for Arts, Science, Commerce and Vocational streams will be held in offline mode from April 28. The examinations will be held in one sitting from 9 am in view of the...

Bhubaneswar: More than 5,000 children in the 12-14 age group got the first dose of  COVID-19 vaccine on the first day of the drive for them, the Health Department said Thursday. The administration had rolled out the inoculation process for the age group on Wednesday...

Bhubaneswar: Following lie-detection (polygraph) test of fake doctor Ramesh Swain who has married as many as 19 women so far, the Commissionerate Police Thursday arrested Swain’s driver identified as Pappu from Ranpur area in Nayagarh district. A source said that Pappu is a close associate...

Cuttack: Following raids conducted at four different places linked to the executive engineer of Irrigartion Department, Gandarpur drainage division identified as Manoj Kumar Behera, the Vigilance unearthed assets worth crores of rupees, a senior official said Thursday. As per a press release by the anti-corruption...