Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is all set for the three-tier Panchayat polls, which will take place in five phases beginning tomorrow. In total, 2.79 crore voters would cast ballots in 91,913 wards and 6,794 Gram panchayats spread across 30 districts. A total of 13,785 polling booths have...

Bhubaneswar: Five more officials including a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), an administrative service (OAS) officer, a police Inspector and two municipality Executive Officers were given compulsory retirement by the state government Tuesday. The officials were facing corruption cases and were considered fit for compulsory...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch has arrested Babu Singh Kushwaha, a chit fund company director and promoter, in a Rs 10 crore fraud case, officials said here Tuesday. Kushwaha, promoter of Auroxa Deal Multitrade (OPC) Pvt Ltd, has been...

Cuttack: Separate teams of Odisha Vigilance carried out simultaneous raids Tuesday at 11 different places associated with Trinath Mishra, an Additional Superintendent of Police (communication) in Cuttack. Simultaneous raids were conducted over the charges that Mishra has amassed assets disproportionate to his illegal sources of...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 925 new Covid-19 cases, of which 203 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,79,046. Active caseload in the state now stands at 10,271. Odisha reported 22...

Cuttack: The National Cadet Corps (NCC) Group Head Quarters here established a 0.22mm Indoor Simulator Room in Old Sectt complex, in a bid to provide quality training to the budding cadets. The simulator was inaugurated by Commodore Somen Banerjee, Deputy Director General of NCC Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: Campaigning for the first phase of the panchayat election ended Monday evening with polling parties having started departing for their respective booths. After a marathon campaigning for party candidates, leaders of all three major political parties, BJD, BJP and Congress hoped their candidates would...

Bhubaneswar: The double dose Covid vaccination certificate is no longer required to enter the Shree Jagannath temple in Puri from February 21, officials said. This decision was taken at a meeting of Chatisa Nijog of the temple in Puri on Monday. Keeping in mind the...

Bhubaneswar: Several UG students Monday staged a protest at Master Canteen Square here demanding that their Vth semester exams should be conducted in online mode or it should be cancelled altogether. The students alleged that despite serving several memorandums to this effect, their demands have...

Bhubaneswar: The State CT & GST enforcement squad Monday busted a racket claiming erroneous refund of Rs 4.38 crore by ‘Maa Salara Fly Ash Bricks’ in Cuttack. A team comprising 10 officers of state GST raided the fly ash manufacturing unit and the residence of...