Metro

Bhubaneswar: Apart from investing his black money in the production of two Odia movies, the suspended deputy manager of Odisha Police Housing & Welfare Corporation (OPHWC) Pratap Kumar Samal also invested in buying shares of companies, an official source informed Saturday. He had reportedly invested...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 247 new Covid-19 cases, of which 37 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,45,209. Active caseload in the state now stands at 2,790. Odisha also...

Cuttack: An Odisha court Friday sentenced a 60-year-old man to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl seven years ago. A POCSO court in Cuttack also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on Ajay Samal and directed the District Legal Services Authority to...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday touched a new milestone of administering four crore Covid-19 vaccines to date, the Health Department said. The department thanked the "combined efforts" of the health team and the people of Odisha for achieving the landmark. "Happy to share that Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha received light to moderate rainfall Friday under the influence of a low-pressure area (Lopar) over Tamil Nadu, the Met office said, further warning of heavy showers till Sunday morning. Another depression is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal next week as...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday ordered compulsory retirement of eight officials including former Nimapara tehsildar who was arrested over a disproportionate assets case earlier this month. In order to check corruption and inefficiency across the departments, the government took action against the eight corrupt officials under...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Crime Branch’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) arrested two persons for duping people to the tune of Rs 1.47 crore in the fake promise of jobs by impersonating themselves as senior government officials. The two identified as Baikunthanath Naik and Bhimasen Moharana were...

Bhubaneswar: Demanding resignation of Minister of State (Home) Dibya Shankar Mishra for his alleged nexus with the key accused Gobinda Sahu in lady teacher Mamita Meher murder case, the Odisha unit of Congress Friday observed ‘hartal’ from 6.00 AM to 12 Noon in the state....

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 263 new Covid-19 cases, of which 44 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,44,962. Active caseload in the state now stands at 2,884. Odisha also...

Bhubaneswar: After deciding to discontinue the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) programme, the Centre has planned to stop grants for Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) scheme being implemented in each district of Odisha, sources said Thursday. The Ministry of Agriculture has written to the Odisha...