Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Human Rights Commission Tuesday directed the Malkangiri District Superintendent of Police to inquire into the alleged torture of two youths in police custody in Motu Police station and submit a report to the Commision by November 26-- the next date of hearing. Taking...

Bhubaneswar: Four persons, including an Odia music album director, have been arrested in Odisha for their alleged involvement in illegal arms trade, a police official said Tuesday. The Commissionerate of Police (Bhubaneswar-Cuttack) has arrested the accused persons from Badambadi area in Cuttack, said Cuttack Deputy...

Bhubaneswar: Jalada Kumar Tripathy was today sworn in as the new State Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Odisha today. Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal administered the oath of office to Tripathy in a function organised at the Abhishek Hall of Raj Bhavan. State  Information and Public...

Bhubaneswar: Illicit cannabis cultivation continues unabated in Odisha in spite of preventive measures. The Odisha government Tuesday said it will use drones, satellite imagery and remote sensing technologies to locate such activity in the state. Odisha police and the Excise department have jointly destroyed 22,217...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government issued Tuesday compulsory retirement notices to four senior officers. The retirement notices were issued citing corruption cases and inefficiency, an official source said. Among them are two Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers, a district sub-registrar and a district livestock officer, the...

Bhubaneswar: Sub-inspectors (SIs) will be in charge of 216 police outposts in Odisha according to a latest proposal. The proposal has been approved by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Currently the assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs) are in charge of the outposts. Sub-inspectors will be appointed in various...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police Monday arrested a person named Hemanta Dash (59), who reportedly committed burglaries at 500 places across India, an officer said. The special squad of Commissionorate of Police arrested Hemanta Dash from Cuttack where he had gone to commit a crime, said...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) imposed restrictions on the number of guest attending marriage ceremonies and other functions including shraddh rituals to 50. Earlier a total of 250 guests were being allowed for functions of these types. The host of the function and the...

Bhubaneswar: Separate teams of officials from the Commercial Tax and GST Commissionerate Monday carried out simultaneous raids at several well-known jewellery stores in towns around Odisha, an official said. According to a senior official, raids are presently being conducted in 12 towns across the state...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 407 new Covid-19 cases, of which 74 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,28,366. Active caseload in the state now stands at 5,075. Odisha also...