Metro

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police Tuesday recovered the decomposed body of a woman under suspicious circumstances from a house at Mahaveer slum in Baramunda area under Bharatpur police limits here. An investigation has begun into the matter after an unnatural death case was registered with Bharatpur police....

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the state Crime Branch arrested a former MLA of Visakhapatnam (west) in Andhra Pradesh on charges of duping investors of crores of rupees promising lucrative returns. The YSR Congress leader Malla Vijay Prasad was arrested from his residence...

Bhubaneswar: At least 282 elephants, two tigers and 15 leopards have been killed in Odisha since 2018-19. This has happened due to poaching, electrocution, train accidents and several other reasons. The information was given Tuesday by Odisha Forest and Environment Minister BK Arukha at the...

Bhubaneswar:  The Odisha government on Tuesday asked civic bodies of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to develop urban forest parks as this initiative would help prevent encroachment of areas and enhance green cover in the vicinity of the two cities. At a high-level meeting to review the...

Bhubaneswar: A total of Rs 11.83 crore have been collected by the Twin City Commissionerate of Police in fines from people who violated traffic rules in the last eight months. The traffic rule violations took place in this city and Cuttack, stated Minister of State...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government will consider closing down schools once again if Covid cases rise among minors, Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET) chief CBK Mohanty said Tuesday. Holding the families responsible for the surge in Covid-19 cases among the children and adolescents under 18...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's new breed of 'Manda' buffalo has gained national status. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and National Bureau of Wildlife Genetic Resources (NBAGR) made this announcement Tuesday. The recognition was achieved through a joint effort of the Odisha University of Agriculture and...

Bhubaneswar: A coffee-table book titled ‘Inspire... Empower’ was released Monday which narrates stories of success, courage and determination of differently-abled people in Odisha. The book produced by the ‘Office of the State Commission for Persons with Disabilities’ was unveiled by Minister Ashok Chandra Panda and...

Bhubaneswar: Former MLA of Andhra Pradesh and senior leader of YSR Congress and the current chairman of Andhra Pradesh Education and Welfare Infrastructure Development Corporation, Malla Vijay Prasad was arrested Monday by officials of Odisha police for his alleged involvement in a chit fund scam....

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 638 new Covid-19 cases, of which 93 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,12,805. Active caseload in the state now stands at 6,900. Out of...