Metro

Bhubaneswar: The state government has issued draft rules to conduct direct election to the posts of mayors and chairpersons in all urban local bodies (ULBs) of the state. The Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) department has issued notification inviting objections and suggestions on the same...

Bhubaneswar:  In what analysts are terming as a political masterstroke, Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik Friday decided his party will field candidates from Other Backward Castes (OBC) for 27 per cent of seats in the forthcoming three-tier panchayat elections in Odisha. This was announced...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha FC announced Friday that the club have appointed Joaquin Valerio Olivera as the goalkeeping coach and Jose Mascaros Balaguer as the strength and conditioning coach. Odisha FC have made the new appointments ahead of the eighth season of the Hero Indian Super League...

Bhubaneswar: In a major crackdown, the special task force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch conducted a raid Thursday evening and seized a huge cache of brown sugar weighing around 1.26 kilogram. Three persons have been arrested in this connection. The STF team was tipped...

Khurda: A woman forester alleged Thursday that she has been physically and mentally harassed by Chilika wildlife divisional forest officer (DFO) and Balugaon range officer, a source informed. The woman who presently works in the nursery segment under the Nuapada section has submitted a written...

Bhubaneswar: New cases of Covid-19 infections are again showing an upward trend. A few days back, the daily rate of infection had dipped below the 1,000-mark. However, since then the number of cases has again been on the ascendency. The state reported 1,193 new Covid-19...

After mines and minerals of the state, corporate India has started showing interest in Odisha’s farm produce. The salt to software conglomerate, Tata Group, has acquired the marketing rights of Koraput Coffee. The Tribal Development Cooperative Corporation of Odisha Limited (TDCCOL), the apex body entrusted...

Bhubaneswar: The Accountant General (AG) of Odisha has pulled up the state government for incurring extra expenditure of over Rs 80 crore while executing four infrastructure projects. Principal Accountant General of Odisha Bibhudutta Basantia has written a letter to the state Finance department, seeking the...

Bhubaneswar: Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Bhubaneswar Thursday arrested Prakash Chandra Rath, a retired under secretary to Odisha government in connection with a scholarship scam. The accused retired officer was arrested from his residence at Balianta near Bhubaneswar, EOW sources said. In a press notification, EOW...

Bhubaneswar: In recognition of their excellence in investigation, four officials of Odisha Police have been awarded with Union Home Minister’s medal for this year, a source informed. According to an official, the four recipients from Odisha include two police inspectors namely Debendra Kumar Mallick and...