Metro

Bhubaneswar: A security guard allegedly died by suicide by shooting himself at Airport Police limits in Bhubaneswar in the wee hours of Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Krushna Chandra Dash, a native of Sarankul in Nayagarh district and was staying in Ganganagar area....

Bhubaneswar: After remaining out of bounds for visitors for three months due to restrictions imposed during the second wave of Covid-19, the Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) threw open its gate for visitors from Tuesday. A day after the state government announced relaxations to Covid-lockdown July...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 1,129 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally in the state to 9,80,866. While the number of positive cases reported August 2 was 1,032, it was 1,437 August 1.  The active caseload in the state now stands at...

New Delhi: Supporting the Inland Vessels Bill, 2021 in the Rajya Sabha, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has stressed giving more emphasis to sea routes or waterways for cargo transportation. Party leader Prasanna Acharya cited less impact on the environment and less oil consumption as...

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi Monday urged the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers to consider setting up of a plastic park at Balasore and said that an adequate support system including land is available for the same. Speaking in the...

Bhubaneswar: Following allegations of mismanagement in paddy procurement, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra Monday directed officials to ensure paddy is procured from all genuine farmers in the state during the current kharif season. Holding a high-level meeting with Collectors and senior officials, Mahapatra said, “No...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Monday gave compulsory retirement to Biranchi Narayan Sahoo, private secretary to a member of Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC), following his arrest in a disproportionate assets case July 31. Earlier, Sahoo was suspended by the OSSC Chairman, Nirmal Chandra Mishra, who...

Bhubaneswar: The state BJP Monday took a swipe at the state government over alleged irregularities in the implementation of Centre’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The saffron party alleged that a rich family in Banki block of Cuttack is the beneficiary of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has appointed Upendra Tripathy IAS (Retd) as Advisor-cum- Working President and Chairman of the executive committee of Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan with the status  and rank of Minister of State. Upendra Tripathy will also discharge the duties  as Principal...

Bhubaneswar: Members of the student’s wing of the Odisha Congress staged an agitation Monday in front of the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) office here over recruitment ‘scam’. They demonstrated after huge quantities of fake admit cards were recovered from the house of Biranchi Narayan Sahoo...