Metro

Bhubaneswar: A POCSO court in Bhubaneswar Tuesday sentenced a 24-year-old man to 10 years of imprisonment for abducting and raping a girl in 2018. Bhubaneswar POCSO Court judge Saroj Kumar Sahoo also ordered the convict, Badal Pilei, to pay a fine of Rs 3,000, failing...

Bhubaneswar: Extensive security arrangements have been put in place by the Commissionerate Police for President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to Bhubaneswar and for the winter session of the Odisha Assembly, which is scheduled to start Thursday. The capital city will be under a four-tier security blanket...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday approved 20 projects with a total proposed investment of Rs 4,353 crore, an official said. The projects were approved at the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) meeting, chaired by Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja in Bhubaneswar. The projects would be...

Bhubaneswar: A court in Bhubaneswar Tuesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife in October 2017. Third Additional District and Session judge, Bhubaneswar, Himanshu Sekhar Mallick, sentenced Dillip Bagh to life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on him....

Bhubaneswar: India Meteorological Department (IMD) Thursday said Odisha is unlikely to receive rain in the next seven days, even though two weather systems are developing over the Bay of Bengal, one of which may intensify beyond a depression. Director of the Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, Manorama...

Bhubaneswar: After accusing an American citizen who adopted her of physical and mental torture, a woman Tuesday claimed that she had made false allegations against her US mother simply to return to Odisha. She claimed that she was in love with a man in Balasore...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday asserted that an “industrial revolution” started in the state after the BJP came to power, attracting investments to the tune of Rs 17 lakh crore. Majhi made the remarks while addressing the inaugural session of ‘Samruddha Odisha-2036'...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday said that Odisha must achieve fivefold economic growth over the next decade to realise its goal of becoming a $500-billion economy by 2036. While Minister inaugurating the two-day ‘Samruddha Odisha 2036’ Conclave organised by the Utkal Chamber of...

Bhubaneswar: BJD Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray has refused to accept the post in the rank of vice president of the party's senior citizen cell, protesting the "bureaucratic style" of appointment. In a letter to the BJD president, Naveen Patnaik, Monday, Samantaray said, "I fail...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday said the hoisting of a saffron flag atop the Ram temple at Ayodhya is a shining example of 'shankalp se siddhi' (pledge to fulfilment). Prime Minister Narendra Modi ceremonially hoisted the flag atop the Ram temple and...