Metro

Bhubaneswar: The twin city Police Commissioner Monday ordered a probe into the allegations levelled by the wife of a sepoy that her husband was forced to attempt suicide after he was threatened with transfers by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), OSAP. In her complaint...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to file a fresh suit in the Supreme Court against Andhra Pradesh government for its move to conduct panchayat election in disputed Kotia region. The Law department Monday asked government advocate Sibo Sankar Mishra to file a suit in...

Bhubaneswar: Total petroleum, oil and lubricants consumption in Odisha during 2020-21 fiscal stood at 5,697 TMT, which is 3.4 per cent of the country’s total consumption, said Tarun Kapoor, the Secretary to Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Monday. Kapoor was in Bhubaneswar to meet...

Bhubaneswar: Police and special squad Monday seized around `50 lakh unaccounted cash from the possession of two persons near Pipli. The two men on a motorcycle were caught at Tarakaj Square when they tried to give the police a slip during a routine check. They...

Nischintakoili: The Odisha government has taken up various projects to supply power to people in rural areas across the state. Similar steps have been taken to provide high quality and uninterrupted power services to people in villages under this block in Cuttack district. However, due...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) arrested a man Monday from Joranda area of Dhenkanal in connection with a case of bank fraud to the tune of Rs 1.18 crore. The accused identified as Brahmanand Barik was forwarded to the SDJM Court, Cuttack Sadar in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Monday registered 573 new COVID-19 cases. Out of the new cases, 337 were from quarantine centres while the remaining 236 contracted the virus locally. This is the highest single-day spike of COVID-19 infections reported this year. Odisha had last registered 500-plus cases November...

Bhubaneswar: Tax is the main source of revenue for the government exchequer. However, due to improper valuation and collection of Odisha Goods and Service Tax (OGST), Odisha Value Added Tax (OVAT), Central Sales Tax (CST) and Odisha Entry Tax (OET), Entertainment Tax (ET), Excise Tax...

Bhubaneswar: Teachers and students of special schools across the state were familiarised with audiobooks on different subjects during a special orientation programme organised on the premises of Odisha Association of Blind here Sunday. More than 1,500 visually impaired students from 21 inclusive schools in the...

Bhubaneswar: The office of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) denied any plan of the government to impose daytime curfew in the state. In a statement issued by the office of the SRC, it said that the state government has only planned to impose night curfew...