Metro

Cuttack: Unidentified miscreants looted gold ornaments worth over Rs 40 lakh from the motorcycle dicky of a jewellery shop owner at Asureswar market area under Nischintakoili block in Cuttack district Wednesday night. According to a source, the jewellery shop owner named Deepak Mandal closed his...

Bhubaneswar: A new unit of Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS) will be set up soon, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra said after a meeting with chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Gurdeep Singh Wednesday. “For setting up a new unit of TTPS,...

Khurda: The Khurda district administration Thursday announced that Odia language is mandatory on all signboards of business establishments, shops and offices in the district. According to district Collector Sanat Kumar Mohanty, the administration took a decision in this regard at a preparatory meeting for Utkal...

Puri: Some unidentified miscreants allegedly burgled gold ornaments and cash worth around Rs 30,000 from Mausi Maa temple under Kumbharapada police limits in Puri town late Wednesday night. According to a source, the incident came to the fore when a few servitors (Palia Sevaks) of...

Bhubaneswar: A flesh trade racket operating from an apartment in Laxmi Sagar area of Bhubaneswar was busted Wednesday afternoon. The Commissionerate Police detained four persons in this connection. Police got information about the illegal activity from an informant Tuesday night. A team of police raided...

Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of Utkal Divas, President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Governor Ganeshi Lal extended their greetings to the state, Thursday. https://twitter.com/rashtrapatibhvn/status/1377451673421893638   https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1377450632110612481   https://twitter.com/GovernorOdisha/status/1377442095309365249   https://twitter.com/Naveen_Odisha/status/1377456762396180480 After a long struggle of over three...

Bhubaneswar: Some staffers at the Central Red Cross Blood Bank in Cuttack are allegedly fleecing the hapless patients by taking Rs 1,500 for a unit (525ml) of blood. Abinash Nayak of Banarpal in Angul has lodged a complaint with the Red Cross authorities accusing the...

Bhubaneswar: The state capital Wednesday sizzled at 44.2 degree Celsius making it the hottest place in Odisha. In the process, this was the highest temperature ever-recorded in this city in March, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) claimed. HR Biswas, Regional Director of IMD said, “Earlier...

Bhubaneswar: With the resurgence of coronavirus cases in some areas of the state, Odisha government Wednesday issued guidelines for the month of April keeping in view the ensuing by-elections at Pipili and a series of religious festivals next month. The guideline to be effective between...

Bhubaneswar: Following ruckus in the Assembly over power tariff hike, Energy Minister Dubya Shankar Mishra said Wednesday in the Assembly that the state government will urge the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) to reconsider the hike in power tariff. His announcement came after the opposition...