Metro

Cuttack: In a major crackdown, the Commissionerate Police busted a firearm smuggling racket Tuesday at Gurukhetra field near Kaliaboda mutt of Cuttack. Seven persons including two masterminds of the racket who are history-sheeters were arrested in this connection, Police Commissioner Saumendra Priyadarshi informed Wednesday. Seven...

Bhubaneswar: With the date of polling for Pipili by-election drawing closer, Biju Janata Dal supremo Naveen Patnaik Wednesday roped in four senior leaders of the party to monitor the process of electioneering in the Assembly constituency. According to BJD general secretary Manas Mangaraj, the party has...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s COVID-19 tally Wednesday surged to 3,40,917 after 297 more people tested positive for the infection, the highest single-day spike this year, a health department official said. Of the 297 new cases, 174 were reported from quarantine centres, while the remaining were detected during...

Bhubaneswar: The Housing and Urban Development Minister Pratap Jena Tuesday informed the Odisha Assembly that the government has already directed for demolition of around 200 apartments that have been erected in Bhubaneswar sans approved plans. The Minister said this while replying to a question raised...

Bhubaneswar: During the ongoing annual Budget Session of the Odisha Assembly, the Leader of Opposition and Bhawanipatna BJP MLA Pradipta Kumar Naik Wednesday decried the use of Biju Pucca Ghar logo in Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana (PMAY-G) houses by the State government. Raising the...

Bhubaneswar: A male passenger travelling on a ‘Mo Bus’ sustained grievous injuries Tuesday evening after being allegedly pushed out of the bus by the conductor near Hanspal Square in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. According to sources, the untoward incident took place following an altercation that...

Bhubaneswar: Forest and Environment Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha informed the Assembly Tuesday that the state government felled around 1.85 crore trees to pave way for road constructions. The data was tabled by the minister in a written reply to a question posed by BJP MLA...

Bhubaneswar: The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), a statutory body fighting organised wildlife crime in the country, will soon assist the state Forest department officials to unearth the possible international links of the snake venom smuggling racket busted in the Capital city Saturday. The Forest...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 843 wild elephants have died in Odisha during 2010-2021, Forest and Environment Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha told the state Assembly Tuesday. Replying to a question of Keonjhar MLA Mohan Majhi (BJP), the minister said the highest 93 elephants were killed in...

Bhubaneswar: With the edible oil price increasing about 60 per cent in a span of only six months, Odisha government Tuesday accused the Centre of imposing excess taxes leading to the price hike. The issue was discussed in the Assembly when the opposition Congress blamed...