Metro

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Saturday issued warning of thunderstorm and lightning in several parts of the state for the next three days. “Thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places in the districts of Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara Bhadrak,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) Saturday approved the proposal for hike in power tariff in the state by 30 paise per unit. This amounts to a 5.60 per cent rise in overall retail supply tariff, the OERC said. The hike in power tariff...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's COVID-19 tally mounted to 3,39,904 Saturday as 210 more people tested positive for the infection, while one fresh fatality pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 1,920, a health official said. After the Odisha government termed the prevailing situation as "critical" following the...

Bhubaneswar: Forest Department officials Saturday busted a snake venom smuggling racket by arresting three smugglers in Bhubaneswar. Informing about the operation, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Alok Kumar Mishra said that the Forest Department was tipped off about the snake venom smugglers being active in the...

Cuttack: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday raided the house of Bibekananda Biswal alias Biban, the prime accused in the Anjana Mishra gang rape case. The investigating agency is learnt to be looking out for those who had been providing protection to Biban during...

Bhubaneswar: President of India Ram Nath Kovind Friday promoted at least 19 officers of Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) to the Indian Administrative Service against the available vacancies. According to an official source, the IAS level positions were filled up in the afternoon against available vacancies...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Lokayukta Friday gave clean chit to senior bureaucrats of the state in the alleged high profile Covid-19 PPE kit and other medical equipment purchasing scam in 2020. The three-member bench of Lokayukta declared closure of the case on the basis of the...

Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal Friday named Rudrapratap Maharathy as its candidate for by-elections in the Pipili assembly seat, where polling is scheduled April 17. BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced Maharathy's name for the Pipili bypolls, a day after the saffron...

Bhubaneswar:  The Odisha Assembly was adjourned Friday as the opposition Congress members created a ruckus in the House in support of the agitating farmers across the country. As soon as the House assembled for the Question Hour at 10.30 am, the Congress members trooped into...

Cuttack: A shopping mall and a coaching centre were sealed in Odisha's Cuttack for flouting Covid-19 guidelines, officials said Friday. The coaching centre at Chandi Chhak and a theatre- turned-mall at Ranihat were seized Thursday for not following the guidelines, they said. The city police...