Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch arrested Monday two persons for possessing a leopard skin at Bonai Chowk near Barkote in Deogarh district. The team also recovered the skin. The accused have been identified as Somanath Patra and Rajib Lochan Patra...

Bhubaneswar: The date for Odisha Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination-2020, conducted by the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC), has been announced. As per the notification issued by the OPSC, the examination will be held in five zones namely Balasore, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Sambalpur, May 23...

New Delhi: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Sasmit Patra Monday urged the Union government to direct Food Corporation of India (FCI) to immediately procure surplus rice of 30 lakh metric tonne from Odisha. The BJD MP also urged the Union government to release a pending...

Bhubaneswar: Over Rs 51.15 crore have been plundered in 3,406 cybercrime cases in the state in the last two years (2019 & 20) according to the Minister of State (MoS) Home, Dibya Shankar Mishra’s statement in Assembly, Monday. In a written reply to BJD legislator...

Cuttack: Jaga, one of the kids of the craniopagus conjoined twins Jaga-Kalia was released Monday from the SCB Medical College and Hospital so that he could return to his own home in Kandhamal district. It is a matter of both joy and sorrow for people...

Bhubaneswar: Keeping the surge of COVID-19 cases in the twin city in view, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation Monday issued fresh guidelines for Holi and Dola Purnima festivals. While the State government has already issued restrictions on celebration of Holi and Dola Purnima, the BMC has...

Konark: President Ram Nath Kovind along with first lady Sabita Kovind visited the Jagannath Temple in Puri and the Sun Temple in Konark Monday. They left Bhubaneswar for Puri in a helicopter Monday morning. At Puri, they were received by Gajapati Maharaja Divyasingha Deb, Puri...

Bhubaneswar: In view of detection of a large number of COVID-19 cases in Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar, the BMC Monday sealed XIMB’s entire campus until further orders. The preventive measure was taken in the larger public interest and with a view to contain further...

Khurda: At least twelve persons were critically injured in a bloody clash that ensued between two groups Sunday night at Damanabhuin village under Jankia police limits in Khurda district. According to a source, the group clash erupted owing to past enmity in Damanabhuin village under...

Bhubaneswar: Speaker Surya Narayan Patro Monday adjourned the Odisha Assembly till 11.30 am as BJP members created a ruckus over the Mahanga double murder case. As soon as the House assembled for the day at 10.30 am, Leader of Opposition Pradipta Naik had requested the...