Metro

Bhubaneswar: Five people were arrested Wednesday for allegedly submitting fake documents to secure Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) jobs in Odisha's Bolangir district, an official said. The arrest was made by the Crime Branch after a complaint was lodged by Rajendra Kumar Pattnaik, the superintendent of...

Bhubaneswar: A day after Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik's ‘long speeches do not make development' jibe, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday claimed that the BJD head read write-ups instead of speaking to the people directly when he was the CM. Majhi made the...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a grand event scheduled to be held at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar June 20 to celebrate the first anniversary of the BJP government in Odisha. “The state government is completing one year in office, and the central government...

Puri: An 83-year-old servitor of the Jagannath temple in Puri was allegedly murdered Wednesday, police said. The body of Jagannath Dikshit (83), who was a 'supakar' (cook) at the temple, was found in a pool of blood at Rabeni Choura in Gudia Sahi, they said. Dikshit...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has suspended Dhiman Chakma, a 2021 batch IAS officer of the Odisha cadre, following his arrest by the state's Vigilance Department on alleged corruption charges, according to an order issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department. "Whereas, a Vigilance...

Bhubaneswar: The death toll in the diarrhoea outbreak in Odisha's Jajpur district rose to two on Wednesday, with officials confirming the death of another person. Over 250 people have been affected by the waterborne disease since Tuesday. District collector P Anvesha Reddy said that a...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha crime branch has seized 319 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 31 lakh and arrested a person involved in peddling drugs, police said Wednesday. Based on a tip-off, a team of the special task force (STF) of the crime branch conducted a...

Puri: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday visited Puri to witness the Debasnana Purnima rituals and was visibly moved after getting a divine glimpse of Lord Jagannath and his siblings on the Snana Mandap. Amid tight security, the chief minister reached Badadanda (Grand Road)...

Puri: Lakhs of devotees, including Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and other dignitaries, gathered in Puri Wednesday to witness Lord Jagannath's ceremonial bathing rituals, held in an open pandal on the premises of the 12th-century temple. On the occasion, three deities - Lord Jagannath,...

Bhubaneswar: General Manager of East Coast Railway (ECoR) Parmeshwar Funkwal Tuesday conducted a detailed inspection of the Sonepur–Purunakatak railway section that has been completed as part of the Khurda Road–Balangir new project. Senior officers from ECoR headquarters, construction officials and those from Sambalpur Railway Division...