Metro

Cuttack: Tension gripped Odisha’s Cuttack Monday as a 12-hour bandh brought the city to a standstill amid heavy police deployment and prohibitory orders following violence during Durga Puja immersion processions and subsequent clashes between Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists and police. The prohibitory orders were...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi is scheduled to launch projects worth over Rs 1,100 crore in poll-bound Nuapada district Monday, officials said. Majhi is likely to unveil the projects at a public meeting in Nuapada, where bypolls were necessitated following the demise of...

Bhubaneswar: Authorities Monday imposed a 36-hour curfew in several sensitive areas of Cuttack following fresh violence during a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) bike rally on Sunday evening, which was organised in protest against the attack on a Durga Puja immersion procession, officials said. Speaking at...

Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of World Habitat Day 2025 today, observed under the theme ‘Urban Crisis Response’, urban experts and environmentalists called for a transformational shift in Bhubaneswar’s urban planning approach to meet the growing challenges of urbanisation, climate change, and migration....

Cuttack: Odisha government Sunday night imposed prohibitory orders in 13 police station areas of Cuttack, after at least 25 people were injured in a fresh episode of violence, following a recent group clash during a Durga idol immersion procession. Police Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar police arrested two persons from Haryana for impersonating senior central government officials and preparing forged documents with an intent to cheat, an officer said Sunday. The accused have been identified as Choudhury Rinku Saini and Maninder Singh. They were apprehended from Maitrivihar police...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police Sunday arrested another person for his alleged involvement in irregularities in the sub-inspector recruitment examination, as the Opposition intensified demand for a CBI probe or a judicial inquiry into the scam. The crime branch of the police apprehended a 43-year-old man in...

Cuttack: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Monday appealed for peace as Cuttack witnessed sporadic violence, urging citizens to remain calm and exercise restraint. To prevent the spread of misinformation and provocative content, the state government suspended internet and social...

Cuttack: Odisha government Sunday imposed a temporary shutdown of internet and social media services in parts of Cuttack following sporadic violence, officials said. In view of the prevailing law and order situation, the state government suspended internet services in areas under Cuttack Municipal Corporation, Cuttack...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday said that the approval for setting up 'NaMo Semiconductor Laboratory' at IIT, Bhubaneswar will boost research and enhance the state's role in the national and global semiconductor sector. CM Majhi also extended sincere gratitude to Prime Minister...