Metro

Bhubaneswar: A white male tiger cub died at the Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar, an officer said Sunday. The tiger cub was born June 7, 2025 to white tigress Mousumi and normal-coloured tiger Rajesh. "From the beginning, this male cub was very weak, underweight (650...

Bhubaneswar: The CID crime branch of Odisha police arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in cyber fraud cases, an official statement said Sunday. The two persons defrauded Rs 7.17 crore from two investors with a promise of high returns on investments, police said. The...

Puri: The driver of a car was critically injured after the vehicle fell from a multi-level parking in Odisha's Puri Sunday, police said. The driver lost control of the vehicle, which was in reverse gear, and it plunged from the first level of the Jagannath...

Bhubaneswar: The Eastern Region Civil Aviation Ministers’ Conference will be held Monday in Bhubaneswar to deliberate on opportunities and challenges in strengthening the civil aviation sector across Eastern India. As per an official statement, Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, State Ministers, senior officials, and industry leaders...

Bhubaneswar: Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra visited the ‘waste-to-charcoal plant’ at Ramana in Varanasi Friday, to study its innovative zero residue green technology for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management. The plant demonstrates the torrefaction process, a thermochemical treatment of waste at...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Youth Congress  Saturday held its executive body meeting at the state Congress headquarters here. The meeting, chaired by state Youth Congress president Ranjit Patra, was attended by Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das along with several senior and...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Parents’ Federation (OPF) has threatened to launch an agitation if the state government fails to implement the directives of the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) to curb the sale of gutkha, tobacco and other intoxicants near educational institutions. In a statement, the...

Bhubaneswar: A local court in Cuttack Saturday rejected the bail application of the accused arrested in connection with the Special Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) 2025 paper leak, observing that such offences severely undermine public faith in government-conducted examinations and recruitment procedures. The act of...

Bhubaneswar: Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Saturday, during an interaction with government field-level officials from various departments, urged them to adopt a humanitarian and empathetic approach while implementing welfare schemes for tribal communities. Speaking at a day-long interaction with officials of ST and SC Development, Minorities...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday said 300 more posts of firefighters would be filled up by the end of this year, and plans are on to establish a world-class simulator for their advanced training. The government was also planning to set up...