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Bhubaneswar: Puri Superintendent of Police Pinak Mishra Saturday said investigation was going on ‘properly’ on the 15-year-old girl set on fire by miscreants in the district, but no breakthrough has been achieved so far. The SP visited the Balanga police station Saturday, under whose jurisdiction...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Saturday expressed concern over the Odisha BJP government's decision to cancel the Bhubaneswar Metro Rail project initiated during his tenure, saying the move will push the city 10 years back in terms of urban mobility and development. Patnaik's reaction came...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Saturday urged the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes to form a special investigation team (SIT) under judicial supervision to probe into the alleged sexual exploitation of girls in the Odisha government-run hostels in the state. A delegation of the opposition party submitted...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Saturday put the Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur district authorities on high alert and asked them to go for the evacuation of people from low-lying areas as several rivers were in spate, officials said. According to the State Flood Cell, the water levels...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday announced a welfare package for sanitation workers, including Rs 10 lakh in life insurance coverage and Rs 30 lakh in compensation in the event of death while on duty. The announcement was made during the inauguration of...

Bhubaneswar/Koraput: A forest official was arrested in Odisha Saturday for the possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, the Vigilance department said. Anti-corruption Vigilance sleuths arrested Deputy Ranger Rama Chandra Nepak for the possession of Rs 1.43 crore in cash, a multi-storeyed...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Friday raised concerns over the state government’s ‘ambiguous’ approach to the implementation of the Bhubaneswar Metro Rail project. In a statement, BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty said the BJP-led state government’s stance on the Metro project remains unclear, leading to a 13-month-long stalemate...

Cuttack: A day after Orissa High Court granted him bail, Enforcement Directorate (ED) deputy director Chintan Raghuvanshi, who was arrested by CBI in May for bribery, walked out of Jharapada jail in Bhubaneswar Friday evening. The HC also granted bail to Raghuvanshi’s associate Bhakti Binod...

Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday directed the Labour and ESI department principal secretary, and the District Magistrate (DM) of Angul to submit a report regarding the death of two workers while ‘cleaning’ a septic tank in the district last year. The NHRC...

Bhubaneswar: SAI International Education Group Friday inaugurated the 13th edition of its flagship diplomacy event, the SAI Model United Nations (SAIMUN), with over 750 student delegates representing 23 nations and 26 premier schools across the globe. Gracing the inaugural ceremony as Chief Guest, Deputy Chief...