Metro

Bhubaneswar: In a major embarrassment for opposition Congress in Odisha, which has been highlighting rising crimes against women in the state, its student wing chief Udit Pradhan was arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old woman engineering student at a hotel here, police said Monday. The...

Bhubaneswar: In a significant move towards strengthening the implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 -- commonly known as the POSH Act -- the Women and Child Development department has directed all departments and institutions to prominently display...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to revolutionise flood management and enhance safety of both infrastructure and personnel at dams, barrages and intra-river reservoirs in the state, the Water Resources department has enunciated the ‘Automated Gate Scheme’. Under the scheme, gates of 14 dams (76 gates), 10...

Puri: The man who saved the life of the 15-year-old girl, kidnapped and set on fire by some men in Odisha's Puri district, recounted Sunday the 90 minutes that he spent after she knocked on his door with cries of "save me, save me". Dukshishyam...

Bhubaneswar: Petrol pump dealers across Odisha will stop selling fuel in loose containers starting Monday, state petroleum dealers’ association announced Sunday. Shashank Shekhar Sahu, president of the association, said petrol will now be dispensed only into vehicle tanks. Though this rule already exists, he admitted...

Bhubaneswar/Keonjhar: The Odisha Vigilance Department unearthed immovable assets -115 plots and a four-storeyed building - from the possession of a divisional forest officer (DFO) and his family members, officials said Sunday. On the allegation of possession of assets, disproportionate to his known source of income,...

New Delhi/Puri: A 15-year-old girl, who had been undergoing treatment at the AIIMS Bhubaneswar after three youths set her ablaze in Odisha's Puri district, was admitted to AIIMS Delhi Sunday, officials said. The girl, who has suffered 75 per cent burns, was airlifted from Bhubaneswar...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday expressed deep anguish over the horrific incident in Balanga area of Puri district, where a minor girl was set ablaze by miscreants. In a post on X, the Chief Minister stated, "I am deeply pained by the...

Puri: Minister of State for Railways V Somanna inspected the redevelopment works underway at the Puri railway station in Odisha Sunday. He also visited the 12th-century Jagannath Temple along with his family in the seaside town. "Over the past decade, railway infrastructure in the region...

Bhubaneswar: A 15-year-old girl, who was undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar after three miscreants set her ablaze in Odisha's Puri district, was airlifted to Delhi Sunday, officials said. Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena told reporters that a green corridor was set up to take the patient...