Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Monday said the government has already started the process of identifying Bangladeshis staying illegally in different districts of the state. The government has issued direction to all district collectors, coastal security agencies and formed a Special Task Force to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Monday reached Bhutan to attend the South Asia Labour Mobility Conference, organised by the World Bank, officials said. He is representing India in the two-day international conference being held in Thimphu May 20 and 21, an...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a high-level meeting May 28 with the Chief Ministers of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Chhattisgarh to discuss on the Polavaram project, a source said Monday. This will be PM Modi’s first dedicated discussion on the issue. The...

Bhubaneswar: The body of another young engineer who went missing while bathing in a river in Odisha's Cuttack was found Monday morning, police said. Four engineers, working with a private construction company engaged for the renovation of the state-run SCB Medical College and Hospital, went...

Bhubaneswar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will open an office in Bhubaneswar, which will function for the whole of Odisha, an official notification said. A Superintendent of Police (SP) rank officer will remain in-charge of the NIA police station, which will operate from the regional...

Bhubaneswar: An engineer drowned and another went missing while bathing in Kathajodi river in Cuttack Sunday afternoon, police said. The incident took place when four persons, working with a private construction company engaged for renovation work of SCB Medical College and Hospital campus, went to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has planned several programmes next month to celebrate the completion of the first year of the BJP dispensation in the state, officials said Sunday. Several events such as publication of report cards, exhibitions and public meetings would be conducted at the block,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police have started an investigation into the alleged links between a Puri-based YouTuber and Jyoti Malhotra, who was arrested on the charge of passing on sensitive information to Pakistani intelligence operatives, an officer said Sunday. The police found that Malhotra, who runs a...

Bhubaneswar: A CRPF jawan, who had been missing since May 16, was found hanging from a tree in Odisha's Bolangir district Sunday, police said. The deceased was identified as Ganeshram Bhoi, a resident of Ghasian village under the Larambha Police Station limits in the district,...

Bhubaneswar: In a significant step to enhance emergency medical transport services in Odisha, a meeting was held here under the chairmanship of Commerce & Transport department Principal Secretary Usha Padhee, along with Health and Family Welfare department Commissioner-cum-Secretary Aswathy S Saturday. The discussion focused on...