Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra announced Sunday that paddy procurement in the state will continue till March 31, after which no further procurement will take place. Speaking to the media, Patra stated that around 50,000 metric tonnes of paddy...

Bhubaneswar: Renowned Odia poet and former bureaucrat Ramakanta Rath died at his residence in Kharvel Nagar area in Bhubaneswar Sunday, family sources said. He was 90. Rath, a Padma Bhushan awardee, is survived by three daughters and a son. President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister...

Bhubaneswar: The Holi festival Saturday was marred by five murders as celebrations took a violent turn in four places across the state, resulting in the death of five people, either due to past enmity or altercations. Two of the five murders were reported in the...

Bhubaneswar: In separate incidents, at least four people, including a minor, drowned while taking a bath Saturday after celebrating Holi across Odisha, police said. A tourist drowned while bathing in the sea in Puri district, an officer said, adding that the identity of the deceased...

Bhubaneswar: Boudh district in western Odisha recorded the highest temperature in India Saturday, reaching 42.5 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD reported that Boudh was followed by Sambalpur at 42.2 degrees Celsius and Chandrapur in Maharashtra at 42 degrees Celsius....

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday celebrated Holi with police personnel in state capital Bhubaneswar. DGP YB Khurania was also present in the programme held at the office of the CM's Grievance Cell in Unit 5 area of the city. "My warmest greetings...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department's (IMD) regional centre Friday warned that severe heatwave conditions are likely to prevail in several parts of Odisha until March 18 at least. Issuing a severe heatwave alert for Odisha, it warned of rising temperatures at many places in the...

Bhubaneswar: Dola Purnima was celebrated with a festive fervour across Odisha Friday. The state will, however, celebrate the festival of colours a day after Holi as per the tradition. Dola Purnima is celebrated on a full moon day in the month of Falguna, marking the...

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha minister Badri Narayan Patra has accused an IAS and an IPS officer of promoting the multi-crore mining and transport scam in the Keonjhar district. The senior BJD leader's allegations came after the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch arrested...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police Thursday claimed to have made a major breakthrough in bike-lifting cases in the City with the arrest of four members of a notorious gang. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Jagmohan Meena said Dipuna Mallick alias Chuna, 24, Bijaya Kumar Khatei alias...