Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Cyber Police Saturday arrested a 34-year-old man from Balasore for allegedly duping a city-based investor of Rs 12 lakh by promising high returns through a fake trading application. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Jagmohan Meena, the accused had been operating the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will launch a comprehensive programme in coordination with various departments to curb illegal drug trafficking and marijuana cultivation across the state, Excise Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan announced. Harichandan stated that public awareness would be raised through traditional folk performances such as Pala, Daskathia, Goti...

Bhubaneswar: The twin city Commissionerate Police Saturday arrested a 28-year-old man on charges of duping a youth of Rs 3.15 lakh on the promise to help him get a job in East Coast Railway, police said. Maitri Vihar IIC Rabinarayan Behera identified the accused as...

Cuttack: Odisha Police Saturday arrested two persons here for allegedly raising 'pro-Pakistan' slogans. The two persons identified as Sourav Kumar Sahoo (27) and Goutam Lenka (28) of Chauliagunj area in the city, were accused of attempting to inflame ill feelings among different communities with the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has initiated comprehensive measures to protect paddy stocks in mandis amid the ongoing Rabi procurement season, following predictions from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) about the onset of pre-monsoon rains in the state. With several regions already experiencing unseasonal rainfall, the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed the developments taking place in the state under the BJP government. Majhi, who is on a four-day tour to the national capital, had earlier on the day attended the NITI...

Bhubaneswar: Pre-monsoon showers brought relief from the scorching heat in most parts of Odisha Saturday, according to the IMD. Heavy rain along with thunderstorms is likely across the state till May 30, and there will be no large change in temperature, it said. "Almost all...

Bhubaneswar: Asserting that Odisha will be the growth engine in the country's development journey over the next 25 years, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday said that the state aspires to become a USD 1.5 trillion economy by 2047. Majhi said this while speaking at...

RESHMI YADAV, OP Bhubaneswar: Schizophrenia, termed as a chronic mental disorder, affecting how a person thinks, feels, and behaves, continues to be misunderstood and stigmatised across the society, despite of increasing awareness and treatment options. Experts on mental health urge the public to treat schizophrenia...

Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Friday welcomed the state government’s decision to form a committee aimed at finding a permanent solution to the issues concerning the Kotia villages. “Kotia is an integral part of Odisha, and our sentiments are deeply connected with the people...