Metro

Bhubaneswar: An emergency meeting was held Tuesday at the Commissioner of Police’s office, chaired by Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh, to review crime trends and the law-and-order situation in Bhubaneswar. The meeting, attended by Additional Commissioner Umashankar Dash and senior officers, focused on enhancing policing...

Bhubaneswar: Lauding the role played by Odisha's Special Operation Group (SOG) in the anti-Maoist operation in neighbouing Chhattisgarh, where 14 Maoists were killed, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday announced a three-fold hike in the risk allowance of SOG jawans. The jawans of the elite...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday announced a 50 per cent hike in the monthly remuneration of cooks and helpers engaged in the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme from Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,000. Keeping in view the work, skill and dedication of the cooks and helpers, Chief...

Raipur/Bhubaneswar: Fourteen Naxals, including a top CPI (Maoists) leader who was carrying a reward of Rs 1 crore, were killed in a joint operation by central and state police forces along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border. Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday termed the encounter as "another...

Bhubaneswar: The budget session of the Odisha Assembly will start February 13 with Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati's address and will continue till April 5, an official notification stated Tuesday. The session will have 29 working days with a recession from February 22 to March 6,...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of Mines G Kishan Reddy Tuesday advised mineral-bearing states to adopt cutting-edge technologies to strengthen monitoring and enforcement mechanisms against illegal mining activities. Reddy was speaking on the second day of the '3rd National Mines Ministers' Conference at Konark in Odisha's Puri...

Bhubaneswar: A local court in Bhubaneswar Tuesday sentenced two persons to life imprisonment after convicting them of the killing of a shop owner in 2022. The District and Sessions Court, Khurda at Bhubaneswar, convicted Manoj Das and Ashok Das for killing Soumya Ranjan Kunda, who...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha Tuesday expressed concern over the diarrhoea outbreak in the Kanas block of Puri district and sought immediate intervention from the government to check the spread of the disease. “The situation is getting out of control instead...

Cuttack: Odisha's Cuttack is gearing up for a grand celebration of 'Parakram Diwas' January 23, honouring Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary. This year’s celebration promises to be a monumental event, as it marks the first-ever three-day commemoration from January 23 to 25,...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of releasing the fourth phase of first instalment of money under Subhadra Yojana, Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Tuesday urged migrant women living outside the state to enroll in the scheme to avail of benefits. Parida, who also oversees the Women and...