Metro

Bhubaneswar: Cyber fraudsters have swindled Rs 125.63 crore from people of Odisha during the last three years (2021 to 2023), Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi told the state Assembly Monday. While replying to a question from BJD legislator Prasanta Behera in the House, Majhi said...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday informed the Assembly that 769 cases related to rape of minors were reported in the state during the past five months since June 10. Majhi added that 509 women were raped and 41 gang rape cases were...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD and the Congress members in the Odisha Assembly Monday expressed concern over the acute scarcity of potatoes and the rising price of tuber in the retail market. The issue was raised during the Zero Hour by Opposition Chief Whip Pramila Mallik, who...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi told the Assembly Monday that 123 Maoists and 11 security personnel were killed in encounters in different parts of the state since 2014. In a written reply to a query from BJP legislator Prasanta Kumar Jagadev, the Chief...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has served a notice to the Chief Secretary, requesting a response to a petition challenging the encroachment of the Luna riverbed at Badapal in the Marshaghai Tahasil of Kendrapara district by Rajbir Construction Pvt Ltd, Jharkhand....

Bhubaneswar: Potato prices in the state will be stabilised soon after arrival of 300 trucks loaded with the tuber from Uttar Pradesh Monday, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra said here Sunday. The state government started procuring potatoes from Uttar Pradesh after...

Bhubaneswar: Drilling holes into the much-hyped security build-up for the All-India DGP/IGP conference here, burglars broke into four flats at an upscale residential apartment on the City outskirts in the wee hours of Sunday, and decamped with cash and valuables worth over Rs 30 lakh....

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday expressed concern over the potential threats generated on account of digital frauds, cybercrimes and AI technology, particularly the potential of deepfake to disrupt social and familial relations. Addressing the concluding session of the 59th All India Conference of Director...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has been taking all measures to create awareness about AIDS and has set a goal to ensure no new cases of HIV infection by 2030, a minister said Sunday. Odisha has recorded around 50,000 active AIDS cases so far, Health and...

Bhubaneswar: Preparations are in the last stage for the upcoming Navy Day celebrations at the Blue Flag Beach of Puri December 4. Puri district Collector Siddharth Shankar Swain Sunday said that December 4, an operational Demo will be organised here on the occasion of Navy...