Metro

Bhubaneswar: The 59th all-India DGP-IGP conference, which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, among others, concluded in Bhubaneswar Sunday amid tight security. City Police Commissioner Suresh Devadatta Singh said, "Amid potential threats, a foolproof security blanket was ensured...

Bhubaneswar: Former Union minister and Congress leader in Odisha Srikant Jena Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, opposing the central government's move to merge the Waltair division of ECoR with the new South Coast Railway (SCoR) zone. He also urged the PM to take...

Bhubaneswar: The relationship manager of a private bank was arrested in Odisha's Cuttack for allegedly transferring Rs 2.30 crore from the account of an elderly woman, and also changing her registered mobile number so that she wouldn't get alerts about the fund transfer, police Sunday....

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha minister and BJP MLA Jaynarayan Mishra has alleged that he has been sidelined in the saffron party and feels like having no significance in the organisation. Mishra, while speaking at a meeting to condole the demise of veteran BJP leader Samir Dey...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government hiked the allocation for midday meals to school students, an official said Sunday. State Nodal Officer for PM-Poshan Raghuram R Iyer informed the decision of the government to the district collectors Saturday. The material cost for primary school students (classes 1...

Bhubaneswar: Fourteen persons, including five former sarpanches of Mayurbhanj district, were convicted by Vigilance courts in Odisha for corruption, Saturday. According to the anti-corruption wing sources, the Special Vigilance court in Baripada convicted five former sarpanches—Sita Baskey, Mohadev Tudu, Basen Marandi, Jatindra Singh and Budhiram...

Bhubaneswar: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused opposition parties of conspiring against the country, the Congress, BJD and BJP Saturday engaged in a war of words in Odisha, each blaming the other. Senior BJD leader and party's deputy leader in the Assembly, Prasanna...

Bhubaneswar: Maoist activities have come down substantially in Odisha over the last few years, and only 60-70 members of the proscribed organisation are active in the state, a senior BSF officer said Saturday. Addressing a press conference ahead of the BSF Raising Day on December...

Bhubaneswar: A section of media persons in Odisha Saturday received a threat mail from a banned organisation on the second day of the DGP/IGP conference in Bhubaneswar, which is being attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries. The mail, written both in English...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra Saturday alleged that the Mamata Banerjee government is playing politics over the supply of potatoes and that the state government would not request West Bengal to restore the supply. Due to restrictions imposed by...