Metro

Cuttack: At a time when the recent instances of police busting adulterated milk and ghee units have earned a bad name for the Silver City, counterfeit currency note mafia targeting the festive season to earn fast bucks has come as a double whammy. According to...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha vigilance Tuesday unearthed movable and immovable assets worth crores during simultaneous raids at different locations related to a senior official of the Panchayat Raj and Drinking Water Department, Odisha. The senior official identified as Ramesh Chandra Jena is currently posted as the...

Bhubaneswar: Buoyed with the Haryana elections results, the Union Tribal Affairs minister and senior BJP leader Jual Oram Tuesday exuded confidence that BJP will register a win in the upcoming elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. “The Haryana result is indicating that BJP will register a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday raised the gratuity limit for government employees from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 20 lakh. This raise applies to the Death-Cum-Retirement Gratuity (DCRG) and is effective retroactively from January 1, 2024, for all regular state government employees,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday said the election results in Haryana reflect people's confidence in the welfare schemes implemented by the BJP government. "Double engine government in Haryana. Hearty congratulations to all the workers on this grand victory of @BJP4Haryana in the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police has made elaborate security arrangements in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to ensure a smooth and safe Durga Puja. Talking to reporters, police commissioner S. Dev Datta Singh said the festival will be celebrated in 187 pandals in Bhubaneswar and 166 in Cuttack. To...

Bhubaneswar: Directors Vishal Mourya, Debi Prasad Lenka, and producer Deependra Samal received the award for Best Odia Film for their movie Daman at the 70th National Film Awards, Tuesday. Congratulating the team Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said, “Best wishes to the team of Daman,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday appointed 282 officers and staff across various departments as part of its ongoing recruitment drives. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi handed over appointment letters to the new recruits during a special event called 'Nijukti Samaroha,' attended by deputy Chief Ministers KV...

Cuttack: Odisha government Tuesday informed the high court that the state home department will soon frame a standard operating procedure (SOP) on appropriate behaviour with defence personnel at police stations. This was conveyed through an affidavit by senior IPS officer Dayal Gangwar, who was previously...

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha DGP Arun Kumar Sarangi Tuesday assumed charge as the chairperson of the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) in Cuttack. Sarangi took on this new role a day after offering voluntary retirement from the Indian Police Service (IPS), having last served as the...