Metro

Bhubaneswar: Sleuths of the Odisha vigilance department Tuesday arrested a senior government engineer for allegedly amassing assets, including 45 land plots, disproportionate to his known sources of income. Assets, including two multi-storeyed buildings, two flats in Bhubaneswar, 45 plots, approximately 1 kg of gold, deposits...

Bhubaneswar: The passing out parade of the fourth batch of Agniveers will be held at INS Chilika in Odisha on Friday, an official statement said. The parade marks the completion of training of 1,390 Agniveers, including 216 women cadets, who have undergone rigorous training. The...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition chief whip in the Odisha assembly Pramila Mallik alleged that the ruling BJP was spreading lies that several BJD leaders would join the saffron camp, asserting that such an attempt was aimed at creating fissures in the regional party. Her comment comes after...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government may procure potatoes from Punjab to improve supplies and reduce prices of the tuber, a minister said. The price of potatoes continued to remain high at Rs 45 a kg even after procurement from Uttar Pradesh, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare...

Sonepur: Funds worth Rs 1.19 crore have been misappropriated from the bank account of Odisha Lift Irrigation Corporation (OLIC) office here in Subarnapur district allegedly by the assistant accountant of the office, a report said Monday. It is alleged that the assistant accountant Balaram Meher...

Bhubaneswar: The ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICARCIFA), Bhubaneswar, in collaboration with the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Hyderabad, recently organised a two-day national stakeholder consultation on Sustainable Development of Ornamental Fisheries in India. The event brought together more than 65 stakeholders from across the...

Bhubaneswar: Amidst the controversy surrounding the coaching centres operating without legal permission in the country, Odisha Parents’ Federation (OPF) Monday wrote a letter to Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj calling for stringent action against such centres functioning in the state in an unregulated manner. In...

Bhubaneswar: More than 5,000 people met Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and other ministers with their complaints at the CM Grievance Cell here, Monday, the third day of hearing public grievances since July 1. As many as 2,403 grievances were registered at the cell between...

Puri: The managing committee of the Jagannath temple in Puri Monday approved the standard operating procedure (SOP) for conducting scanning of the Ratna Bhandar (treasury) of the 12th-century shrine with the latest scientific tools. The Ratna Bhandar was reopened last month after 46 years for...

Bhubaneswar: The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha Monday constituted a 15-member committee, which will coordinate with various district-level organisations of the party and oversee their activities across the state. The panel will be headed by former BJD senior vice-president Debi Prasad Mishra, informed...