Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Congress has given a three-day ultimatum to Odisha police to arrest the people involved in the alleged attack on its workers in front of the state party headquarters here Tuesday evening. Notably, the supporters of both the BJP and the Congress clashed here...

Puri: A team of senior Daitapatis and Pati Mahapatra servitors of the Sri Jagannath temple Wednesday apprised the Gajapati King about the recovery of Lord Jagannath, His elder brother Lord Balabhadra, and their sister Devi Subhadra from sickness. The servitors, in a Ghanta, Chhata, and...

New Delhi: Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi was Wednesday appointed as the chief justice of the Jharkhand High Court, the law ministry said. Justice Sarangi is at present a judge of the Orissa High Court. His name was recommended by the Supreme Court collegium in December...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths have arrested Khandapada tehsildar Dhobei Nayak and his associate Prasanna Kumar Sahoo for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000. In another case, Sub Inspector of Police Keshab Chadra Das was also arrested by Vigilance for accepting a bribe...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to add 400 e-buses to the fleet of 'Mo' Bus under PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme, Housing and Urban Development Department minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said here Wednesday. Mahapatra travelled on a 'Mo' Bus from Master Canteen to Press Square....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Forest Department has introduced comprehensive facilities — kitchen, restaurant, night shelter, bathing area and a playing field — for elephants at the Kumki Elephant Training Centre in Kumarkhunti, located within the Chandaka wildlife division near here. Opened March 6 this year, the...

Bhubaneswar: An assistant professor at a private law college was arrested Wednesday for allegedly killing his father in Bhubaneswar, police said. The accused has been identified as Anirudha Choudhury (38). The victim, identified as Sunil Choudhury, a retired officer of central PSU Nalco, was fatally...

Bhubaneswar: The state is presently facing an acute shortage of blood, with blood banks at 10 hospitals, including the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, running completely dry, Tuesday. As per information accessed by Orissa POST, apart from SCB, the SDH Baliguda in Kandhamal;...

Bhubaneswar: Several schools in the state which were either permanently closed or merged with others during the BJD regime will be reopened based on necessity and official reports on the ground reality, School and Mass Education (S&ME) Minister Nityananada Gond said Tuesday. Interacting with mediapersons,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government was working to increase the social security pensions given to persons with disabilities, widows and senior citizens to Rs 3,000 per month, minister Nityananda Gond said Tuesday. Gond, the Minister of Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, said work...