Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police Tuesday arrested two more persons in connection with the lynching of GRP constable Soumya Ranjan Swain by a mob, taking the total number of accused persons apprehended so far to 15. The duo arrested Tuesday had fled from...

Bhubaneswar: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Tuesday acknowledged challenges in procuring fertilisers from the international market, urging states and farmers to adopt organic farming as an alternative increasingly. Addressing the Eastern Zonal Agriculture Conference in Bhubaneswar, Chouhan said the Centre was making every possible...

Bhubaneswar/Bhawanipatna: A 47-year-old Roads and Buildings (R&B) engineer, who entered government service nearly 27 years ago with a modest monthly salary of Rs 6,000, has come under the scanner of Odisha Vigilance for allegedly amassing assets worth crores of rupees disproportionate to his known sources...

Cuttack: An ancient stone idol of Lord Varaha has been unearthed from an earthen mound in Purbakachha village under Salepur tehasil of Cuttack district. Heritage enthusiasts claim the idol was likely buried centuries ago to protect it from attacks by invaders. The rare sculpture was...

Bhubaneswar: In a new initiative to take tehsil services to the grassroots level, the state Revenue department will soon launch the ‘Ama Gaaanre Ama Tehsil’ (Tehsil at Doorstep) programme. Under this initiative, tehsil camp courts will be organised at village and panchayat levels in the...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Anu Garg Monday assured that the supply of petrol, diesel and cooking gas (LPG) across Odisha remains normal amid recent concerns. She reviewed the availability of petroleum products in the state while chairing a high-level meeting of the State Crisis Management Group...

Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a joint committee to investigate allegations of illegal and unscientific management of overburden dumps by Sukarangi Chromite Mines and South Kaliapani Chromite Mines, operated by Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) in Jajpur district, official sources said Monday. While...

Bhubaneswar/Padampur: In a significant judgment in an anti-corruption case, the Special Judge, Vigilance Court, Bhubaneswar convicted former Padampur tehsildar Khirabdi Behera, now retired, for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The court Monday found Behera guilty in a Vigilance case registered under...

Mahanga: A woman was brutally murdered allegedly by her kin and neighbours over a long-standing land dispute and past enmity at Akarapada village under Mahanga police limits in Cuttack district Monday morning. The victim was identified as Swarnalata Sahu, wife of Ranjan Sahu, a paralytic...

Puri: The authorities of the Jagannath Temple in Odisha's Puri Monday opposed the decision of an organisation in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh to hold two major rituals, including the Rath Yatra, untimely. IAS officer Arabinda Padhee, the chief administrator of the Shree Jagannath Temple...