Metro

Thiruvananthapuram/Bhubaneswar: Former Union Minister and Congress Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor Monday expressed deep sorrow over the death of IPS officer Shefeen Ahamed K, who passed away at the age of 50 after a prolonged battle with cancer. Ahamed was serving as Inspector General of...

Kataka: Police have launched a search for a seven-year-old girl allegedly abducted from the railway station area under the Chauliaganj police limits in Kataka district Monday, with CCTV footage showing an elderly man accompanying the child. The girl’s whereabouts and safety remain unknown. Police are...

Puri: With clear instructions not to take the life of any animal or insect inside Puri's Jagannath Temple, authorities of the 12th century shrine, facing the menace of rats and cockroaches inside the sanctum sanctorum, have decided to use traditional pest control methods, including traps,...

Bhubaneswar/Kendujhar: Odisha Vigilance seized 300 grams of gold and Rs 7.29 lakh cash from the possession of a labour officer, who was nabbed while taking a bribe of Rs 20,000, officials said Monday. Acting on an allegation, vigilance sleuths nabbed Akash Bisoi, District Labour Officer...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police Monday mourned the death of Shefeen Ahamed K, Inspector General of Police, CID, Crime Branch, while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. Shefeen, 50, was a 2003 batch IPS officer of the Odisha cadre. He was diagnosed with cancer in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal has asked former chief minister Naveen Patnaik to convince and not confuse MPs by writing letters on the estimated loss of Rs 12,000 crore per annum after implementation of the MMDR Amendment Act, 20206. Samal, who is also a...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government said a joint parliamentary committee has favoured a revision of the salaries and allowances of MLAs. The panel's view came five months after the state government withdrew bills recommending a three-fold increase in salaries and perks of legislators following public outrage....

Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a joint committee to investigate allegations of illegal and unscientific extraction of laterite stone from the Olasingh Laterite Stone Quarry-C in Khordha district. The committee comprises representatives of the Integrated Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment,...

Bhubaneswar: From rooftops and balconies to small patches of land, Bhubaneswar’s growing community of urban farmers came together Sunday to mark World Kitchen Garden Day, making a strong pitch for chemical-free food, nutritional security and sustainable urban living. Organised by the Kitchen Gardener’s Association (KGA),...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has stepped up efforts to combat malnutrition and strengthen early childhood care, with the state government focusing on upgrading Anganwadi infrastructure, completing unfinished centres and expanding digital monitoring under the Odisha Nutrition Mission (ONM). The strategy was discussed at a high-level meeting on...