Metro

Bhubaneswar: Normal life was affected in several parts of Odisha as severe heatwave conditions prevailed in the state, with nine places registering a day temperature of 44 degrees Celsius or above Sunday. Roads in many places, especially in western Odisha, wore a deserted look during...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday visited a defence manufacturing unit and a garments facility in Khurda and interacted with the workers and assured the promoters of full administrative support. He visited the Trimetro garments manufacturing unit of EPIC Group and the Mundamba...

Bhubaneswar: Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was responsible for the prevailing oil crisis in India. When people of India are standing in queues for hours before fuel stations, the union government has exported petrol and diesel worth Rs...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple authorities in Puri have decided to postpone the ongoing inventory of valuables in the 'Ratna Bhandar' of the 12th-century shrine till June in view of the prevailing hot and humid weather in this seaside holy town and 'Chandan Jatra' (summer...

Bhubaneswar: A truck "hit and dragged" an auto-rickshaw for nearly 60 metres near Pandara Square in Bhubaneswar Sunday, critically injuring the passenger and leaving a biker hurt after the driver allegedly "tried to flee the scene", sources said. The accident took place near Pandara Square...

Bhubaneswar: A man sustained critical burn injuries after coming into contact with overhead electric wires while trying to take a selfie standing on top of a goods train at Mancheswar railway station in Bhubaneswar Sunday, a statement said. The man climbed onto a wagon at...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has carried out a major reshuffle in the Indian Police Service (IPS) and Odisha Police Service (OPS) cadres, transferring and reassigning 18 senior police officers to different posts across the state. According to a notification issued by the Home Department Khordha SP...

Bhubaneswar: The state government is committed to turning the Digital India vision of Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi into reality at the grassroots level, Electronics and Information Technology (E&IT) Minister Mukesh Mahaling said Saturday. Chairing a high-level review meeting with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police Saturday claimed to have busted a gang of bike lifters with the arrest of three history-sheeters and the recovery of 15 stolen two-wheelers from their pos session in the city. The accused have been identified as Akash Pradhan, 33, Budhibaman Sahoo,...

Bhubaneswar: Expressing “deep concern and grave anxiety” over the alleged intimidation of Athagarh MLA Ranendra Pratap Swain on his way to attend a Tigiria Panchayat Samiti meeting Friday, BJD president Naveen Patnaik Saturday wrote to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, describing the incident as a...