Metro

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...

Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition in the Odisha Assembly, Naveen Patnaik, Monday congratulated the Congress's Vadasseri Damodara Menon Satheesan on being sworn in as the chief minister of Kerala. Patnaik, who was the longest-serving chief minister of Odisha, said he was hopeful that Kerala would reach...

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of a sudden power outage resulting in the disruption of court proceedings at the Principal Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal in Delhi, Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament and senior Biju Janata Dal leader Sasmit Patra Monday wrote to the...

Bhubaneswar: Volatility has shot up in the financial markets due to the ongoing West Asia conflict, but the Indian bourses have the capacity to "absorb different types of shocks", SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said Monday. When there is a crisis in one part of...