Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has placed several districts on high alert and stepped up preparedness as Cyclone Arnab is forecast to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm before crossing the Andhra Pradesh-Yanam coast on the forenoon of October 28. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Manmohan Samal Monday criticised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his recent remarks, saying political leaders must maintain linguistic decorum and uphold national pride while expressing their views. Samal said that political differences were natural in a democracy,...

Khordha: Contractual electricity workers staged a massive protest in Khordha Monday, raising the slogan ‘Tata Hatao, Odisha Bachao’ (Remove Tata, Save Odisha) against the alleged retrenchment of employees working across 18 sections under the Khordha Electricity Division. The protesters took out a large procession, performing...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has prohibited fishing activities in the sea and banned entry of tourists in the hills, waterfalls and dams in six districts as it has stepped up precautionary measures in view of a cyclonic storm that is likely to make landfall in...

Visakhapatnam: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Monday issued a red alert for Andhra Pradesh and Odisha as a deep depression has intensified into the cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal. The IMD said in a bulletin Monday morning that a deep depression over the...

Bhubaneswar: Sachin Behera, known as the ‘Knee Striker of India’, an athlete from Larka village in Odisha’s Nuapada district, has set a record by performing 146 full-contact knee strikes using both legs in 60 seconds while wearing 1 kg ankle weights on each leg. His...

TRINATH MOHANTY, OP Bhubaneswar: Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar has emerged as a major transit point for smuggling foreign marijuana, with enforcement agencies seizing contraband worth over Rs 300 crore and arresting 40 people in the past two years. According to officials of...

Bhubaneswar: Warning that unsustainable development and declining sensitivity towards nature are aggravating the global environmental crisis, experts Sunday called for coordinated efforts by the government, institutions and the public to address the triple planetary crises of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss. The call was...

Kakatpur/Astaranga: Allegations of widespread adulteration of chhena (cottage cheese) and milk in Kakatpur and Astaranga blocks of Puri district have sparked public outrage, with residents stopping a vehicle carrying suspected adulterated chhena and dumping its contents on the road in protest. Locals alleged that adulterated...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police’s Cyber Crime and Economic Offences wing arrested a Class 10 dropout from Bhadrak district for his alleged involvement in a Rs 91.90 lakh online investment fraud. The accused, identified as Pritam Nayak, alias Babul, of Balipur village in Bhadrak district, allegedly...