Metro

Kataka: A woman was allegedly raped by a group of men in Odisha's Kataka district when she was out with her friend on a drive, police said Wednesday. The incident happened in the Nischintakoili police station area Tuesday night, they said. The woman was out...

Bhubaneswar: Renowned artist and art critic Jagadish Chandra Kanungo died at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar Wednesday. He was 86. Kanungo, who had been undergoing treatment for age-related ailments, breathed his last in the morning, family sources said. A former president of the Odisha Lalit...

Bhubaneswar: A minor girl was allegedly abducted from the Infocity police station area in Bhubaneswar and taken to Jajpur, where she was allegedly raped. In connection with the incident, Infocity police have arrested the accused. The accused has been identified as Niranjan Mallick of Brahmabarada....

Bhubaneswar: India Meteorological Department Wednesday said a fresh low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal could trigger heavy rainfall across Odisha till August 17. The weather system is likely to be more marked and move northwestwards during the next 48 hours, the IMD said in...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: Odisha may have managed to keep its wild elephant population broadly stable for decades, but a more difficult conservation question is now staring the state in the face; does Odisha still have enough healthy, connected habitat to accommodate its elephants?...

By Dr Debabrata Swain The elephant, Earth’s largest terrestrial mammal, is deeply woven into Odisha’s cultural, spiritual, and geopolitical history. Simple and serene with its magnificent proboscis, this gentle giant requires massive, unbroken forested terrains to forage, consuming hundreds of kilograms of foliage and grass...

Bhubaneswar: A public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the process for selecting the new Director General of Police (DGP) in Odisha was filed in the Supreme Court Tuesday, even as the state government Monday hurriedly promoted 1994-batch IPS officers Sanjeeb Panda and Yashwant Kumar Jethwa from...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), in coordination with the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), has carried out a major demolition drive, demolishing a total of 330 transit houses with 45 toilets and bathrooms near Kanyashram under Chandrasekharpur Mouza as part of its ongoing efforts to clear...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP has raised questions on the silence of BJD president Naveen Patnaik over the alleged police excess on agitating students in the Congress-backed JMM government in neighbouring Jharkhand. In a video message Tuesday, state BJP spokesperson Anil Biswal asked, "Why is Naveen Babu...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance Department Tuesday arrested a former secretary of a cooperative society for allegedly misappropriating public funds amounting to Rs 21.28 lakh, officials said. During investigation, the department found that the accused collected loan repayment funds directly from various borrower members (loanees) of...