Metro

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: A 34-year-old woman from Odisha is among the five persons arrested for allegedly running an illegal international call centre in southwest Delhi’s Uttam Nagar and targeting foreign nationals by impersonating Amazon and Apple technical support executives, police said Wednesday. Following specific inputs, a...

Bhubaneswar: Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Wednesday reviewed the ongoing development and comprehensive beautification works at the renowned Shikharchandi temple in Bhubaneswar. Ahead of the upcoming Navratri and the winter tourism season, she directed officials to expedite the project so that devotees and tourists can...

RABINARAYAN JENA, OP Bhubaneswar: Lack of effective action by tehsildars has left 668.893 acres of government land across the state, valued at Rs 597.87 crore, under encroachment, according to a recently released report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. According to the...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has failed to achieve the target of providing Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTCs) to all rural households by 2024, leaving 31% of households uncovered, according to a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report tabled in the Monsoon Session of the Assembly....

Kataka: A 33-year-old patient admitted to the Mental Health department of SCB Medical College and Hospital here died Wednesday after he was allegedly assaulted by security guards at the premier hospital, prompting his family to lodge a police complaint. The deceased was identified as Srikant...

Bhubaneswar: An Odisha factories officer was arrested Wednesday, a day after vigilance department sleuths unearthed multiple properties and land parcels owned by him that are disproportionate to his known source of income. Umakant Samantaray, an assistant director of factories and boilers in Sambalpur, has been...

Bhubaneswar: BJP state spokesperson Anil Biswal Wednesday alleged that the recently published Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report had exposed large-scale irregularities in the utilisation of mining-related funds during the previous BJD government headed by Naveen Patnaik. Addressing a press conference at the BJP state...

Bhubaneswar: Construction of tourism infrastructure in protected forest areas in violation of the Forest Conservation Act and operation of 20 government-run Panthanivas without mandatory fire safety certificates, besides substantial financial mismanagement, have come under the spotlight in a CAG audit of Odisha's coastal tourism sector....

Puri: The Gundicha temple in Puri, near the famous Jagannath temple, reopened for devotees Wednesday after a six-year hiatus, officials said. The temple doors opened at 7.45 am, after rituals were performed in the presence of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief administrator Arabinda Padhee,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Forest and Environment Minister Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia Wednesday said the local climate suits the rescued baby orangutans kept in quarantine in a special temperature-controlled enclosure at a zoo here, and their health is gradually improving. The minister said teams of specialist doctors regularly...