Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Sunday began evacuating people from vulnerable areas and deployed 128 disaster response teams across eight districts, as the IMD predicted the formation of a cyclonic storm by Monday morning with the deep depression intensifying over the Bay of Bengal. The IMD,...

Bhubaneswar: Maitree Vihar police Sunday arrested the prime accused in a late-night robbery near Sainik School October 17. Two others had been arrested October 18. The accused have been identified as Ajit Das, Deepak Kumar Nayak alias Dipu, and Subashis Jena. Victim Kruti Bibhab Patra...

Bhubaneswar/Koraput: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appreciation of Koraput Coffee in his weekly 'Mann Ki Baat' programme Sunday will serve as a significant boost for the coffee cultivators of the region, many of whom are women farmers. Meanwhile,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi is scheduled to travel to Mumbai Sunday to attend the prestigious India Maritime Week (IMW) 2025 Monday. The IMW event will be inaugurated Monday and will continue till October 31. Majhi will join the inaugural session as the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government placed all 30 districts on alert Sunday after a depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a deep depression and began moving slowly toward the eastern coast. Odisha will experience very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall October 28 and 29, they...

Bhubaneswar: The Airport Police have taken into custody the Deputy General Manager (DGM) of Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) for allegedly deceiving a woman by promising marriage, a case of fraud that has raised serious concerns over personal misconduct within the airport administration. The accused...

Bhubaneswar: Stressing the urgency of addressing global environmental challenges, speakers at the 44th Foundation Day and Award Ceremony of the Orissa Environmental Society (OES), held in the city Saturday, called for collective action to protect and preserve nature. The event was attended by OES working...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Congress Saturday accused the BJP government of being anti-tribal and anti-Scheduled Caste (SC), claiming that lakhs of job cardholders from these communities are being denied employment under the MGNREGA scheme. Addressing a press conference at Congress Bhawan here, spokesperson Rajani Kumar Mohanty...

Cuttack: Twin City Police Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh has dismissed reports of a scuffle between security personnel and members of a Kali Puja committee during immersion in Cuttack. Reports in a section of the media had stated that a few members of the Akhrabad...

Puri: Odisha Police Saturday arrested two persons for allegedly gangraping a minor girl, who happens to be their niece, in Puri district, an officer said. According to Puri Police, the victim’s parents had gone to attend the immersion ceremony of Goddess Kali at Biragobindpur Dakshin...