Metro

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of hitting the campaign trail for the by-poll, opposition BJD president Naveen Patnaik Thursday shared a message saying that 'Nuapada will win', while his rival political parties like BJP and Congress claimed that the results would be one-sided in their favour. Patnaik, who...

Bhubaneswar: A court here Thursday sentenced four persons to 20 years rigorous imprisonment after convicting them in a drugs case. The court has also ordered the four - Sk Irfan, Sk Samir, Sayed Imtiyaz and Ratiranjan Rout - to pay a fine of Rs 1...

Bhubaneswar: The Centre has agreed to bear the entire expenditure for the construction of 92 railway overbridges across Odisha, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Thursday. A statement released by the CMO said that though it was earlier decided that both the state government and...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar police were able to prevent a burglary and insurance fraud due to an alert citizen and arrested 13 people when they were preparing to commit the crime, an officer said Thursday. According to police, one Santosh Kumar Moharana has been running a...

Puri: Devotees will be allowed to enter the Shree Jagannath Temple here only through the Singhadwar (Lion's gate) during the 'Panchuka' celebrations, an official said Thursday. This was decided at the coordination meeting between the civil administration and police ahead of the 'Panchuka' (the last...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has begun a comprehensive survey to assess the extent of damage caused by heavy rainfall and landslides triggered by Cyclone ‘Montha’ across several districts of the state, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said Thursday. Speaking to mediapersons, Pujari said that...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has signed an MoU for the development and operation of two national waterways, an official statement said. The agreement was signed Tuesday during the India Maritime-2025 in Mumbai among the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), the Odisha government, Paradip Port Authority...

Manguli/Jagatpur: Come to Tangi-Choudwar area in Cuttack district and take a driving test as several electricity poles have been left in the middle of the roads after expansion works were completed, thanks to lack of monitoring by officials concerned. According to reports, the poles, located...

Bhubaneswar: The indefinite hunger strike by members of the Sainik School Banchao, Alia Gada Hatao Abhiyan in front of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) was called off Wednesday following assurances from officials that a time-bound deadline would be issued to the Bhubaneswar Municipal...

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: A three-day special enforcement drive was conducted across Odisha under the direction of Commerce and Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena, targeting four major motor vehicle rule violations. During the drive, 4,476 e-challans were issued under the Motor Vehicles Act — including 344 for carrying...