Metro

Puri: The ceremonial bathing ritual of Lord Jagannath and his siblings was held within the 12th-century shrine early Monday, as the seaside town of Puri witnessed the influx of lakhs of devotees eager to catch a glimpse of the deities during the Deva Snan Purnima....

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police (CP) Sunday arrested three persons from Assam on charges of duping a 64-year-old Bhubaneswar resident of his hard-earned savings by luring him into clicking a fake link that appeared to have been sent by a nationalised bank. The arrested accused were...

Bhubaneswar: Akshaya Patra Foundation, in a public statement issued Sunday, clarified the recent discussions concerning the observance of the untimely Rath Yatra by ISKCON. The outfit distinguishes between the ISKCON Bangalore Group of Temples and the ISKCON Mumbai Group. “There are two groups in ISKCON,...

Bhubaneswar: Nayapalli police arrested three youths in connection with a violent clash between two groups during a late-night party at a city hotel. The arrested accused were identified as Punya Prasanna Mohanty (22) of Kanan Vihar, Patia; Ashribad Dhir (25) of Sailashree Vihar; and Nikhil...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi, Sunday reviewed the progress of two major public projects—the expansion of the Palasuni six-lane bridge over the Gangua canal and the construction of the state’s first steel foot overbridge on Puri Canal Road. During a site visit with senior officials...

Bhubaneswar: Infocity police have arrested a 51-year-old alleged fraudster near the West Bengal-Nepal border in connection with a franchise and employment scam involving more than Rs 2.93 crore, officials said Sunday. The accused, identified as Sachidananda Bhoi, a resident of Kataka, allegedly posed as the...

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a minor girl was befriended on social media and later allegedly raped by her Instagram friend, police said Sunday. The accused lured the girl for a meet-up and later raped her, family members alleged. Based on a complaint, Chandaka Police...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha CEO R S Gopalan Sunday said booth-level officers distributed enumeration forms to more than 99 per cent of voters in the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll in the state. The month-long exercise engaging over 45,000 booth-level officers...

Bhubaneswar: Claiming that the errors detected in textbooks of classes 1 to 8 were a shame for Odisha, the BJD Sunday demanded the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond and a CBI inquiry into the lapses. The demand comes days after Chief...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has brought back the bodies of 11 of the 12 women who died in the ammonia gas leak tragedy in Tamil Nadu, and facilitated the return of 62 workers who were engaged in the plant where the accident took place a...