Metro

Bhubaneswar: A 13-year-old boy drowned in a pond in Bhubaneswar's Baramunda area Monday while he was bathing. The victim identified as Om Prakash Pradhan, was a class-VIII student of a residential school of an orphanage in Khandagiri area. The boy and his friends had gone...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's GST collections increased by 12.85 per cent to Rs 4,249.12 crore in September, officials said Sunday. The state had collected a gross GST revenue of Rs 3,765.17 crore in the same month last year, they said. The collection to be retained by the...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rains are likely to continue in parts of Odisha till October 5 due to a well-marked low-pressure area over West Bengal and neighbouring Jharkhand, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Sunday. In the last 24 hours, heavy rains lashed parts of Khurda, Puri,...

Bhubaneswar: Senior citizens are valuable assets of society, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said Sunday, calling upon people to take care of them. In a video message on the occasion of International Day for Older Persons, Patnaik said they have experience and solutions to different...

Berhampur/ Bhubaneswar: A government official and his wife were sentenced to two years in jail by a court in Odisha in a 14-year-old corruption case. The special vigilance court sentenced N Prakash Patra and his wife N Santoshini Patra to two years in jail after...

Cuttack: After Saturday’s power outage at different departments of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, the incident was repeated Sunday for several hours once again, said a source. According to the source, the hospital witnessed a power cut for about 14 hours Saturday and...

Bhubaneswar: Two persons, who were on the run and wanted in two different brown sugar seizure cases, were arrested in Odisha's Khurda district, police said Sunday. The two accused were apprehended by the special task force (STF) of the crime branch of the Odisha Police....

Bhubaneswar: The Jagannath Temple in Puri owns over 60,822 acres of land in Odisha and six other states, Odisha Law Minister Jagannath Saraka informed the assembly Saturday. In a written reply to a question from BJD member Prasanta Behera, the minister said a total of...

Bhubaneswar: A labourer was killed after being run over by a speeding car on a footpath near Rajmahal Square here, police said Saturday. The driver fled from the spot along with the vehicle after the incident that took place late on Friday, they said. The...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Saturday approved 19 investment projects worth Rs 3,663 crore. These projects, approved during a meeting of the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena, are expected to generate employment for over...