Metro

Puri: The Health department, in association with the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), Wednesday, started collecting swab samples of Srimandir servitors for RT-PCR tests to keep the Covid-19 infections at bay. The office of the chief district medical officer (CDMO) has constituted a special team...

Bhubaneswar: Fuel prices here were hiked again with petrol increasing by 61 paisa and diesel by 64 paisa. The revised rates for petrol and diesel in the city stood at Rs 86.97 and Rs 83.32 respectively. Fuel prices, which vary from state to state depending...

New Delhi: In what could hinder timely delivery of justice in the state, the strength of the Orissa High Court judges would reduce to 13, half of the court’s sanctioned strength within next six months. In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, the High...

New Delhi: The Union government has released Rs 1,693.50 crore to Odisha as grants for the rural local bodies (RLBs) in the state. The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has released an amount of Rs 12,351.5 crore to 18 states as the 2nd instalment...

Bhubaneswar: The Special Vigilance Court here Wednesday granted bail to IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak and his son Akash. They were arrested in disproportionate assets (DA) case in November last year. The investigating agency could not file a chargesheet even after 60 days of the...

Bhubaneswar: In a special drive launched by Odisha police, the cops rescued 894 missing children from different parts of the state, a top official said Wednesday. Notably, the drive for tracing out missing children started January 18 and continued till January 25. Out of the...

Banki: Even as several other states have confirmed the outbreak of ‘bird flu’ across India, a large number of avian guests were found dead in Banki Gada area of Cuttack district Wednesday morning. Also read: Vigilance sleuths raid houses of junior engineer in Bhubaneswar Local villagers...

Bhubaneswar: Following the announcement to provide guide books to students appearing for the annual High School Certificate examination (HSc) this year, School and Mass Education Minister (S&ME) Samir Ranjan Dash unveiled the test paper ‘Parikshya Darpan’, Wednesday at the test book production and marketing office...

Bhubaneswar: A team of Vigilance officials of Bhubaneswar division conducted simultaneous searches Wednesday morning on the houses of Subhendu Kumar Pradhan who is presently working as a junior engineer at the Block Office here. Also read: Police busts spurious cold drink manufacturing unit in Ganjam...

Bhubaneswar: After a gap of seven months, Odisha Tuesday registered daily new COVID-19 cases below 100, which pushed the tally to 3,34,529, a health department official said. The state had reported below 100 single-day COVID-19 cases for the last time June 6, 2020. "All credit...