Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has ordered Caesarean Section (C-Section) Audit of delivery cases to all private hospitals in the state. The Director of Family Welfare issued instructions Thursday to all Chief District Medical Officers (CDMOs) and Public Health Officers (PHOs) of all districts and urban bodies...

Bhubaneswar: Medical officers serving in Odisha with Diplomate of National Board (DNB) specialist and super-specialist titles will now receive special incentives, a notification issued by the secretary of the Health department Shalini Pandit said Friday. The notification further said the medical officers (MOs) serving in...

Bhubaneswar: As many as six Odisha natives departed the conflict-hit Sudan and Friday landed at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar, said a source. The returnees hail from the Khordha, Balasore, Bhadrak and Jagatsinghpur districts of the state. They were evacuated from Sudan under mission...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Friday issued a Yellow Warning for several districts of Odisha. Upto 8.30 AM of April 29: As per the Yellow Warning (be prepared), thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph are very likely...

Puri: A school teacher was caught red-handed while selling textbooks meant for school students as scrap in Odisha’s Puri district, a source said Friday. The teacher was identified as Basudev Swain from Matha Kankuda Government Upper Primary School under Kapileswarpur Gram Panchayat in Puri district....

Cuttack: The people of Odisha paid rich tributes to Utkal Gauraba Madhusudan Das on his birth anniversary Friday. Notably, Das’ birthday anniversary is also observed as Lawyers’ Day in the state. To commemorate the birth anniversary of Madhusudan Das, various events were organised across the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has demanded Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to introduce Vande Bharat Express trains on three routes. In a letter to the Minister, state Commerce and Transport Minister Tukuni Sahu has demanded for the introduction of Vande Bharat express train on Puri-Howrah, Puri-Raipur...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: The BJP has constituted a four-member inquiry committee to probe violence during Hanuman Jayanti procession in Odisha's Sambalpur April 12 and 14. According to a statement issued by BJP, party President J.P. Nadda has formed the panel, which will visit the violence-hit Sambalpur and...

Puri: The trail run of a newly allocated semi-high speed Vande Bharat express train commenced on the Howrah-Puri route Friday, said a South Eastern Railway official. The route and date of commencement of service of the Vande Bharat express train is yet to be received...

Bhubaneswar: The opposition BJP and the Congress Thursday urged the Odisha government to make public the report of Justice Raghubir Das's Commission of Inquiry into the missing Ratna Bhandar keys of Puri's Jagannath temple. Addressing the media here, senior BJP leader Pitambar Acharya said the...