Metro

Cuttack: Artisans are burning the midnight oil to give final touches to the idols, labourers are running against time to complete the marquees and organisers are pulling out all stops to embrace the good old days of the pre-pandemic fête. A fortnight from now, the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday announced a three per cent hike in dearness allowance for its employees and pensioners. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved the proposal for increasing dearness allowance (DA) from 31 per cent to 34 per cent, effective from January 1, 2022, an...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Covid-19 tally rose to 13,31,918 Monday as 125 more people, including 20 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The state had recorded 207 infections Sunday. The toll remained unchanged at 9,186 with no reports of any fresh fatalities. Besides,...

Keonjhar/Bhubaneswar: Health and Family Welfare Minister NK Das Sunday sought a report from the Keonjhar district administration on the death of 13 children in 18 days due to alleged negligence at the pediatrics ward of a state-run hospital in the mineral-rich district. The minister’s action...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP MLA Bishnu Charan Sethi passed away at the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar due to kidney-related problems Monday. He was 61. Medical Superintendent, AIIMS, Sachidananda Mohanty said Sethi was admitted to the hospital August 16 this year. He was suffering from multiple diseases including hypertension,...

Puri: The Indian Air Force conducted a scintillating display of aerobatics here over the Bay of  Bengal on Sunday to commemorate 75 years of the country's Independence. Nine aircraft of the Suryakiran Aerobatic Team of the Eastern Air Command conducted the aerobatic display off the...

Bhubaneswar: The Central Water Commission (CWC) has cleared a proposal of the state government for installation of the Upper Indravati Pump Storage Project under the Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC), official sources said. The state government had earlier sought to operate three such power storage...

Bhubaneswar: It seems that Odisha has become a safe haven for the ganja and brown sugar mafias as the state is witnessing the seizure of such NDPS material almost every second day. According to data shared by the Odisha directorate of excise, officials have conducted...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,31,793 on Sunday as 207 more people, including 37 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The state had recorded 233 infections Saturday. Odisha's coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 9,186, with no reports of any...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Jairam Ramesh reached here on a two-day visit to Odisha Saturday. They are scheduled to hold discussion with state party leaders on the preparations for the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra's Odisha chapter. Apart from meeting Odisha Pradesh Congress...