Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Covid-19 tally rose to 13,30,853 Wednesday as 260 more people, including 29 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The toll remained at 9,185 as there were no new deaths. Fifty-three other patients have died due to comorbidities so far,...

Bhubaneswar: Parts of Odisha Tuesday witnessed intense rainfall due to a monsoon surge even as the intensity of a depression has gradually declined across the state, a meteorological department official said. The rain will continue till Wednesday morning, he said. Several places such as Jharsuguda,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested chartered accountant Neeraj Singla, based in Haryana's Faridabad, for his alleged involvement in a Rs 2.70 crore income tax refund scam, a police official said here Tuesday. After producing the accused before a Faridabad magistrate's...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday went on a three-day trip to Mumbai where he is scheduled to attend an investors' meet, months ahead of the Make-in-Odisha Conclave. Patnaik will hold discussions with major industrialists from different sectors and woo them to invest in...

Bhubaneswar: Director Amartya Bhattacharyya was promoting his film "Adieu Godard" on social media when he learnt about the demise of legendary French-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard. To him and thousands and thousands of filmmakers around the world, Godard is cinema. "I was just sharing a couple...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Tuesday reported 159 new Covid-19 cases, including 18 children, pushing the tally to 13,30,593, a health department bulletin said. The toll remained at 9,185 as there was no new death. Fifty-three other patients have died due to comorbidities so far, it said. Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: A socio-cultural organisation of Odisha has claimed that the Kohinoor diamond belonged to Lord Jagannath, and sought the intervention of President Droupadi Murmu for its return to the historic Puri temple from the United Kingdom. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, her son...

Bhubaneswar: Altogether 599 people were held driving in an inebriated state during a three-day period all over Odisha, an official of the State Transport Authorities (STA), said Monday. The official stated that the STA along with the police launched a state-wide operation to discourage people...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Covid-19 tally rose to 13,30,434 Monday as 194 more people, including 22 children, tested positive for the infection, a health department bulletin said. The Covid-19 death toll remained at 9,185 as there was no new death. Fifty-three other patients have died due to...

Bhubaneswar: Residents of a quaint village in Odisha's Puri district, where King Charles III had visited some four decades ago, have organised a prayer session for Britain's new monarch at a local temple, wishing for his good health and long life. Haripur village, located around...