Metro

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw in his visit to state Friday will have multiple programmes including inaugurating the Visakhapatnam-Koraput-Visakhapatnam Daily Passenger Special, en-route inspection of proposed alignment between Jeypore and Malkangiri, inaugurating the post office building and dedicate upgraded Anla Sub-Post Office at...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has approved Rs 155.92 crore for establishment of cancer care centres in three medical colleges and hospitals at Berhampur, Burla and Koraput. The administrative approval of the three projects was issued Thursday by the state Health and Family Welfare department. A...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court Thursday granted two more weeks to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to file a report in connection with a PIL claiming  “illegal” constructions close to the Shree Jagannath Temple complex in Puri have affected the health of the 12th-century...

Bhubaneswar: After being elected as mayor of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC), senior BJD leader Subash Chandra Singh resigned from the membership of Rajya Sabha Thursday. Speaking to media here, Singh said he was elected as CMC mayor March 26 and took oath on April 7,...

Bhubaneswar: Transport department of Odisha Thursday slapped a penalty of more than Rs 2.33 lakh against a school bus (Registration No-OR 02 BN 4550) for flouting road safety norms, as per provisions envisaged in the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019. A team of regional transport...

Bhubaneswar: With a number of government lands presently under encroachment in the Capital City, several encroachers are usually seen occupying the lands again and again soon after being evicted by Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA). Thanks to the apathy of BDA officials for not wire fencing...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded nine (09) new Covid-19 cases, of which one (01) is in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,87,968. Active caseload in the state now stands at 104. Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha clocked the highest temperature of the season for the second consecutive day as the sweltering heat drove the mercury to 40 degrees Celsius or above in at least 19 places on Wednesday, the MeT office said. However, scattered rainfall may bring some respite...

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police Wednesday said that the two drug peddlers nabbed in Bhubaneswar last week with 202 gm of cocaine have international links. Cocaine, an expensive drug, was seized in Odisha for the first time from the two men on April...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has directed all district collectors to keep the contingency action plan ready to deal with any upsurge in the Covid cases. "The Covid-19 situation in Odisha is not in a worrying stage. However, we all knew that the virus has the...