Metro

Bhubaneswar: In tragic fallout of trader-vendor tussle, a street vendor ended his life Sunday by hanging himself in his house at a slum in Tankapani area under Badagada police limits here. The deceased Ajit Sahni, is a resident of Vaishali district in Bihar. Sahni had...

Bhubaneswar: Amidst a massive spike in Covid cases in the state, the Health department will begin administering the precautionary third dose of Covid vaccine for senior citizens with co-morbidity, health workers and other frontline workers in the capital city and Cuttack from Monday. The booking...

Bhubaneswar: The Met office Sunday warned that heavy rain and thunderstorm, accompanied by hail, are likely to lash Odisha for three days starting January 11, and asked farmers to shift their harvest to a safer place. Some impact on agriculture is expected during the period...

Cuttack: As many as 28 students of Nursing College at SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack have tested positive for Covid-19, the authorities informed Sunday. A source said that RT-PCR test reports of the nursing students came Saturday night. Swab samples of the...

Bhubaneswar: With Covid cases projected to rise further in weeks ahead, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Sunday announced that two more hospitals have been enrolled to provide healthcare services to coronavirus patients in the city. BMC Saturday signed an agreement with KIMS Hospital with 500 beds...

Cuttack: A team of Odisha Crime Branch’s special task force (STF) has arrested inter-state drugs trafficker SK Lalu alias Nazimuddin from Baranaldaha under Palasipara police limits of West Bengal with the assistance of local police, an official said Sunday. The drug peddler was arrested in...

Bhubaneswar: Amid exponential rise in fresh Covid cases, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Sunday announced seven more containment zones in the city. According to BMC Zonal Deputy Commissioner of Southeast Zone Mahendra Badhei, the containment zones are in Jharpada, Kalpana, Unit-IX and Unit-II areas of Bhubaneswar....

Balugaon/Brahmagiri: The annual census of dolphins living along water bodies of brackish Chilika Lake started Sunday morning at around 6.00am and will continue till 12.00 noon. A source informed that the entire Chilika lake region has been divided into four sectors such as outer, inner,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 4,714 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, 28 per cent more than the previous day, and the highest single-day spike in nearly six months, the Health Department said. The daily positivity rate jumped to 6.72 per cent from 5.15 Saturday. As many as 416...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 4,714 new Covid-19 cases, of which 416 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 10,70,869. Active caseload in the state now stands at 16,117. Out of total...