Metro

Puri: A hotel in Puri was declared a micro-containment zone after three people were found to be positive for the omicron variant of coronavirus, officials said Tuesday. One of the patients is a tourist from West Bengal, while the other two are staff members of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded the highest single-day jump in COVID-19 cases in over three months Tuesday as 680 more people tested positive, the Health Department said. The daily positivity rate jumped to 1.31 per cent and 119 children were among those found positive in the past...

Bhubaneswar: Following the amendment of the municipal laws removing reservation for OBC people, the state government has initiated a fresh move for delimitation of wards and reservation of seats in the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) for the upcoming rural polls. Director of Municipal Administration (DMA)...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday adjourned the hearing of a special leave petition (SLP) filed by Odisha Lokayukta challenging the order of the Orissa High Court in Pradeep Panigrahi corruption case. A two-judge bench of the apex court comprising justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay...

Bhubaneswar: Unknown fraudsters including a New Delhi-based foreigner have duped a woman from the Capital city here of more than Rs 15 lakh on the pretext of doubling her investments and by threatening her to make viral her ‘objectionable’ videos. The Commissionerate Police has started...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of polls in urban areas, the state government has decided to divert forest land to create infrastructure for dwellers residing in 253 slums spread across 45 urban local bodies (ULBs) in 22 districts. This was known from a workshop organised on creation of...

Cuttack: The typical style of addressing judges, which was previously being followed by advocates in Orissa High Court, was put to an end Monday by a division bench of the court comprising Chief Justice Dr S Muralidhar and Justice RK Pattanayak. Taking a step towards...

Khurda: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Odisha government to form a high-level committee and also to probe with the help of a Special Task Force (STF) team the allegations of illegal mining on over 500 acres of land belonging to Lord Jagannath....

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 424 new Covid-19 cases, of which 47 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 10,55,980. Active caseload in the state now stands at 2,355. Out of the...

Bhubaneswar: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the state government Sunday appointed Raj Kumar Sharma as Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department. He will continue to be the Chairman, OSMCL. Sanjeev Chopra is the new Agriculture Production Commissioner, and will also continue as the...