Metro

Bhubaneswar: With the state contending with deficit rainfall, the government is putting together a contingency plan to tackle a possible drought like situation. This was informed by Agriculture Secretary SK Vashisth after attending a high-level review meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Suresh...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 625 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. There were 80 infections that were within the age group of 0 to 18 years. The number of new cases took the tally in the state to 10,02,323. Tuesday’s figures also showed a...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to enhance farmers’ income and keep the middleman in procurement of farm produce at bay, Chief Secretary SC Mahapatra has asked the department officials concerned to create marketing facilities for cash crops. Mahapatra gave this direction at a high-level review meeting...

Bhubaneswar: Pradeep Kumar Panigrahi, the former legislator from Gopalpur Assembly constituency in Ganjam, filed a writ petition Monday in the Supreme Court seeking registration of a criminal case against Odisha Lokayukta, the former lawmaker’s lawyer Pitambar Acharya informed. Panigrahi alleged in his petition that the...

Bhubaneswar: Law students staged a protest Monday in front of the main gate of Utkal University here. A large number of students from University Law College, Capital Law College, MS Law College and The Law College joined the protest against the decision to conduct four...

Puri: With the Srimandir again opening for devotees from Monday, it is expected that crowds will increase. To provide a hassle-free darshan for the devotees, the Puri district police have gone high-tech. They have sought suggestions from the visitors as to how they can improve...

Bhubaneswar: Indian Super League (ISL) side Odisha FC Monday signed an agreement with Malaysian professional football Club Johor Darul Ta'zim FC over a loan deal of midfielder Liridon Krasniqi who will now represent the Bhubaneswar-based team in the upcoming season. The 29-year-old attacking midfielder started...

Bhubaneswar: Separate teams of Vigilance sleuths carried out simultaneous raids on houses of six officials, over allegations of possessing assets disproportionate to known sources income. Other charges were also levelled against the six officials for criminal misconduct, misappropriation of public money, forgery and criminal conspiracy...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 761 new Covid-19 cases, 101 of which are in the newborn to 18-year-old age group, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 10,01,698. The number of active cases in the state has risen...

Dr Vinaykumar Hallur, a mycologist from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, along with his team, is credited to have discovered a new species of fungus, Cunninghamella arunalokei, responsible for mucormycosis in a healthy human being. In an interview with Manish Kumar...