Metro

Khurda: The museum which was earlier constructed on the premises of Information and Public Relations (I&PR) department office here to showcase the past glory of Odisha’s valiant Paika warriors now looks like a haunted house. In the absence of adequate maintenance, the museum building and...

Bhubaneswar: The tests for issuing learner’s license (LL) will resume from August 11, for those applicants who had applied earlier, the Odisha State Transport Authority (STA) said Friday. According to the STA the slot booking for LL tests will start August 9. On the first...

Bhubaneswar: A team of special task force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch conducted a raid near Kalinga Studio Square here Thursday and recovered a live pangolin. The STF arrested three persons in this connection. Acting on information from a reliable source that wildlife traders were...

Bhubaneswar: Physical classes in all Odisha universities and colleges under the of state Higher Education department will resume from August 16, a senior official informed Friday. The department has issued a notification in this regard to the universities and colleges. It has said that physical...

Cuttack: In a bizarre incident that took place Thursday night, a Covid-19 patient who was undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) here died after falling from the fourth floor of the government-run health facility, sources said. The deceased was a resident of...

Bhubaneswar: The number of Covid-19 cases continued to dip in Odisha with the state reporting 1,208 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The new infections took the total tally in the state to 9,84,731. The active caseload in Odisha now stands at 13,006....

Bhubaneswar: The State GST Enforcement Wing Thursday arrested one of the prime accused in a fake invoicing racket worth around Rs 641 crore from the Capital city. The accused identified as Basant Kumar Pattnaik along with his partners - Gurdit Dang and Sujay Maitra -...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government will felicitate Indian men’s hockey team in Bhubaneswar August 16 for winning bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics, a tweet of state I&PR department said Thursday. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik spoke to the team members earlier in the day over video conference and...

Cuttack: The body of a Plus II student who had gone missing August 3 was recovered from Mahanadi at Jobra Barragge Thursday morning. The deceased has been identified as Tusharkant Sahoo, a resident of Chandi Chowk area and a student of Chirst College in Cuttack....

Bhubaneswar: Accolades have been pouring in from all quarters after the India men’s hockey team clinched its first Olympic medal in more than four decades by beating German contenders 5-4 in the Tokyo Olympics. Former Olympian from Odisha Lazarus Barla congratulated the team on their...