Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal Thursday appointed noted educationist Santosh Kumar Tripathy as the new Vice-Chancellor of Fakir Mohan University in Balasore. Tripathy has been appointed for a period of four years, which will take effect from the date he assumes office or until further...

Bhubaneswar: Out of the 3,000 genome sequenced Covid-19 positive samples in Odisha, 93 per cent persons were found infected with the Delta variant, chief of Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) Bhubaneswar Ajay Kumar Parida said Thursday. According to Parida, ILS has so far conducted genome...

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police Thursday exhumed a partially-buried body of an unidentified youth at Bali Yatra ground under Mancheswar police limits in Bhubaneswar. According to a police official, the body was recovered from sand in presence of a local magistrate. Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Dash, a scientific...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Bishweswar Tudu was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi for treatment of post-Covid complications Wednesday, a source informed. Tudu was experiencing severe pain in bones around eyes and teeth, a doctor...

Bhubaneswar: Instrument Landing System (ILS) has become operational at Veer Surendra Sai (VSS) Airport in Jharsuguda of Odisha, officials said Wednesday. In a tweet, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) said the ILS will help in precise landing of aircraft at the airport. It will...

Bhubaneswar: With an active monsoon and lack of regular sunlight, experts dealing with cases of allergy and pulmonary health have warned of outbreak of several sporadic health issues like allergies and asthma. The experts attributed the lack of sunlight, growth of fungus and other germs...

Bhubaneswar: The Capital city has witnessed a 13-fold rise in dengue cases during last three weeks taking the total number of cases to 235, with about 17 new cases detected Wednesday. As per Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) sources the civic body had only 17 cases...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 1,948 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,61,934. The active caseload in the state now stands at 19,623. Out of the 1,948 new infections, 1,120 were reported from quarantine centres while 828...

New Delhi: India Wednesday successfully flight-tested the new generation surface-to-air missile Akash Missile (Akash-NG) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the Odisha coast. The flight trial was conducted at around 12.45 p.m. from a land-based platform with all weapon system elements such as multi-function...

Puri: The Rajarajeswar Besha ritual, popularly known as Suna Besha of Lord Jagannath and his siblings Devi Subhadra and elder brother Lord Balabhadra was held in Puri Wednesday. As part of the ritual, the Holy Trinity appeared on their chariots in front of Srimandir Singhadwara...