Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 2,085 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally in the state to 9,58,059. While the number of positive cases reported July 19 was 1,648, it was 2,215 July 18.  The active caseload in the state now stands at...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Public Services Commission said Monday that the state civil service preliminary examination would be held August 27. The civil services (preliminary) examination, 2020, will be conducted in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Balasore and Berhampur, it said through a notification. The tests would be...

Bhubaneswar: Mo Bus services which had remained suspended since May 5 due to Covid-19 restrictions were resumed Monday in the Odisha capital. Along with it, private bus services were also resumed across the state. The Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) said initially buses will operate...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 1,648 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,55,974. The active caseload in the state now stands at 20,387. Out of the 1,648 new infections, 955 were reported from quarantine centres while 693...

Keeping in mind the inconvenience online education has caused to majority of the students, the state government has decided to allow commencement of offline teaching for Class X and XII students from July 26. Though School and Mass Education Principal Secretary Satyabrata Sahu has clarified...

PURI: With criminal proceedings having been initiated against 20 people, five more have been identified by Puri police who ventured into the prohibited area breaching the security cordon during the Srigundicha Yatra July 12. City deputy superintendent of police (DSP) told newsmen that all the...

New Delhi: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Sunday reiterated its demand for the establishment of Legislative Council in the state and sought introduction of a Constitutional Amendment Bill during the Monsoon session of the Parliament commencing Monday. BJD’s Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha...

Bhubaneswar: Scientists at the National Rice Research Institute (NRRI) in Cuttack have won two awards of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar announced awards in various categories on Friday in a virtual ceremony to mark the 93rd foundation day...

Khurda: The special task force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch Saturday busted an interstate firearm trading racket near Khurda-Ranpur border and arrested two in this connection, an official source informed. According to an STF official, both the arrested men are history-sheeters. They were identified as...

Bhubaneswar: The College of Engineering and Technology (CET) Bhubaneswar will be upgraded into a non-affiliating unitary university. Odisha Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday approved the proposal for enacting a new law for upgrading the CET into a university. The premier college will...