Metro

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has ruled that the Governor of Odisha should expeditiously dispose of a petition seeking disqualification of several MLAs by November 8. A bench comprising Chief Justice S Muralidhar and Justice SK Panigrahi was adjudicating a plea wherein it was contended...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra Thursday asked the officials to ensure integration of existing emergency numbers with ‘Dial 112’, a unified emergency response support system (ERSS), by August end. This was revealed at a high-level review meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary on a...

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police Thursday claimed to have busted an illegal gold trading racket and seized huge quantities of low caratage gold ornaments. The racket was involved in interstate transport of gold by evading goods and services tax (GST), police said. Members of the racket...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Thursday declared two residential complexes, one at Khandagiri and another at Rasulgarh, here as containment zones after detection of a high number of Covid cases from their premises. According to BMC sources, Satyasai Enclave at Lane 3 in Khandagiri...

Puri: Multiple cracks were detected on the chariots of Lord Jagannath, His siblings Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra during a thorough inspection carried out by chariot construction engineering committee outside Gundicha temple here Thursday, a source said. The inspection was conducted a day ahead of...

Bhubaneswar: In order to keep Covid-19 at bay and to contain its probable spread in future days, the state government has extended previously imposed partial lockdown till 6.00am of August 1, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra informed Thursday. Several relaxations have been given to the...

Bhubaneswar: The six-hour Odisha bandh called by Left parties Thursday against hike in fuel prices was peaceful and evoked a mixed response from public. Activists of CPI, CPI(M), CPI(M-L) and Forward Bloc blocked roads and railway tracks in different parts of the state. The protest...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 2,110 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,47,859. The active caseload in the state now stands at 22,299. Out of the 2,110 new infections, 1,213 were reported from quarantine centres while 897...

New Delhi: Perturbed by the sluggish pace of Covid-19 vaccination, the Union Health Ministry Wednesday advised the states to review the status and progress in vaccine procurement by PCVCs on a daily basis. This was revealed at a review meeting on the immunisation programme wherein...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee has appealed people of the state to not buy petrol, diesel and cooking gas this July 15 as a mark of protest against the unprecedented hike in petroleum products. The Congress party will launch a cycle yatra here in Bhubaneswar...