Metro

Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Commissioner of Police, Bhubaneswar and District Magistrate of Khordha on the status of the investigation in the Raj Bhavan petrol pump blast case. Acting on the petition filed by Rights Activist Radhakanta...

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Railways has decided to run seven more special trains from and through East Coast Railway zone (ECoR) jurisdiction. Seven trains including six originating from ECoR and one passing through train will run till further advice. Apart from this, some more trains...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 2,917 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,19,026. The active caseload in the state now stands at 30,557. Out of the 2,917 new infections, 1,677 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,240...

Bhubaneswar: The Nabard Friday sanctioned Rs 388 crore to the state government under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for taking up four piped drinking water projects. While one project each will be taken up in Boipariguda block of Koraput and Nilagiri block of Balasore district,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday said it has started the process to bring back the iconic Dakota aircraft of former chief minister Biju Patnaik, lying at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (NSCB) International Airport in Kolkata to Bhubaneswar. Biju Patnaik, who was an ace pilot,...

Puri: As many as 80 platoons of police personnel including officers of various ranks would be deployed in and around Puri for the Rath Yatra scheduled July 12 amid Covid protocols and without devotees. All the roads connected to Badadanda would be sealed and prohibitory...

Bhubaneswar: With no new cases of Delta Plus variant of Covid-19 found in Odisha since May this year, state Health Services director Dr Bijay Kumar Mohapatra asked Friday people not to panic. “There has been not a single case of Delta Plus variant found from...

Bhubaneswar: Petrol prices in various districts of Odisha crossed the Rs 100-per-litre mark Friday. With the latest increase in petrol prices by Rs 36 paise, the fuel now costs Rs 100.01 per litre in Bhubaneswar, while the diesel cost remains unchanged at Rs 97.25 per...

Bhubaneswar: In order to ease the ongoing controversy pertaining to evaluation of marks in the recent matriculation examination results, School and Mass Education (S&ME) Minister Samir Ranjan Dash said Friday that special offline examinations for Class X students will be conducted based on 70 per...

Bhubaneswar/Keonjhar: The state government has initiated the process for development of a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for research in earth science and technology in the mineral-rich Keonjhar district. For the purpose, the Government College of Engineering (GCE) will be developed as the CoE within three...