Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday said it has been able to reduce malaria infection among the people by 90 per cent in a span of three years from 2016. The reduction rate of malaria infection in Odisha between 2018 and 2019 has been 40 per...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 3,554 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 8,97,062. The active caseload in the state now stands at 33,019. Out of the 3,554 new infections, 2,028 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,526...

Puri: Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra, the presiding deities of Sri Jagannath temple, after the grand holy bath Thursday, went to Anasara ghar (sick room) today and were provided with fruits and Pana (energy drink). A painting of three deities called ‘Pattidian’ was affixed...

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued a notice to the Odisha government, Cuttack Collector and others while hearing a petition alleging construction work by the administration on Mahanadi and Kathajodi riverbeds in violation of environment norms. A bench of the tribunal comprising...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported Friday its first case of the Covid-19 Delta plus variant in Deogarh district. This new development came a day after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urged people not to lower their guard against Covid-19. The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) informed the...

Bhubaneswar: The health department in Odisha has joined the meme fest on popular web series 'The Family Man', as it sought to drive home the message that people should take COVID-19 vaccines at the earliest. 'The Family Man' is a multilingual action thriller that follows...

Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) announced Friday the results of annual High School Certificate (HSC) Examinations-2021 and said that 97.98 per cent of the students have passed without appearing for the Class X board examinations. The Class X examinations was cancelled due to...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court (OHC) granted conditional bail Friday to tainted IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak’s son Akash, in connection with an alleged fraud by the latter on the pretext of providing jobs to unemployed youths in a leading automobile company. Akash however, will...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 2,912 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 8,93,508. The active caseload in the state now stands at 33,156. Out of the new infections, 1,675 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,237 persons...

Bhubaneswar: The state unit of Congress Thursday slammed Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the BJP for the consistent rise in the fuel prices in the country and misleading the people on the reasons for the skyrocketing prices. Briefing the media Thursday, state Congress spokesperson...