Metro

Bhubaneswar/Bargarh: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch Wednesday arrested a businessman identified as Kamaljeet Singh from Bargarh district in connection with an alleged financial fraud case, an official source said. According to the source, a case was earlier registered acting on an...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday directed senior officials of all concerned departments to remain alert to effectively manage flood and other resultant natural disasters this monsoon. “Odisha has been praised globally for coping with various disasters despite the effects of the pandemic. Our...

Cuttack: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch Wednesday arrested three persons in connection with alleged procurement and stocking of spurious Covid-19 drugs and in turn distributing those in different parts of the state, a source said. According to an STF official, the...

Puri: Lord Alarnath temple at Brahmagiri town in Puri district will remain out of bounds for devotees during 'Anabasar' rituals of Lord Jagannath and his siblings this year, a district administration official said Wednesday. According to Sub-Collector Bhabataran Sahoo, Puri district administration has decided to...

Bhubaneswar: The annual syllabuses for Class IX and Class X will be reduced by 30 per cent this year, Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash Wednesday said. Clarifying the uncertainty prevalent over the issue of reopening schools, the minister said that no...

Cuttack: An ambulance has been providing service to local patients for over last nine years sans a fitness certificate, thereby grossly violating the norms prescribed for motor vehicles. According to a source, the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC)-owned vehicle plies on the city roads carrying persons...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 3,456 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 8,86,946. The active caseload in the state now stands at 34,216. Out of the 3,456 new infections, 1,973 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,483...

New Delhi: Asserting that the Right to Life under Article 21 of the Constitution includes the right to healthy food, the Orissa High Court has declined to grant bail to a person who has been arrested on the charges of food adulteration. While rejecting the...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to ease the interest burden on Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) due to Covid-19 pandemic, the state government has issued operational guidelines to provide interest subvention to such units under Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS). Under the scheme, the...

New Delhi: After Rajasthan, diesel prices have crossed Rs 100-per-litre mark in Odisha after fuel prices were hiked again.          The price of petrol was hiked by 28 paise per litre and diesel by 26 paise, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. In...