Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered Tuesday   2,957 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest in the past two months. In fact that this is the first time, Odisha has reported less than 3,000 daily cases in more than two months. The new Covid-19 infections took the total number of...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to give a boost to the recreational facilities in the Capital city, the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has decided to construct three new parks with an expenditure of Rs 87 lakh. As per sources, the BDA has invited tenders from bidders...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to set up a dedicated project monitoring unit (PMU) for planning, monitoring and coordination of the work plans for achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a time-bound manner. This was revealed at the consultation meeting of state government...

Bhubaneswar: A bleak future stares at those work in Odia music industry with the theatres and auditoriums remaining shut for nearly two years. Deaths of eminent musicians like Amarendra Mohanty, Santiraj Khosla and Tapu Mishra due to Covid-19 has only worsened the situation. In such...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 3,031 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 8,80,533. The active caseload in the state now stands at 36,633. Out of the 3,031 new infections, 1,738 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,293...

File photo of students doing Yoga BHUBANESWAR: With the Covid-19 pandemic taking a psychological toll on all, many people have been embracing yoga to keep the body and the mind fit. As the world observes International Yoga Day Monday, Orissa POST speaks to experts on...

Bhubaneswar: The Health department is all set to launch a massive anti-Covid inoculation drive in all the blocks and ULBs from Monday to achieve the target of three lakh vaccinations per day in the state. The boost to the vaccination drive comes following the Centre...

Cuttack: Some unidentified miscreants hacked a man to death late Saturday night while he was sleeping on the footpath at College Square in Cuttack, a Commissionerate Police-Cuttack official informed. According to sources, the man was identified as Sanatan Das from Jagatsinghpur district. The assailants also...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday launched 'Ashirbad' scheme aimed at providing financial assistance to Covid-19 orphaned children. Children, whose one or both parents have died due to Covid-19, will be able to benefit from this scheme. Under the scheme, monthly financial assistance of Rs 2,500...

Bhubaneswar/Bhawanipatna: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday inaugurated a 200-bed Covid Hospital at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district through videoconferencing. The hospital will be managed by Vedanta Group. The hospital has all kinds of state-of-the-art medical equipment. It has a special paediatric ward with 16 ICUs and...