Metro

Bhubaneswar: With Covid-19 positivity rate witnessing a declining trend and in order to ease the day-to-day activities across the state, Odisha government Wednesday announced to withdraw lockdown restrictions in a phased manner. According to official sources, essential services, transportation of goods, industrial activities and construction...

Cuttack: In a major crackdown, the Commissionerate Police seized 11 illegal firearms and 51 rounds of live bullets in Cuttack. Police have arrested four persons in this connection, Twin City Police Commissioner Saumendra Priyadarshi informed Wednesday. Lots of illegal firearms have been seized since the...

Choudwar: As many as two persons were killed on the spot and another sustained grievous injuries late Tuesday night, after a pickup truck in which they were travelling rammed into a goods carrier on NH-16 near Manguli Chhak under Choudwar police limits in Cuttack district....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 3,535 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 8,63,061. The active caseload in the state now stands at 47,796. Out of the 3,535 new infections, 2,016 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,519...

Bhubaneswar: The absolute dependence on the Union government for supply of mucormycosis (black fungus) drugs has ended as the state government is now directly procuring some of these drugs from the manufacturers. However, major drugs for treatment of black fungus, like Amphotericin B injections, are...

Khurda: The weavers of Routapada in Begunia block of Khurda district have created an identity for themselves by supplying cotton and silk garments for Rath Yatra and other rituals of Srimandir deities. The families of weaver Gopinath Das and a few of his relatives have...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Monday said that heavy rain will lash a few places in the state for the next two days. “Heavy rainfall would occur at one or two places of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Bolangir, Sonepur, Angul and Deogarh districts, Tuesday....

Pipli/Delang: A 23-year-old married woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances at Surangpur under Delang police limits here, an official said Monday. Delang inspector in-charge (IIC) Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik said that they have recovered the body of Deptimayee Baral from her residence in the morning...

Bhubaneswar: Raja celebrations are never complete without the traditional ‘Raja Paan’. Chewing paan during the festival is a ritual and betel shop owners come up with a variety of flavours to draw customers. The major places in Capital city where the shops sell special Raja...

Bhubaneswar: Childline officials here Monday rescued a 12-year-old girl engaged as a housemaid from the residence of a retired Collector at IRC Village under Nayapalli police limits. According to sources, the girl was trafficked from Berhampur in Ganjam district to the Capital city in November...