Metro

Bhubaneswar: The office of the State Drug Controller Saturday said that the erring drug wholesaler from Cuttack who was under lens for dealing with spurious Favipiravir tablets was also found indulged in procurement of other drugs from the same tainted supplier. The department said that...

Bhubaneswar: Gopalpur MLA Pardeep Panigrahi was Saturday released from Jharpada jail here after six months. The High Court had Friday granted bail in the alleged job fraud case. Panigrahi was arrested by Crime Branch (CB) sleuths in connection with a job fraud case (26/2020) December...

Bhubaneswar: Districts reporting very low test positivity rates (TPR) are likely to go for unlock soon. This was indicated by the Director of Health Services, Bijay Mohapatra here Saturday. Speaking to the media here, Mohapatra said that all districts in the state have been divided...

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will conduct a national serological in 70 districts in the country, including three from Odisha, to ascetain the levels of penetration of Covid-19 in these areas. The Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) in Bhubaneswar will jointly work...

Bhubaneswar:  In another horrific incident, a daily wager was beaten to death after a heated argument turned violent at Bapuji Nagar under Capital police station here Saturday evening. The accused was identified as Narayan Sahoo, a resident of Laxmipur in Koraput. Sahoo has been detained...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 4,469 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 8,51,782. The active caseload in the state now stands at 59,361. Out of the 4,469 new infections, 2,546 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,923...

Bhubaneswar: The proposed Smart Janpath project in the Capital city has missed several deadlines since its inception in 2017, causing much inconvenience to the denizens. Initiated as one of the projects under Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL), the idea was to give a grandiose makeover...

Bhubaneswar: The state unit of Congress party Saturday accused the state government of failing to provide affordable treatment at the state-run hospitals. Congress leader Pradeep Majhi said that unable to bear Covid treatment costs in Odisha, many patients and their relatives are migrating to other...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Saturday said heavy rainfall will continue to lash several parts of the state for another two days. The low pressure area formed Friday lies over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal areas of West Bengal and North Odisha....

Bhubaneswar: The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Saturday said the maximum number of Covid cases in the Silver city was reported among people in the age group of 18 to 44 years. “Maximum number of Covid cases in Cuttack city was reported among people in the...