Metro

Cuttack: During two separate raids carried out in Cuttack Saturday afternoon, Commissionerate Police-Cuttack busted two rackets for their alleged involvement in flesh trade, a police official said. According to sources, a sex racket that had been operating at a local hotel for the last several...

Bhubaneswar: Clearing the air on announcement of annual matriculation results, Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash Sunday said that the results will be announced by last week of June. “The process of evaluation is underway. The results will be published within the...

Bhubaneswar:  The Odisha government has ordered a probe into the alleged circulation of fake Covid-19 medicines, officials said. The government also decided to initiate legal action against those responsible for supplying ‘spurious Covid-19 medicines’ seized in the last few days, they said. Health and Family...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to lash several districts of Odisha in next 24 hours as southwest monsoon advanced over the state, regional centre of India Meteorological Centre department said Sunday. The monsoon, which entered the state Thursday, has covered the entire...

Bhubaneswar: The authorities of a prominent Public Sector Bank (PSB) have sought the help of Commissionerate Police to bust an alleged racket involved in defrauding the bank with unique modus operandi. The bank officials have filed a complaint with the Capital police in this regard....

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...