Metro

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has now lashed out at Balasore Collector and others who were part of a special committee formed by the tribunal to examine the allegations of illegal sand mining along the Subarnarekha river for their alleged lax attitude in complying...

Bhubaneswar: Several educationists have suggested alternative methods for evaluation of Plus II students whose exams have been cancelled in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. Educationists GC Nanda, RN Panda, Pritish Acharya, Satyakam Mishra, Basudev Chhatoi, Bijay Kumar Sahoo, Golak Nayak and Pabitra Mahal sent their...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 6,019 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 8,31,129. The active caseload in the state now stands at 71,312. Out of the 6,019 new infections, 3,397 were reported from quarantine centres while 2,622...

Bhubaneswar: The state government once again placed its demand before the Central team for building disaster-resilient infrastructure in coastal area to deal with cyclones and high tides. The state has raised this issue during the meeting with the Central team that was in Odisha to...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to strengthen its medical infrastructure to tackle the possible third wave of Covid-19 that may hit the children hard. Accepting the recommendations of the Technical Committee headed by Director, Medical Education & Training (DMET) CBK Mohanty, the Health and...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to make available a cocktail of antibody drugs for treatment of Covid-19 patients. Following permission of Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), the government has decided to make available the Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b (PegIFN) & casirivimab and imdevimab (antibody...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sanctioned Tuesday financial assistance of Rs 26.29 crore for street vendors of urban areas in the state. The assistance will be provided from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF). The vendors during the Covid-19 pandemic have suffered huge losses...

Puri: The Chief Administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), Krishan Kumar has written to PK Mohapatra, the Additional Chief Secretary, Health department demanding ‘Covid Warriors’ status for all employees of the body. “The employees of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration, Puri, are involved in...

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police received more teeth to tackle drug trafficking with the State government approving proposals from the department to set up a new specialised unit. Informing about the development in a video message, DGP Abhay said the government...

Bhubaneswar: A man who was brutally assaulted by miscreants Monday night passed away Tuesday morning while undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack. The incident took place at Budhhanagar under Laxmisagar police limits here. The deceased has been identified as Kartik...