Metro

Bhubaneswar: Several street food items examined by the Food Safety department in the last one year were found to be laced with high levels of synthetic colours, revealed a senior official of the department. During random checks of street food items in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack,...

Bhubaneswar: In a case of cruelty against animals, police Sunday detained a person for allegedly killing five puppies and injuring another critically at Gosareshwar Square in Old Town area in Bhubaneswar. The accused has been identified as Prafulla Rout, a driver by profession. According to...

Bhubaneswar: A youth was stoned to death in broad daylight in Kharavela Nagar area of Bhubaneswar Sunday. The accused has been arrested. The deceased has been identified as Sheikh Abdul, a native of Puruna Bazaar area in Bhadrak district who was residing in Bhubaneswar for...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday shared a picture of himself planting a tree. An eminent writer, who had earlier written a book ‘The Garden of Life’, his message is to inspire people of the state to go for afforestation. The Chief Minister’s tweet includes...

Bhubaneswar/Jeypore: Veteran Congress leader and Jeypore Assembly constituency MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati was admitted to a private Covid hospital in Bhubaneswar Sunday. Bahinipati tested positive for Covid-19 in the morning. He has developed mild symptoms, his family sources said. MP and Congress party leader Saptagiri Ulaka...

Bhubaneswar: At a time when Covid-induced restrictions have resulted in cessation of livelihood sources, a city-based trade union leader and rights activist moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking a direction to the Centre to provide Rs 7,000 per month to the non-income tax...

Bhubaneswar: Police officials often indulge in the misuse of the power, if a recent incident of a man from the Capital city becoming the soft target of the cops is any indication. In an appalling example of such blatant power abuse, the family members of...

Bhubaneswar: Director of state Health department Bijay Mohapatra Saturday said that the lockdown restrictions could be eased in the days to come gradually if the test positivity rate (TPR) continues to decline. The official said that currently the state is having around 10 per cent...

Bhubaneswar: The special squad of Commissionerate Police Saturday arrested a fugitive accused involved in a gang rape case after seven years of his escape from police custody. The accused was identified as Bhaskar Sahoo of Odagaon in Nayagarh district. According to sources, the accused Sahoo...

Bhubaneswar: The state government’s claims to provide Covid-19 test reports online through a Covid dashboard seems to be more on paper than on the ground, escalating the woes of coronavirus-infected patients and their families. Several persons who gave their samples to the government testing labs...