Metro

Bhubaneswar/Dhenkanal: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered setting up of a special committee to examine the allegations regarding illegal murram mining in forest and non-forest areas of Parjang and Kamakshyanagar in Dhenkanal district. The order comes following a petition by one Santanu Kumar Bhukta...

Bhubaneswar: The southwest monsoon may arrive in Odisha by June 10 to 12, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra. He informed Thursday that there is a likelihood of a fresh low pressure developing in the Bay of Bengal around June 11...

Puri: After a long wait, Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Thursday decided to prepare a five-year plan for the conservation of various small temples in the 12th century shrine complex. The decision in this regard was taken at the...

Bhubaneswar: There was a slight decrease in the number of new Covid-19 infections with Odisha registering 7,729 cases in the last 24 hours, the I & PR department said in a tweet Friday morning. The new infections took Odisha’s tally close to the eight-lakh mark...

Bhubaneswar: An attempt by the state Health department to procure Amphotericin-B injections, touted as the most effective drug for the treatment of mucormycosis (black fungus) directly from the manufacturers, seems to have received a setback. The department through the Odisha State Medical Corporation Ltd (OSMSL)...

Bhubaneswar: Vaccine shortage in Odisha has affected the drive for the 18-44 age group in the state. The Odisha government had earlier announced free vaccination of this category of people. Now, however, the entire scenario is one of doubt and apprehension. Vaccination of the 18-44...

New Delhi: With marginal or no improvement on vital parameters like poverty, education and hunger, Odisha has slipped to feature in the bottom five states of the third edition of NITI Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) India Index 2020-21. The Index for SDGs evaluates the...

Bhubaneswar: Bijaya Kumar Sahoo, who breathed his last at a hospital in Hyderabad Thursday due to post-Covid complications, was the founder of SAI International Educational Group comprising four institutions--SAI International School, SAI Angan, SAI International Residential School and SAI International College of Commerce. Sahoo had...

Bhubaneswar: At a time when sudden fall of oxygen saturation level is proving fatal for COVID-19 patients during this second wave of pandemic, an oxygen shelter has come up in Bhubaneswar to address the crisis. This facility, which was inaugurated with BMC’s approval Wednesday, is...

Bhubaneswar: The expected third wave of COVID-19 pandemic would probably be as severe as the second one. It may attack people of all age groups including children, a top expert said Thursday. According to Bhubaneswar-based Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) chief Ajay Kumar Parida, any...