Metro

Bhubaneswar: A rights activist Saturday filed a plea before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking intervention into an alleged police torture of a traffic violator in Keonjhar in April. The activist demanded Rs 5 lakh compensation to the victim’s family and direction to police...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police Saturday launched a system through which the IT and ITeS firms will self generate e-passes for unhindered movement of their staff during the lockdown and weekend shutdowns in the twin city. Speaking on the issue, Commissioner of police Saumendra Priaydarshi said...

Bhubaneswar: Supporting the State government’s demand, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan sought personal intervention of his Cabinet colleague and Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan for setting up of 19 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) medical oxygen plants in Odisha. The demand for 19 new medical oxygen...

Bhubaneswar: Amidst rising number of critical Covid patients and requirement of beds for them at different hospitals, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Saturday decided to rope in city hotels that will cater to patients having mild infections. BMC Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Singh chaired a virtual...

Cuttack: The coastal state continues to deliver medical oxygen to the states in dire need. A total of 726 containers carrying 13,305.864 MT medical oxygen have been dispatched from Rourkela, Jajpur, Dhenkanal and Angul districts to 13 states in the country under the supervision of...

Bhubaneswar: Senior citizens in Bhubaneswar can avail Covid-19 testing facility at their doorstep from Monday by just making a call to 1929, commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Sanjay Singh said here Saturday. He said the BMC will make all arrangements to collect the sample...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 11,732 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 6,12,224. Active caseload in the state stands at 1,07,403. Out of the 11,732 new infections, 6,569 were reported from quarantine centres while 5,163 persons contracted...

Bhubaneswar: With the Covid-19 cases showing no signs of abating, the state government has issued an advisory for safety of children, pregnant women and mothers. The government, in its advisory, said that lactating mothers can continue breastfeeding, with precautions, even if they are found positive...

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Centre and the state disbursed fresh instalment of assistance to farmers, Opposition BJP and Congress Saturday targeted the state government over non-inclusion of all eligible farmers under PM Kisan scheme. State BJP framers’ wing president Pradip Purohit alleged that lakhs...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Saturday, began a massive sanitisation drive deploying three dedicated vehicles in each of its administrative zones. As per sources, the three dedicated vehicles will focus on areas that are reporting higher caseload and major public places like Unit I...