Metro

Bhubaneswar: With the surge of cases in the second wave of the pandemic, the dedicated 104 Covid helpline in the state is being flooded with distress calls, much more than the first wave. The officials managing the dedicated call centre of Covid assistance said that every...

Bhubaneswar: Rajya Sabha MP and noted sculptor Padma Vibhushan Raghunath Mohapatra succumbed to Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here Sunday. He was 78. AIIMS-Bhubaneswar superintendent Sachidanand Mohanty told the media that Mohapatra passed away at 3:49pm Sunday....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 10,031 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of infected people in the state to 5,44,873. The number of cases showed a slight decrease as Sunday the state had reported 10,635. The current active caseload in Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of India Meteorological Department in Bhubaneswar Sunday issued a thunderstorm alert for 19 districts of Odisha. The centre alerted this in its afternoon bulletin. The districts that are likely to experience thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40...

Bhubaneswar: Under active supervision of state police, Odisha has so far sent 473 tankers carrying a total of 8689.626MT liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to 11 states that are facing shortage. “In a night-long operation under our supervision, seven tankers filled with 132MT LMO were loaded...

Khurda: Officials of Tangi Wildlife Division Sunday arrested a person on the charge of poaching migratory birds in Chilika. As many as seven carcasses of migratory birds were also recovered from him. The accused has been identified as Gopal Sahu. The ongoing lockdown has proved...

Konark: The body of a middle-aged woman sans clothes was found on Konark beach in Puri district Sunday morning. Identity of the woman has not been ascertained yet. According to a source, the woman’s body was spotted by some passersby near the beach early in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday wished everyone a happy Mother’s Day. He took to his Twitter handle and thanked the COVID warriors like ASHAs, ANMs and AWWs on the occasion. https://twitter.com/Naveen_Odisha/status/1391242949392957443 “Committed in our efforts to reduce maternal mortality rate in Odisha and...

Khurda: The villagers and forest department are going out of their ways to protect a pregnant python in a jungle near Gadanial village under Haladia forest range of Chandaka forest division in Khurda district. The forest department is duty-bound to protect a snake. But the...

Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE)-conducted annual Plus II Examinations, 2021 in Odisha are unlikely to be held coming June, an official of the School and Mass Education (S&ME) department said Sunday morning. In view of the second wave of COVID-19 outbreak, the...