Metro

Puri: Unlike last year when Chandan Yatra of Lord Jagannath and siblings in Puri was celebrated inside Srimandir, it will be celebrated as per custom this year amid COVID-19 guidelines. This was decided at a meeting held Thursday under the chairmanship of Shree Jagannath Temple...

Bhubaneswar: As many as eight senior officials of the Odisha Raj Bhawan in Bhubaneswar have tested positive for COVID-19, an official of the Governor’s House informed Thursday morning. In addition to eight officials, many more employees working in Raj Bhawan and their family members have...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has so far sent a total of 345 tankers carrying 6354.742 MT medical oxygen to 10 states that are experiencing acute oxygen shortage. In the last 14 days, 105 tankers carrying 2147 MT of medical oxygen have been sent to Andhra Pradesh while...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday sanctioned additional funds of Rs 2 crore, Rs 1 crore and Rs 4.62 crore for Puri, Subarnapur and Sambalpur districts respectively for effective COVID management. The additional funds have been sanctioned from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF). In...

Bhubaneswar: The CRPF camp in Bhubaneswar condoled the death of DIG Sunil Kumar Parth who lost his life fighting COVID-19 at a hospital Thursday morning, an official informed. All members of the CRPF paid homage to the departed soul. During his tenure at the Group...

Bhubaneswar: Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain asked Wednesday civil supply officers (CSOs) to check black marketing and hoarding of essential consumable items. This development comes as Odisha went into a 15- day lockdown beginning Wednesday. There is a possibility that some...

Bhubaneswar: Expectant mothers have been advised to take special care as there are chances of miscarriage for those who contract the novel coronavirus. Speaking at a state-sponsored health awareness programme on Covid-19, Wednesday, Dr Tushar Jyoti Kar, a gynaecologist from SCB Medical College, Cuttack said,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 10,521 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 5,00,162. Active caseload in the state stands at 81,585. Out of the 10,521 new infections, 5,945 were reported from quarantine centres while 4,576 persons contracted...

Puri: The Suar-Mahasuar Niyog of Srimandir has urged the district administration and the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) to take steps for the sale of Mahaprasad during the 14-day lockdown in the state. Suar-Mahasuar Niyog secretary Krushna Chandra Pratihari Wednesday claimed that the sale of...

Bhubaneswar: As the surge in Covid-19 cases continues in Odisha, there has been a huge rise in demand for oximeters. Panic-stricken people now want to keep oximeters handy to monitor the oxygen saturation level in their bodies. However, suddenly oximeters have become a scarce commodity...