Metro

Bhubaneswar: The voting through postal ballot for Pipili bypoll begun Monday. Senior citizens and differently-abled persons will cast their votes through this postal ballot. This voting process will complete May 7. According to a source, there are at least 1,067 such voters in the Pipili...

Bhubaneswar: Accepting an earlier recommendation of the Odisha government, President of India Ram Nath Kovind Monday issued an order for the compulsory retirement of tainted IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak. Notably, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has been emphasising on high degree of morality and...

Puri: At a time when Puri district’s COVID-19 situation is turning grimmer by the day, shortage of doctors at Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) here is affecting health care service. The IDH has been functioning as a COVID Care Hospital. Bimbadhar Dash, a resident of Puri...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday morning spoke to Mamata Banerjee over telephone and congratulated her for her party’s landslide victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections. Notably, CM Patnaik May 2 congratulated Banerjee, Sarbananda Sonowal, Pinarayi Vijayan and MK Stalin for their victories...

Bhubaneswar: As the country reels under a massive second wave of Covid-19 infection, the Indian Navy, through its training establishment at INS Chilka and under the aegis of Naval Officer-in-Charge (Odisha), has come forward to set up a Covid care facility for the patients of...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of state police has started investigation into the illegal transfer of over Rs 5 crore from the account of National Health Mission of Subarnapur district. A case has been registered in this regard on the basis of a complaint...

Bhubaneswar: The death of an elderly Covid-19 patient from Talcher exposed the glaring mismanagement at a dedicated Covid-19 hospital of a premier private medical college in the Capital city. The deceased’s son has lodged a complaint with the Infocity police alleging negligence on the part...

Bhubaneswar: Congress leader Suresh Routray Sunday demanded a single universal facility card for migrants of the state which would help them avail government facilities in any part of the country. “There are many migrants living in different parts of the country. If the government can...

Bhubaneswar: The Non-Resident Odias of United Arab Emirates (UAE) paid rich tributes to eminent Odia and English litterateur Manoj Das, who passed away in Pondicherry April 27. Expatriate group Global Odias for Odisha’s Development (GOOD) organised a meeting in this regard in Dubai recently. Due...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 8,914 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 4,71,536. Active caseload in the state stands at 71,835. Out of the 8,914 new infections, 5,081 were reported from quarantine centres while 3,833 persons contracted...