Metro

Puri: In a shocking incident, an elderly woman, suffering from COVID-19, died by suicide by setting herself on fire at Jainabad under Nimapara NAC in Puri district Thursday night. The octogenarian took the extreme step as she allegedly felt being neglected by relatives and family...

Bhubaneswar: The Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) and the State Botanical Garden located in the vicinity of the state capital will remain out of bounds for the public from May 1 till May 15 in view of rising cases of COVID-19 in the City, authorities informed...

Khurda: Close to 10 migrant workers were injured when the bus they were travelling in crashed into the back of a truck on NH-16 near Pitapalli village in Khurda district in the wee hours of Friday. The injured persons were immediately rescued and rushed to...

Cuttack: Dreaded criminal Sheikh Babu was nabbed by Commissionerate Police after an exchange of fire near Barang-Chandaka road on the outskirts of Cuttack city late Thursday night. In the shootout, Babu sustained a bullet injury on his left leg while two police personnel were also...

Bhubaneswar: Indhradhanu Market, popularly known as the ID Market in Nayapalli area was sealed Friday for 24 hours. It incidentally is one of the busiest markets in the state capital. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials along with Commissionerate Police personnel sealed the market after...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha police have collected Rs 5.24 crore in fines from people across the state for either not wearing masks or failing to don them properly from 1.5 lakh persons in the month of April, DGP Abhay said Thursday. Sources informed Rs 4,00,000 has been...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 8,681 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 4,44,194. Active caseload in the state stands at 61,698. Out of the 8,681 new infections, 4,948 were reported from quarantine centres while 3,733 persons contracted...

Bhubaneswar: The Higher Education department Thursday directed the Utkal University here to provide teaching and non-teaching employees to Madhusudan Law University in Cuttack. Madhusudan Law College, one of the oldest law institutes in Odisha and India, was upgraded into a varsity recently. In a letter...

Bhubaneswar: The Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) department Thursday released a new set of guidelines to check delay in Covid-19 testing and delivery of reports. The norms were announced by PK Mohapatra, Additional Chief Secretary of the H&FW department. It has been circulated to all...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to ensure seamless availability of healthcare to the needy, the Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) department Thursday directed the district Collectors, superintendents of police (SPs) and other senior officials to visit the state-run hospitals on a regular basis and inspect services...