Metro

Bhubaneswar: Chandaka police Thursday recovered the mutilated body of a man with a hand chopped off from Andharua area in Bhubaneswar. According to a source, some local residents of Andharua spotted a chopped hand along with a man’s body and a motorcycle a few metres...

Bhubaneswar: Police Thursday arrested one more accused in connection with infamous Jharaphula murder case. With this arrest, the police have so far arrested three including the prime accused Rakesh Swain. The third accused has been identified as Shakti Shekhar Swain, a resident of Bhubaneswar. It...

Bhubaneswar: Class X students heaved a sigh of relief after the annual matriculation examinations for the year 2021 were cancelled. However, confusion prevails regarding how the students will get awarded marks. According to sources close to the Board of Secondary Education Odisha, the students are...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the surge in COVID-19 cases across the state, a large number of Plus II students staged a sit-in and protested at Lower PMG area in Bhubaneswar Thursday morning demanding cancellation of the upcoming CHSE-conducted examination. The students are still under apprehension...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 6,164 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 3,88,479. Active caseload in the state stands at 35,075. Out of the 6,164 new infections, 3,575 were reported from quarantine centres while 2,589 persons contracted...

Bhubaneswar: The Women and Child Development (W&CD) department has directed all district child protection officers (DCPOs) to sensitise people about protection of child rights by preventing child marriages. In a letter, W&CD joint secretary Geetanjali Patnaik said that the department has recently received a letter...

Bhubaneswar: The coverage of Covid-19 vaccine in the state Wednesday crossed the 53 lakh mark with the ongoing inoculation drive expanding across the state. The state government claimed that till date a total of 53,59,794 people of Odisha have been vaccinated against the pandemic. The...

Bhubaneswar: With lockdown being implemented in Maharashtra and Delhi, migrant workers have again started returning to Odisha. In a bid to prevent them from spreading Covid-19 in the state, the government is once more reactivating the quarantine centres. “The government is once again setting up...

Puri: All servitors of Puri Srimandir and their family members above 18 years of age will be vaccinated from May 1, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Chief Administrator Krishan Kumar said Wednesday. The inoculation drive of servitors and their family members is being undertaken keeping...

Bhubaneswar: Even as COVID-19 cases are on a rise in Odisha, a number of joint squads Wednesday carried out a drive against black-marketers of medicines and other healthcare products which are essential for treatment and prevention of coronavirus. The drive was conducted in six districts...