Metro

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the highest ever single-day rise in Covid-19 cases in the state, the government Monday extended the weekend shutdown to all urban areas of the state from April 24.  At present, weekend shutdown is in force in the urban areas of...

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha reporting Monday the highest-ever new COVID-19 cases of 4,445, a total of seven districts have come under the ‘Red Zone’. These Red Zone districts are Sundargarh, Khurda, Sambalpur, Nuapada, Cuttack, Kalahandi and Bargarh. Currently these seven districts have an active caseload of 4,375,...

Puri: At least 50 more persons associated with the Jagannath Temple in Puri have tested positive for COVID-19, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) informed Monday. According to SJTA Administrator (Development) Ajay Kumar Jena, 22 out of the total 50 infected are servitors and their family...

Pipili: Major political parties in the state like BJD, BJP and Congress Monday intensified electioneering activities in Pipili Assembly Constituency following Chief Electoral Officer Sushil Kumar Lohani’s release of formal notification for the rescheduled bypoll. Even though local voters and political analysts await a fresh...

Bhubaneswar: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Odisha and Ex-Officio Principal Secretary to the state government Sushil Kumar Lohani Monday morning issued a formal notification for the Pipili bypoll which has been rescheduled to be conducted May 13. Notably, rescheduling of the bypoll was necessitated following...

Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition (LoP) Pradipta Kumar Naik has tested positive for COVID-19. The BJP leader informed about his diagnosis through his Twitter handle Monday. He requested all those who came in contact with him in the last five days to get themselves tested and...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Sunday formed expert teams, which would visit & monitor the functioning of Covid Care facilities. The expert teams are constituted both at medical college level and state level which will visit the established Covid facilities and monitor them for provisions of...

Konark: Delay in the construction of a mini stadium on the premises of Bhagabati Mahavidyalaya at Konark in Puri district has caused resentment among the students as well as locals. The alumni association of Bhagabati Mahavidyalaya (College) has urged the authorities of Konark Notified Area...

Bhubaneswar: The state Health department Sunday claimed that there was no shortage of beds and health care facilities to tackle the rising threat of Covid-19 in the state. It also claimed that works are also in the pipeline to increase hospital beds. “We have directed all...

Cuttack: Defunct and ill-maintained drinking water kiosks and tube wells at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Postgraduate Institute of Pediatrics (Sishu Bhawan) here are adding to the woes of the patients and their attendants. Many attendants have blamed the callousness of the hospital authorities for the inconvenience...