Metro

Cuttack: The Odisha Police have collected fines to the tune of over Rs 2.7 crore in 9 days from flouters of COVID norms under a special drive carried out recently. This was informed by the police headquarters Friday afternoon. According to a source, Odisha Police...

Cuttack: A team of the Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch conducted a raid on a house at Abhimanpur village in Cuttack and busted a smugglers gang trying to sell a live pangolin. The STF officials raided the house after getting information from...

Bhubaneswar: Weekend shutdown imposed in the urban centres of 10 districts bordering Chhattisgarh began Saturday. Given the strict enforcement of shutdown, the urban areas of these 10 districts such as Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Bolangir, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri Saturday bore a deserted...

Bhubaneswar:  Two days after Congress candidate for Pipili bypoll Ajit Mangaraj’s died of COVID-19, his mother too lost the battle against the deadly virus Saturday night. Khetramani Mangaraj, the deceased leader’s mother, had tested positive for COVID-19 and was undergoing treatment at a Bhubaneswar based...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Saturday, urging him to make vaccines available in the open market. The CM demanded that COVID-19 vaccine be made available outside the government supply chain in open market so that those who can...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the ongoing oxygen crisis in many parts of the country, the state government has decided to augment its oxygen stock by more than 10 times the stock maintained during the peak of Covid-19 last year. Speaking to Orissa POST, Health Director...

Cuttack:  Gangster Sheikh Hyder, who had earlier escaped from SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) Cuttack and was arrested from Telangana, tested positive for COVID-19 Saturday. According to police sources, Hyder had undergone RT-PCR test and his report has come out positive. He has been kept in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 3,144 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 3,64,594. The current active caseload in the state stands at 19,077. Out of the 3,144 new infections, 1,823 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,321...

Bhubaneswar/ Mumbai: Odisha-based electric vehicle maker EeVe is looking to tap additional funds worth USD 15 million (Rs 100 crore) and is in preliminary discussions with some of the venture capital funds to fuel its aggressive expansion plans. The firm, which currently has six scooter...

Bhubaneswar: A day after two labourers died of asphyxiation while clearing a manhole in Cuttack’s CDA area, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday announced an assistance of Rs 10 lakh each to the next of the kin of the deceased. Expressing deep concern over the mishap,...