Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha police Sunday suspended six personnel for dereliction of duty after gangster Sheikh Hyder escaped from SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack where he was under treatment. According to a source, one havildar and five constables who were deployed for the security of...

Cuttack: In a major crackdown, Twin City Commissionerate Police busted a firearm smuggling racket and arrested two gun-runners from Cuttack. Informing about the gun-runners, police commissioner Saumendra Priyadarshi Sunday said a total of six firearms and 32 live ammunition were seized from their possession. Chauliaganj...

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of gangster Sheikh Hyder escaping from SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Commissionerate Police Sunday launched a massive operation to trace him out. A core team has been constituted comprising senior cops of Twin City to nab the gangster who...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Transport Department Saturday requested Twin City Police Commissioner for action against drunk drivers as per provisions envisaged in Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019. The department’s renewed vigour came close on heels of an incident in which a drunk woman rider was caught by...

Cuttack: The pregnancy of a 14-year-old rape survivor was terminated at a hospital in Cuttack Saturday, following an order of the Orissa High Court, officials said. The girl was in the 23rd week of her pregnancy, they said. The procedure was done at SCB Medical...

Bhubaneswar: Apollo Hospital in the state capital today claimed that it has conducted three rare surgeries with the intervention of endoscopy technique by ensuring minimal invasion to the human body. In one case, a perforation was noticed in the food pipe which was caused by...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has recently directed its investigating wing to probe the alleged murder of RTI activist Ranjan Kumar Das last year. The commission, while hearing a plea filed by the state body of RTI activists, directed the ADG-cum-director, investigation wing...

Bhubaneswar: Conveying Chief Minister’s instruction to ensure everyone wears mask, Chief Secretary SC Mahapatra Saturday told officials from Nuapada district to strictly enforce the mask rule. As per the direction of the CM, Mahapatra along with additional chief secretary (ACS) Health, PK Mohapatra Saturday visited...

Bhubaneswar: With COVID-19 cases across the state escalating, the airport authorities as well as the East Coast Railway (ECoR) have intensified their surveillance to counter the increase of cases in the state. The Bhubaneswar railway station has now started thermal screening of the passengers and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has registered 1,379 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the tally in the state to 3,49,561 with 7,979 active cases. Out of 1,379 new cases, 808 were reported from quarantine centres while 571 are local contacts. Details of local contacts...