Metro

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the vaccination drive has hit a roadblock in the state due to shortage of vaccine, an Air India flight carrying a total of 2.5 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine reached Bhubaneswar, Saturday. According to health director Bijay Panigrahi, the state...

Bhubaneswar:  A day after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the 14-day ‘Mask Abhiyan’, the Commissionerate Police Saturday swung into action and formed special teams to catch unruly mask-norm violators. Informing about the move, Bhubaneswar DCP (Security) Nirmal Satpathy said that the CP has formed around...

Cuttack: In order to keep the rising COVID-19 cases at bay the SCB College of Nursing in Cuttack was Saturday closed as a precautionary measure until further orders. Acting on an official order of Additional Chief Secretary to the state Health and Family Welfare department,...

Bhubaneswar: Nor’wester rain is predicted to lash most parts of the state till April 18. This will help the temperature remain below 40 degree Celsius, the regional centre of IMD said Saturday. According to the weathermen, some parts of Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Kendrapara,...

Puri: A number of valuables and antiques were recovered from Emar mutt in Puri Friday during the official hand over of possession to the Endowment Commission. A filigree silver tree, silver flowers and a bouquet were found in the mutt premises. Several silver utensils and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Saturday registered 1,374 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the total tally in the state to 3,48,182. Out of the 1,374 new cases, 812 were reported from quarantine centres while 562 contracted the virus locally. Sundargarh district reported the highest number of cases with 355,...

Bhubaneswar: Encouraged with the response of tourists in eco-tourism sites, Chief Secretary SC Mahapatra Friday asked respective officials to identify more natural sites for eco-tourism and boating facility. Holding a high-level meeting here, Mahapatra directed the collectors, Divisional Forest Officers (DFOs), and Water Resource department...

The BJP candidate from Pipli Assembly constituency, Ashrit Pattanayak, talks to Manish Kumar of Orissa POST about his plans, campaign and what can go wrong for the BJD. Excerpts: Pipli is considered to be a stronghold of BJD. How do you plan to invade their...

Bhubaneswar: Due to the steep rise of COVID-19 cases in India, students and their parents are apprehensive about physically appearing for the Class X and XII exams conducted by the BSE, CHSE and CBSE. Earlier reports said that a huge number of students had signed...

Rudra Pratap Maharathy, the BJD candidate for Pipli bypoll, in his interview with Manish Kumar of Orissa POST, talks about his campaign and why Modi wave, if there is any, is likely to fail in Pipli. Excerpts: What are the development works done by your...