Metro

Bhubaneswar: In view of the polls for Samitis and Zilla Parishad members April 8 sounded by Andhra Pradesh, the Odisha government Thursday filed a fresh petition in the apex court appealing for injunction against the southern-state’s notification. The Andhra Pradesh government has already notified to...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Thursday sealed the main branch of SBI in Unit-1 for 96 hours after the detection of more COVID-19 cases. Notably, after seven employees of the branch tested positive for COVID-19, the BMC authorities had Sunday sealed the office. Also...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions imposed to contain them, the Rukuna Rath Yatra of Lord Lingaraj here could not be held last year. This year’s situation is no different either as the second wave of COVID-19 casts a shadow on...

Cuttack: The medical company of NCC ‘adopted’ the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on the premises of SCB Medical College and Hospital here Wednesday. There are a number of statutes of freedom fighters and leaders dotted across the city. Some of them are in...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the rising COVID-19 infections in Bhubaneswar, Police Commissioner Saumendra Priyadarshi, DCP Rekha Lohani and other senior officials Wednesday night raided Market Building, Railway Station and other crowded areas in the city. The police chief inspected the execution of COVID-19 safety protocols...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Thursday registered 879 new coronavirus cases, taking the total tally in the state to 3,45,526. Out of the 879 new cases, 518 were reported from quarantine centres while 361 contracted the virus locally. Khurda district reported the highest number of new cases with...

Bhubaneswar: Despite continuous efforts to improve the healthcare facilities, occurrence of various communicable and non-communicable diseases has become a major cause of concern for the human society, opined several experts while participating in a webinar on the occasion of World Health Day, Wednesday. The Orissa...

Cuttack: Large-scale wastage of drinking water in the Silver city here may push the residents into a severe water crisis in the coming days. Around 30 to 40 per cent of the drinking water supplied by the Public Health Engineering Organisation (PHEO) is being wasted...

Bhubaneswar: In a major jolt to the ongoing vaccination drive in Odisha, the state government Wednesday was forced to shut down over 700 vaccination centres owing to the shortage of Covishield vaccine. Alarmed that the stock of Covishield vaccine will be exhausted within the next...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to lease out seven tourism properties in various locations across the state for development, augmentation, operation and maintenance through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode. The properties are – Yatrinivas (Satapada), TRC (Jharsuguda), Panthanivas (Panchalingeswar), part of Yatrinivas (Konark), tourist complex...