Metro

Bhubaneswar: In a significant move to enhance emergency medical services in the City, Utkal Hospital, in collaboration with RED.Health introduced Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances. The flag-off ceremony took place at the hospital premises here Thursday and was attended by hospital COO Manav, CFO and...

Bhubaneswar: A team of officials, representing Government of Bhutan recently visited Basuaghai Wealth Centre here, managed by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). The six-member high-level delegation from Bhutan attended the orientation by Odisha Urban Academy. Later, the team visited the wealth centre and different facilities such...

Bhubaneswar: Aiming at improving the socio-economic condition of tribal communities, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan (PM-JUGA) with a total outlay of Rs 79,156 crore (Central share Rs 56,333 crore and state share Rs...

Bhubaneswar: A regional meeting of eastern states – Odisha, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh – will be held here Friday to deliberate on labour reforms, social protection and other issues. According to sources at the Union Labour and Employment Ministry, the meeting is...

Bhubaneswar: After a short break, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will resume hearing public grievances at the CM Grievance Cell in UnitV here Monday (September 23). “Grievance hearing will be held at government quarters VIIIMR-4, Unit-5, Bhubaneswar,” the GA and PG department has informed. The...

Bhubaneswar: Confined to a wheelchair with a brace around her neck, Bharatpur police atrocity victim and friend of Army officer Major Gurvansh Singh cried for justice while narrating the alleged violence and sexual assault perpetrated on her by IIC Dinakrushna Mishra and his staffers in...

Bhubaneswar: A day after the suspension of five cops of Bharatpur police station here on charges of gross misconduct, Director General of Police (DGP) Yogesh Bahadur Khurania Thursday directed the Crime Branch (CB) to launch a probe and bring to book the miscreants who abused...

Puri: As state’s first BJP government completed 100 days in office Thursday, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the party’s election manifesto is a scripture for him and his administration has fulfilled the promises made to the people ahead of the simultaneous polls. A tribal...

Bhubaneswar: Taking suo motu cognisance of the allegations of police assault on an Army major and his woman friend at Bharatpur Police station in Bhubaneswar September 15, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Director General of...

Bhubaneswar: Popular Sambalpuri singer Ruksana Bano has died while undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, hospital sources said. Although hospital authorities said 27-year-old Ruksana was being treated for Scrub Typhus, they were yet to reveal the cause of her death that took place Wednesday night. However,...