Odisha

Want to sell my BMW due to high maintenance cost, not for funding training: Dutee

11:15 pm July 15, 2020

New Delhi: Star sprinter Dutee Chand on Wednesday said she is selling her luxury car not to fund her training but because the vehicle’s maintenance cost is beyond her, trying to douse the controversy that erupted when she put the car on sale. A few days ago, Dutee posted on social media that she intended to sell […]

138 litres of liquor seized from train, accused missing

Odisha allows counter sale of country liquor

8:15 pm July 6, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday allowed counter sale country liquor, as per a notification. Over-the-counter sale of out still liquor and extra neutral alcohol (ENA)-based liquor have been allowed from Tuesday in non-containment zones, it said. The home delivery of the country liquor, which was allowed from July 1, will also continue, it added. Shops will […]

India registers highest single-day spike of nearly 23K COVID cases

11:14 pm July 4, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally neared 6.5 lakh cases on Saturday with a record single-day spike of 22,771 new infections, even as the recovery rate further improved to 60.81 per cent. The government said several people-centric measures taken as part of the “test, trace, treat” strategy have removed the impediments for COVID-19 testing. Facilitation of […]

‘Super spreader’ family infects 87 people in Odisha village

11:13 pm July 3, 2020

Bhubaneshwar: A family of three is being termed a COVID-19 “super spreader” in Odisha’s Rayagada district as it is being said to be the source of infection to 87 people in a village, a senior official said Friday. The family — a man, his wife and their daughter – had returned to their village, called […]

Delhi's peak power demand scales new high of 7,323 MW

Bhubaneswar-Cuttack to get disaster resilient power supply system by Dec 2020

7:55 pm July 2, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday set a target of completing the advanced and disaster resilient power supply system in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack by December 2020, official sources said. The decision in this regard was taken at a high-level review meeting chaired by Chief Secretary A K Tripathy. “Work out advanced implementation schedule for each phase of […]