News from Cuttack

Cuttack is known as the Millennium City as well as the Silver City due to its history of 1000 years and famous silver filigree works. It is considered as the judicial capital of Odisha as the Odisha High Court is located here. It is also the old capital city of Odisha.The remains of the famous Barabati fort are still speaks the history of the millennium city. Cuttack has a rich maritime history which says that the traders’ sons (Sadhab pua) use to go to Java Sumatra Island to do business and brings lot of wealth here. To recollect this history every year Baliyatra, a weeklong festival is being organized here. Cuttack is the birth place of Subash Chandra Bose. Cuttack has so many special thing to know like here the feeling of sahi -bhai (Neighborhood) is very strong .Cuttack Khati (where group of friends, or people chatting on variety of subjects) is also very popular .Cuttack‘s delicious Dahibara- Allodium attracts many.

Covid-19 Odisha Update
Odisha Reports 43 Deaths And 6,019 Positives In Last 24 Hours

The cumulative Covid-19 count in the State stood at 8,25,110 while the death toll jumped to 3,080. The active cases in the State remained at 65,336 and 7,56,641 patients have so far recovered from the disease

Health Ministry To Rope In Media, Celebs, Faith Leaders To Disseminate Accurate Info On COVID Vaccines
CMC Kicks Off Special Covid-19 Vaccination Drive For Students Going Abroad For Higher Study

Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) is all set to begin a special vaccination drive today for the students who are scheduled to travel abroad for higher education purpose.

Brown Sugar Worth Rs 1 Crore Seized In Cuttack, 3 Arrested
Brown Sugar Worth Rs 1 Crore Seized In Cuttack, 3 Arrested

Acting on a tip off about the smuggling of the contraband, a team from Markat Nagar Phase-2 police station and the Special Squad conducted searches on Madhusudan Setu and seized the brown sugar.

Vigilance director
Vigilance Director Debasis Panigrahi Set To Be Airlifted To Kolkata For ECMO Treatment

The Director of Odisha Vigilance Directorate, Debasis Panigrahi, who is currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital after being infected with Covid-19, will be airlifted to Kolkata today for better treatment.

Covid-19 Positivity Rate Drops Below 10 PC In Odisha Due To Keen Surveillance, Says Top Health Offic
Odisha Logs 6,118 New Covid Cases & 41 Deaths

The trend of steady decline in the number of new Covid-19 cases continues in Odisha with the State reporting 6,118 infections on Monday. However, the death toll due to the contagious virus remained high with 41 fatalities in the last 24 hours.

Bikram Keshari Verma
Former MLA Bikram Keshari Verma Succumbs To Covid-19 In Odisha

Bikram Keshari Verma represented the Mahanga assembly constituency as a BJD candidate from 2004 to 2009. 

SCB Hospital Covid Mismanagement
Dedicated Black Fungus Ward Opened At SCB Hospital, Cuttack

A dedicated ward for treatment of Black Fungus (Mucormycosis) infection cases was opened at the Sri Ram Chandra Bhanja Medical College & Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack on Friday.

Centre Releases Complete Rs 1.10 Lakh Cr GST Compensation Shortfall
Odisha Records Rs 827.43 Crore OGST Collection In May

Odisha has collected Rs 827.43 crore Odisha Good and Services Tax (OGST) during the month of May 2021, the Commissionerate of CT & GST, Cuttack said on Thursday.

Brown sugar
Brown Sugar Worth Over Rs 1 Crore Seized In Cuttack, 3 Peddlers Arrested 

The special squad of the Commissionerate Police seized 1.12 kg of brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore and arrested three persons in this connection in Cuttack.

Garment Showroom
Garment Showroom In Cuttack Fined Rs 30K For Backdoor Sales During Lockdown

The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) on Thursday raided a garment showroom at Nayasarak in the Silver City and levied a fine of Rs 30,000 on its owner for allegedly making backdoor sales.

Urns Containing Ashes Of Covid Victims Pile Up At Crematoriums In Odisha
Urns Containing Ashes Of Covid Victims Pile Up At Crematoriums In Odisha

Reports of families and relatives of deceased coronavirus patients not turning up at the cremation sites to collect the ash of their near and dear ones has surfaced in Sundargarh and Cuttack.

Covid Cases
35 More Succumb To Covid-19 In Odisha, 8,313 New Cases In 24 Hours

Odisha registered 8,313 new cases on Monday. With this, the positive tally in the State surged to 7,64,997, informed the Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department

Excise Officials Attacked During Raids On Illegal Liquor Manufacturing Unit In Athagarh
Excise Officials Attacked During Raids On Illegal Liquor Manufacturing Unit In Athagarh

The Excise department has seized 24,000 litres fermented wash, 1,350 alcohol and a gun from the illegal factory.

Covid cases
Odisha Logs 35 Deaths With 7K Plus New Covid Positive Cases 

The Covid-19 related fatalities in the State has turned into a major reason of concern as the number of daily deaths is hovering over 30 for the last few days even as the single-day positive cases has come down drastically.

Cyclone Yaas Restoration in Odisha
Cyclone Yaas: Roadways, Water Supply Restoration In Full Swing In Odisha

The Odisha government has undertaken restoration of roadways and drinking water supply on a war-footing in all the districts majorly affected by the very severe cyclonic storm Yaas which wreaked havoc in north-coastal and some other adjoining interior regions of the State on May 26.

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