Tag: Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Throwing an open challenge at the State government and the norms set by it, foreign liquor outlets in the capital city were seen selling liquor to customers at the counter on Monday. This is in violation of the Odisha government order dated May 23 which had permitted only home delivery of liquor by Swiggy […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid chaos over liquor sale in Odisha, Foodtech unicorn Zomato on Tuesday announced the start of its alcohol home delivery service in the State. Starting with Bhubaneswar, Zomato said it will soon expand to other cities like Rourkela, Balasore, Balangir, Sambalpur, Berhampur and Cuttack. “We’re happy to be of service to our users in […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: Private buses services finally resumed their operation in Odisha on Thursday almost over two months after going off roads following enforcement of nationwide Covid-19 lockdown. However, as expected, only a handful number of buses have begun plying on the roads due to low passenger footfall and other reasons. While a few buses started operation […]

Bhubaneswar: Mystery shrouds the death of a newly-wed couple whose bodies were found in their house in Keuta Street under Lingaraj police limits of the capital city today. The couple had tied the knot three months ago. The deceased man, a newspaper hawker, was found hanging from the ceiling of his room while his wife’s […]

Bhubaneswar: After reports of several trucks carrying personal protective equipment (PPE) kits being stranded on the premises of Odisha State Medical Corporation Ltd (OSMCL) came to fore, Health Minister Naba Das today said that the State doesn’t need more kits as it has sufficient stock of the same. “We have enough PPE kits. A decision […]

Bhubaneswar: Finally, the Odisha government has agreed to accept the PPE kits of various suppliers to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Several trucks carrying the personal protective equipment (PPE) kits of various suppliers are standing outside the Odisha State Medical Corporation Ltd (OSMCL) in Bhubaneswar since past several days as it had refused to accept the […]

Bhubaneswar: A software engineer was duped of around Rs 80,000 after he reportedly placed an order for home delivery of liquor in Bhubaneswar. The matter came to the fore after the engineer lodged a complaint in this regard at Chandrasekharpur Police Station on Tuesday. The techie alleged that the money was deducted in four phases […]

Bhubaneswar: The officials of Vigilance division of Bhubaneswar on Thursday arrested Balianta Tehsildar and a data entry operator on charges of accepting bribe of Rs 1.20 lakh for settling a land-related issue in Bhubaneswar. The tehsildar has been identified as Rashmi Rekha Pradhan while the data entry operator as Dhaneswar Sahoo. As per the complaint, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s capital city Bhubaneswar continues to witness a surge in COVID-19 cases with detection of five more positives on Saturday. Moreover, three departments of Utkal University, which is located in the capital city, were sealed today after an employee’s contact tested positive for coronavirus. According to university sources, Philosophy, English and Economics departments have […]

Bhubaneswar: An eight-year-old girl is among the two persons who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Bhubaneswar. Confirming the development, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) informed that the two COVID-19 positive cases belong to Patia area in the capital city. “A 40-year-old male and an 8-year-old female, both belonging to one […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday registered a case against nine persons including officials of Punjab National Bank’s branch in Bhubaneswar, along with the management team of a private firm and others in connection with a fraud amounting to Rs 31.92 crore (approx). As per official sources, the case has been registered […]

Bhubaneswar: Chaos prevailed near Kalinga studio square in Bhubaneswar for quite some time on Friday after an elderly man was found detained allegedly by locals with his hands and legs tied on suspicion of being a Covid patient. The elderly man is stated to have escaped while being taken to COVID-19 hospital, sources said. As […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the surge of Covid-19 cases in the second wave clocked 48-hours to leap into the 370-plus count per day like the first wave, the big worrying trend…

New Delhi: India on Sunday witnessed annular solar eclipse or ‘surya grahan’ 2020, the third eclipse even for this year after first two lunar eclipses took place in January and June and the last annual solar eclipse of this decade. The solar eclipse started from around 9 a.m. across the Indian map as the Sun, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday decided to clamp stricter restrictions in the form of night curfew across the State and weekend shutdowns in 10 districts bordering Chhattishgarh to contain…