Tag: Cuttack

Balasore/Cuttack: A man, who reportedly attempted suicide by consuming poison and subsequently admitted to hospital for treatment, was later found Covid positive. The incident at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack which took everyone by surprise was equally shocking for the patient and his family members. The brother of the patient, through a video […]

Cuttack: A special strategy is being formulated for increasing COVID-19 testing capacity in the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) area. After a high-level review meeting which was attended by COVID-19 observer Saurabh Garg today, CMC Commissioner, Ananya Das informed that around 700 tests are being conducted daily and it will be increased in coming days. Garg […]

Cuttack: Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Samir Dash has ordered a probe after a school headmaster in Cuttack reportedly shared a link of some objectionable content on a WhatsApp group created for students for online study. The WhatsApp group was created to provide online teaching to Class V students as a part of government’s […]

Cuttack: Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) has decided to set up a new international standard cricket academy. The proposed cricket academy will be set up by acquiring 20-40 acres of land near Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, informed OCA. The decision was taken during the Apex Council Meeting of OCA held through virtual platform yesterday. The new international standard cricket […]

Cuttack: The numbers that seem to stack against the containment, sanitisation and awareness strategy of the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC), Behera Sahi near Cuttack Malgodown reported 57 new positive cases in last 24 hours. While 14 cases were brought to notice on August 1, no less than 22 cases were detected on August 2 in […]

Cuttack: COVID-19 cases in the millennium city has been on a rapid surge owing to the increasing number of positive cases from Beherasahi near Malgodown. The Malgodown area that has been declared as a containment zone by the Cuttack Municipal Corporation authorities, reported 112 positive cases in the last 24 hours. As per the data […]

Cuttack: There will be no Ganesh Puja celebrations in Cuttack due to COVID-19 pandemic this year. Though necessary guidelines were issued last month, Commissionerate Police has clarified that the celebrations won’t be allowed in public places including the mandaps which have a permanent structure in the city. Cuttack DCP Prateek Singh informed that earlier there […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet on Wednesday approved four mega drinking water projects worth Rs 800.27 crore. The government approved the projects for Malkangiri, Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Gajapati and Cuttack districts, said Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy. The projects will provide drinking water to 6.07 lakh more people in 911 villages in the districts. The Cabinet also […]

Cuttack: Maximum number of COVID19 cases in Cuttack belong to the age-group of 21 to 40 years, informed Cuttack Municipal Corporation Commissioner Ananya Das in a press briefing on Sunday. As per last week’s (8th Aug-14th Aug) data provided by Das, there are 822 active cases in Cuttack and out of that, 375 cases belong […]

Cuttack: The millennium city of Cuttack on Monday reported its highest single-day spike of 167 COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 2,437. As per the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC), 25 new COVID-19 cases were reported from Nimba Sahi area, Chauliaganj (ward No 42), which was declared containment zone today. #Cuttack #SpecialCOVID19Update: Few new #COVID19 positive […]

Cuttack: Another dedicated COVID-19 hospital will be made operational in Cuttack in the next couple of days to further bolster the health infrastructure in the district, informed Cuttack Collector, Bhabani Shankar Chayani on Tuesday. After a high-level review meeting chaired by the Cuttack district COVID observer, Saurabh Garg, the district Collector informed that the dedicated […]

Cuttack: Even as uncertainty looms large over the Durga Puja celebration this year in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, a petition was filed in the Orissa High Court on Tuesday seeking permission to organise the festival. Cuttack Balu Bazaar Puja Committee, which is one of the oldest Puja committees in the Silver City, has filed […]

Cuttack: In a view of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuttack district administration on Tuesday decided not to allow the conduct of Durga Puja in any pandal in the millennium city. Informing the development, Cuttack Collector Bhabani Shankar Chayani in an exclusive interview to OTV said under the present COVID-19 situation, no public or religious congregation can […]

Cuttack: A man died after being hacked with sharp weapons by some unidentified miscreants in Harijansahi under Banipada panchayat in Choudwar area late Tuesday night. Reason, he dared to raise his voice against people involved in illegally manufacturing and selling alcohol in his locality. A group of women of Harijansahi approached the local police outpost […]

Bhubaneswar: The Malgodown police busted a ‘duplicate’ honey factory at Ranihat Canal Road in Cuttack district and arrested one person on Saturday. The arrested person has been identified as Chandi Rao. Acting on a tip-off, the Malgodown police conducted a raid at the ‘duplicate’ honey factory and seized around 1196 bottles of honey. They also […]