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Naveen Patnaik buys first ticket of India-South Africa T20 match at Cuttack

Sanjay Behera, the secretary of OCA, briefed the CM about the arrangements made for the smooth sale of tickets, a CMO official added.

Odisha CM inaugurates longest river bridge over Mahanadi river in Cuttack

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated Odisha's longest bridge over the Mahanadi river at Gopinathpur in Cuttack on Monday.According to the Odisha government, the bridge was a long-standing demand of the locals and will shorten the distance between Badamba and Baideswhar, Banki by 45 km and will connect Shinghanath Temple.The 3.4-kilometre-long bridge carries a 'T' shaped design and has been constructed at a cost of Rs 111 crore."The bridge connecting Badamba Narasinghpur to Baideshwar of Banki. It will benefit over 5 lakh people as well as contribute to the development of tourism, agriculture and commerce in the region," read the state government's statement.

Fake GST invoice racket worth Rs 510 cr busted in Cuttack, kingpin held

Odisha Goods and Services Tax (GST) Commissionerate busted tax invoice fraud to the tune of Rs 510 crore and arrested its mastermind, Sandeep Mohanty in Cuttack, an official said on Friday

Govt offices in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack to function with 50% staff in Oct

All departments of the state government and sub-ordinate offices in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack will function with 50% staff strength of employees during October in the view of Covid-19

No ban on Covid patients' movement to Bhubaneswar, Odisha govt clarifies

The Odisha govt said that it has asked district authorities to strengthen Covid care facilities at the local level, but did not put any ban on the movement of patients to Bhubaneswar and Cuttack

Covid-19: Cuttack okays community Durga puja; social distancing norms must

The Cuttack district administration has granted permission to organise community Durga pujas without any congregation in pandals and in strict adherence to social distancing norms

24 Covid cases in residential building; declared as micro-containment zone

Cuttack Municipal Corporation has declared a residential building in the city's Kumbhara Sahi as micro-containment zone after 24 COVID-19 cases, among nine families, were found there

Odisha govt bars foreign tours by its employees, new cars to save costs

No new schemes or projects will be taken up by most government departments as austerity measure for coronavirus-hit economy.

Coronavirus update: Total shutdown in Odisha's Cuttack city till June 8

The Odisha government on Saturday declared complete shutdown in Cuttack till July 8 amid rising COVID-19 cases.

Several injured as passenger train rams into goods train

Both tracks are blocked as two coaches of the passenger train derailed