 | Doors of religious places closed for devotees in Twin CityThe religious institutions’ management committees will make provisions for thermal screening of priests and staff before entry into the premises. |
 | PHC wise zones to monitor Covid situationThe fresh cases include the highest 150 cases reported from the CMC area and the rest 101 are from rural areas of the district. |
 | Cuttack Municipal Corporation seeks conditional licence for kalyan mandapsThe Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has sought permission of the Orissa High Court (HC) to allow kalyan mandaps in the city to operate on conditional licence. |
 | Fleeing gangster Hyder held in joint operation by Cuttack and Hyderabad city policeDreaded gangster SK Hyder, who had slipped away from SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack on April 10, was nabbed from Telangana on Thursday. |
 | Behind Hyder’s escape is a murky nexus, from prison to health officialsMeanwhile, the dreaded gangster’s aide Yakub Khan who used to bring him biryani surrendered before Chauliaganj police. |
 | Vaccine shortage: 31 session sites closed in CuttackFresh stock of vaccine is expected to be received by Saturday evening after which the drive will resume, he added. |
 | No masks, social distancing at government programmes in CuttackMahanga BDO Nihar Ranjan Mallick, however, refused to comment on the issue and said steps will be taken for maintaining social distance at the government programmes. |
 | Coronavirus spreading fast in rural areas of Cuttack districtOf the cases detected in the CMC area, five are home quarantine cases while the rest six are local contacts from Chandni Chowk, Nimchouri, Odia Bazar, Kesharpur, Hanuman Chhak and CDA-Sector-7. |
 | Home quarantine concern for Covid patients in CuttackAdmitting that home isolation remains an area of concern, district Covid nodal officer, Dr Umesh Ray said steps are being taken to streamline the process. |
 | COVID-19 spike in Cuttack: City civic body issues guidelines for social gatheringsA maximum of 100 persons will be allowed at marriage functions with strict adherence to Covid appropriate behaviour and maintenance of social distancing. |
 | 85th Utkal Divas: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik unveils Gopabandhu statue, mural on Mahatma GandhiPresident Ram Nath Kovind, V-P M Venkaiah Naidu, PM Narendra Modi and several other dignitaries greeted the people of the State on the occasion. |
 | Lawmakers violate COVID-19 safety norms at Utkal Divas celebrations in CuttackAround 150 political leaders and BJD party workers congregated on its pedestal throwing the social distancing norm to the wind. Most of them were found wearing masks below their chin or nose. |
 | Delay in drain work troubles Cuttack residentsCMC Executive Engineer Bhagyadhar Sahoo said he is unaware of any drain work being carried out by the civic body in the locality. |
 | COVID-19: Experts sound caution as reproduction value rises rapidly in several parts of OdishaR value represents the number of people one patient can infect and the number above one means the number of infection is rising. |
 | 25 fresh COVID cases detected in CuttackOf the six cases detected from rural areas, four have been reported from Tangi and two from Nischintakoili and Badamba. |
