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New Delhi:  Walmart-owned Flipkart has partnered with Diageo-backed HipBar to deliver alcohol in West Bengal and Odisha, according to sources. The development comes after Flipkart's rival Amazon had in June received approval to deliver liquor in West Bengal. This is expected to further intensify the...

Cuttack: As many as 63 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Friday. While 13 of them were reported from containment zones, 11 were home quarantine cases. 19 of them were from institutional quarantine centres...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 247 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Friday. While 148 of them were reported from quarantine centres, remaining 99 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 103 persons who earlier tested positive...

Jaipur: The Ashok Gehlot government won a confidence vote in the Rajasthan Assembly Friday, ending the threat triggered by a rebellion within the Congress ranks in the state. The motion of confidence moved by the Congress government was passed by voice vote, an expected win...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 14 Odisha police officials will be awarded with various medals for their service to the nation on 74th Independence Day, a notification issued by the Home Department of Union government said Friday. According to the notification, Vigilance department DSP K Venugopal...

Berhampur:Even though Ganjam has emerged as a hotspot for COVID-19 infections in Odisha, one would be surprised to know that amid the ongoing crisis, 57 healthy babies have taken birth from mothers who had tested positive for COVID-19 during their pregnancy. This information was given...

Cuttack: Even though the Commissionerate Police has relaxed the weekend shutdown in both Cuttack and Bhubaneswar for Independence Day, to discourage large gatherings along with other preventive measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, Cuttack DCP has issued few instructions for the public during the celebrations...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of India Metrological Department (IMD) Friday issued a rainfall and thunderstorm warning for several districts of the state valid till 8:30am of August 15. In its afternoon bulletin, the centre said: Light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur...

New Delhi: The condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee remained unchanged Friday. He continues to be on ventilator support, doctors attending on him at the Army Hospital here said. PranabMukherjee was admitted to the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi cantonment Monday. He was...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Transport Authority (OSTA) had suspended delivery of Learning License (LL) and Driving License (DL) for four months owing to the COVI-19 pandemic. However, the authority Friday resumed the service again with some revised guidelines. People are now allowed to visit Regional...