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Bhubaneswar: As many as 319 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Saturday. While 62 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 257 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 353 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

Cuttack: A widow and her four-year-old daughter sustained critical injuries after allegedly being stabbed by a relative on the premises of a temple at Khuntuni area in Cuttack, local police station IIC Suchitrabirya Das informed Saturday. Also read: Fake COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing unit busted in...

Bhubaneswar: The ‘light and sound’ show at Shanti Stupa (Peace Pagoda) atop Dhauli hill on the outskirts of this city will be held Sunday to celebrate World Tourism Day. This is the first time that show is being conducted since it was closed down in...

Cuttack: Jagatpur police here busted an adulterated-sauce manufacturing unit near the IB Road Saturday. The cops also seized huge number of adulterated tomato and chili sauce bottles from the premises. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Jagatpur police station conducted a raid on the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to construct 13 barrages and in-stream storage structures (ISSs) on different rivers for the preservation of river water. A decision to this effect was taken Friday after a meeting was conducted among officials of IDCO, IPICOL and the Odisha...

Khurda: In a tragic incident, a married woman in this district was found dead Saturday. She was staying at her maternal uncle’s house. Police suspect it to be a case of murder. The husband of the woman is suspected to have killed her and is...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 4,356 fresh COVID-19 cases Saturday, taking the total tally in the state to 2,05,452. Among the new cases of infections, 2,529 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,827 were local contacts. In the last 24 hours, there were 16 new fatalities due...

Bhubaneswar: Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar Friday stressed the need for breastfeeding for the newborns especially during the pandemic. In a brainstorming session organized by the community medicine department of AIIMS with experts from across the nation, the doctors...

Bhubaneswar: Doctors who are part of the state government’s awareness programme on COVID-19 have said that diabetes patients who have kept their sugar levels under control are in a better position to fight the novel coronavirus. Anuj Kumar Baliarsingh, an endocrinologist at SCB Medical College...

Bhubaneswar: Several farmers’ outfits from across the state under the banner of All India Kisan Sangharsha Coordination Committee staged a protest here, Friday, against the controversial farm Bills passed in the Parliament recently. Farmers’ outfits like Bhaartiya Kisan Union, All India Farmers Union and All...