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Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Covid-19 tally rose to 13,29,472 Thursday as 269 more people, including 48 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The state had recorded 328 infections and a fatality Wednesday. The toll rose to 9,184 after a 65-year-old man succumbed to...

Cuttack: The post-mortem report of senior judicial officer Subash Kumar Behari has revealed that the Additional District Judge died of asphyxia resulting due to hanging which was ante-mortem and suicidal in nature, a police officer said Wednesday. The 49-year-old ADJ-rank officer's body was found hanging...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is bracing for another spell of torrential rain as a cyclonic circulation formed over the Bay of Bengal is set to intensify into a low-pressure area soon. Heavy rain triggered by three such weather systems had resulted in devastating floods in the state...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai for establishment of a state-of-the-art Cancer Hospital at the NISER campus at Jatni near the state capital. Health and Family Welfare Department signed the MoU in the presence of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Covid-19 tally rose to 13,29,203 Wednesday as 328 more people, including 74 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The toll climbed to 9,183 as a 72-year-old man succumbed to the disease in Cuttack district. Fifty-three other patients have died...

Bhubaneswar: Parts of Odisha received light to moderate rain Tuesday as a new low pressure area is expected to form over Bay of Bengal in the next few days. A cyclonic circulation may take shape over the east-central Bay of Bengal around Thursday. Under its...

Bhubaneswar: Lakhs of red ants invaded Brahmansahi village in Odisha's Puri district after flood water receded recently, prompting scientists to launch an operation to rid the hamlet of the army of poisonous insects. Swarms of ants infested every nook and corner of the village, including...

Bhubaneswar: The IAF aerobatics display team will hold air shows in Odisha next week, an official said on Tuesday. The Suryakiran aerobatic team has scheduled aerobatics displays in Bhubaneswar on September 16 and in Puri on September 18, the official said. The Suryakiran (sunrays) is...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was accorded a grand welcome Tuesday by the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) workers and supporters on his return to the state capital after receiving the Lifetime Achievement award by a Delhi-based NGO. More than 50,000 people carrying placards with...

Bhubaneswar: Information fetched through a Right to Information (RTI) plea has exposed the deplorable condition of higher education infrastructure in Odisha thanks to the litigations over the contentious Orissa Universities (Amendment) Bill. Replying to an RTI query by Sanjay Kumar Mohanty of Dhenkanal district, the...