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Koraput/Bhubaneswar: A day after the SCB Medical College Hospital submitted its report on Padma Shree awardee Kamala Pujari being allegedly ‘forced to dance’ by a social worker during her discharge from the health facility, the Koraput district administration Monday issued notices to two persons for...

Bhubaneswar: Showing no signs of decrease, dengue cases in the state capital crossed the 1,000-mark Monday. The city has been reporting 40-50 new dengue cases on a daily basis for the past few days. This daily rise indicates poor monitoring by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Covid-19 tally rose to 13,28,644 Monday as 179 more people, including 30 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The toll rose to 9,181 as a 57-year-old man succumbed to the disease in Bhadrak district. Fifty-three other patients have died...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has launched a Rs 763.5 crore project to build 198.81 km long cyclone resilient saline embankment in four coastal districts of the state. The Water Resources department on Saturday issued a notification on launching of Rs 763.5 crore 'Cyclone Resilient Saline...

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the girl child ratio is declining in many states, childless couples are showing more interest in adopting a girl then a boy in Odisha. This was reflected in the children's adoption data of the past five years (2017 to 2021)....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will soon start a process of preparing a governance atlas of all the 6,794 gram panchayats in the state to understand people's aspirations and cover progress details of its various schemes, an official said Sunday. The administration is planning to come...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,28,465 Sunday as 221 more people, including 41 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The toll rose to 9,180 as a 46-year-old man succumbed to the disease in Sambalpur district. Fifty-three other patients have died...

Cuttack: The POCSO court judge in Odisha's Cuttack, who was found hanging in his official residence here, did not die by suicide but he was murdered by his wife and brother-in-law, his mother alleged Saturday. In a written complaint lodged at Markat Nagar police station...

Bhubaneswar/Koraput: Another tribal group in Odisha has demanded action against the woman social worker who allegedly forced sick Padma Sri awardee and tribal icon Kamala Pujari to dance while being discharged from a hospital in Cuttack. Following the public outcry over the issue, authorities of...

Bhubaneswar: The gross GST collection in Odisha has recorded 17.11 per cent growth in August 2022 against the collection made during August last year, officials said here Friday. According to the data shared by the office of state GST Commissioner, the gross GST collection during...