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Bhubaneswar: Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,24,454 Friday as 385 more people, including 58 children, tested positive for the virus, a health department bulletin said. The state's coronavirus death toll rose to 9,161 after another patient succumbed to the disease. The state had logged 482...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday made an aerial survey of five of the 12 flood-hit districts of the state and announced succour for the affected in the calamity for the next 15 days. Patnaik made an aerial survey of the Mahanadi delta area...

Bhubaneswar: A fresh spell of torrential rain over the next two days, owing to formation of a new low pressure area Thursday, may exacerbate the flood situation in Odisha. The weather system, third in two weeks, took shape over the northeast Bay of Bengal in...

Puri: Sitting in her house in the nondescript Gundalba village in Odisha's Puri district, Charulata Biswal (55) speaks with poetic creativity. A noted environmental crusader, she has received numerous accolades, but the awards and recognitions have not made her shun the simplicity. Her testimonials reflect...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,24,069 Thursday as 482 more people, including 108 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The toll rose to 9,160 as a 72-year-old woman succumbed to the disease in Khurda. Fifty-three other patients have died due...

Bhubaneswar: The transport authorities in Odisha suspended 400 driving licenses, issued 2,073 challans and seized 77 vehicles for riding motorcycles without helmets during the last 24 hours, an official said. The state transport authority (STA) has launched a statewide special drive against riding motorized two-wheelers...

Bhubaneswar: Over 4.67 lakh people in 1,757 villages in 10 districts of Odisha have so far been affected by the flood triggered by rainfall, officials said here Wednesday. Despite a stoppage of rain for the past three days and a fall in the water flow...

Bhubaneswar: The met office here has issued yellow warning of heavy rainfall in 20 districts of the state on Thursday and an orange alert of very heavy rains in 17 Odisha districts for Friday amidst warning of developing of a new low pressure area, the...

Cuttack: The Mahanadi, which has caused misery for many across several districts of Odisha due to floods in the wake of incessant rainfall,  has turned into  a tourist attraction for some who are making a beeline to see the mighty river in spate. The situation...

Bhubaneswar: As Odisha grapples with the decade's worst flood in Mahanadi river system, opposition BJP Wednesday came down heavily on the ruling BJD accusing it of failing to implement proper water management in Hirakud reservoir - the lone facility that controls floods in the biggest...