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Bhubaneswar: At least 488 more people, including 144 children, tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha Sunday, taking the tally to 13,22,671, a health department bulletin said. The state had logged 403 infections Saturday. The toll rose to 9,155 as a 24-year-old woman succumbed to the...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Odisha may encounter a low flood in the Mahanadi river basin due to heavy downpours in the upper catchment areas and high water inflow in the Hirakud reservoir, officials said Saturday. The situation may exacerbate as another low-pressure area has formed over the northern...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,22,183 Saturday as 403 more people, including 48 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The COVID-19 death toll remained at 9,154 as there was no new death. Fifty-three other patients have died due to comorbidities...

Bhubaneswar: In a “first” for the country, the Odisha government has decided to provide ‘wedding kits' to newly married couples from September to raise awareness about family planning, officials said. The kits will contain contraceptive pills, condoms, a booklet on methods and benefits of family...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Almost all rivers across Odisha are in spate owing to torrential rain earlier this week, but the state government Friday rejected possibility of flood for now. It has, however, put several districts on alert in the wake of an IMD forecast of another spell...

Puri: At least one person was killed and 30 others injured when a passenger bus overturned after hitting a road divider in Puri district, a police officer said Friday. The accident took place when the bus was on its way to Kakaktpur from Bhubaneswar. The...

Puri: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has urged the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) to open ‘Bhitara Ratna Bhandar' of the 12th-century shrine in Odisha's Puri. The superintending archaeologist of ASI in a letter to the chief administrator of the SJTA said that the...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD government in Odisha and the Centre have agreed to resolve issues related to the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin in the state and take action against fraudulent beneficiaries and complicit officials, an official release said. The decisions were taken at...

Bhubaneswar: There will be no respite for rain-battered Odisha as the Met office Friday warned of another spell of heavy showers for the next two days due to the possible formation of a new low-pressure area. The weather system is set to form over north...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday inaugurated two irrigation projects worth Rs 1,508 crore in Mayurbhanj district, which will provide irrigation facilities to more than 27,000 hectares of land, benefiting more than 2.5 lakh farmers. Patnaik visited the district for the first time following...