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Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Covid-19 tally rose to 13,19,527 Monday as 652 more people, including 132 children, tested positive for the infection, while one more fatality pushed the toll to 9,149, a bulletin by the health department said. The state had logged 730 infections Sunday. Sundargarh reported...

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah began his Odisha tour by performing 'Jal-abhishekh' (consecration) at Shree Lingaraj Temple here on the last Monday of the holy Shravana month, spending around 20 minutes inside the 11th century Lord Shiva shrine here amid tight security. Accompanied by...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday demanded Special Focus Status for Odisha from the Union government during the Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog. Addressing the meeting, Patnaik said Odisha is impacted almost every year by natural disasters. "It's important to have disaster resilient...

Bhubaneswar: Mumbai Police have taken on remand three accused persons arrested by the  Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Odisha, in connection with the fake loan app racket. The accused have been identified as Nitin Mallik, Sushant and Rakhit, the EOW said in a statement Sunday. Mallik...

Bhubaneswar:  The Odisha government Sunday announced a 38 per cent hike in the duty call-up allowance for Home Guards working under the state police. The decision to hike the duty call-up allowance by 38 per cent was taken at a meeting chaired by the chief...

Bhubaneswar: Preparations are in full swing in Odisha to welcome Home Minister Amit Shah who will reach Bhubaneswar Sunday night. The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack are bedecked with posters, banners and placards of Shah, who will visit the state for the first time...

Puri: A fire broke out at the store of the kitchen in Puri's Jagannath temple, officials said Sunday. The fire was spotted late Saturday night inside 'Sara Ghara' where kitchen materials, including utensils, used for cooking the Mahaprasad are stored, they said. The temple employees...

Bhubaneswar: Intense spells of rain pummeled several parts of Odisha Sunday, leading to waterlogging in low-lying areas and traffic congestion. The MeT Department issued an orange warning of very heavy to extremely heavy rain during the next three days as a low-pressure area formed over...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will undertake a day-long tour of Odisha August 8 during which he will visit the birthplace of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and attend the 75th anniversary of the 'Prajatantra', a well-known Odia newspaper. After arriving in Bhubaneswar, Shah...

Bhubaneswar: Intense spells of rain pummeled Bhubaneswar, Puri and several other parts of Odisha Saturday, leading to waterlogging in low-lying areas. The temple town of Puri recorded 87 mm of rain between 8.30 am and 11.30 am, while Bhubaneswar received 24.6 mm of rain during...