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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has identified 3,740 Bangladeshi infiltrators who are staying in the state, Minister of State (MoS) for Home, Tusharkanti Behera told Odisha Assembly Monday. The union home ministry has issued instructions to the state government at different times to identify the Bangladeshi...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Tuesday recorded 334 fresh Covid-19 cases, 89 more than the previous day's figure, taking the tally to 12,91,117, the health department said. The positivity rate jumped to 2.91 per cent from 1.92 as the cases were detected out of 11,451 samples. Khurda district,...

Bhubaneswar: The Bureau of Immigration has issued a lookout circular against two persons accused of running a fake job racket and are suspected to have fled to Malaysia after non-bailable warrants were issued in their names. The lookout circular was issued in the names of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has registered 15,713 cases of rape, including 5,500 of girls, from 2019 till April this year, Minister of State for Home T K Behera informed the assembly Monday. Replying to a written question by Congress MLA S S Saluja, he said that 10,129...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly was adjourned for about 50 minutes Monday due to a din over the death by suicide of a college fresher following ragging by seniors. The opposition members demanded a probe by CBI into the matter and accused the state government of failing...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 346 cases Sunday, the highest spike in over four months, pushing the tally to 12,90,538, the health department said. The test positivity rate shot up to 2.68 per cent from 1.7 per cent the previous day, it said. On February 22, the...

New Delhi: Due to a likely formation of a low pressure area over north Odisha and adjoining areas during next 48 hours, the IMD has warned of heavy rainfall activity over Odisha with an orange alert on Sunday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari Saturday presented the annual budget of Rs 2 lakh crore for the year 2022-23 in the state Assembly. "Over last twenty-two years, there has been a seventeen-fold increase in budget size and this year, we are touching the landmark...

Bhubaneswar: The Met office Saturday warned of heavy to very heavy rain for the next three days across Odisha due to a low-pressure area and issued an orange warning in several districts. A low-pressure area may form over north Odisha and its neighbouring area during...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 231 new cases Friday, 27 more than the previous day, the highest in four months, taking the tally to 12,90,192, the health department said. There are 1,035 active COVID-19 cases, the first time since March 11 that the current infections were above...