Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded as many as 60 new Covid-19 cases, of which 13 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,87,285. Active caseload in the state now stands at 536....
Bhubaneswar: The Centre has released Rs 817 crore to the Odisha government for establishment of seven new medical colleges, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar informed Tuesday in the Rajya Sabha. Pawar was replying to a query of...
Bhubaneswar: The high-pitched campaign for the March 24 elections to 109 civic bodies in Odisha, including the municipal corporations of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Berhampur, ended at 5.00pm Tuesday. The elections are being fought between BJD, BJP and Congress, while AAP, buoyed by its Punjab victory,...
Bhubaneswar: The mid-day meal (MDM) for students which was earlier stopped due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 in 2020 will resume in schools across Odisha from April 2022. Nodal Officer for MDM, Sanat Kumar Mohanty has written to all district collectors in this regard....
Bhubaneswar: The Union Ministry of Heavy Industries has approved the setting up of 18 Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations in the state capital. It is a part of the project in which 2,877 EV charging stations will come up in 68 cities belonging to 25...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has congratulated N Biren Singh for becoming the CM of Manipur for the second time. BJP Manipur legislature party leader N Biren Singh was sworn in as the chief minister of Manipur for a second time at the Raj...
Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Police seized 165 kg of ganja worth above Rs 6 lakh and arrested two persons including an employee of a nationalised bank for allegedly smuggling narcotic substances in Angul district. The police also seized one single...
Bhubaneswar: The Union government has not taken any decision for the disinvestment of the National Aluminium Company (Nalco), Union Minister of Mines and Coal Pralhad Joshi told the Rajya Sabha, Monday. Pralhad Joshi was replying to a query of BJD member Prasanna Acharya. He said...
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind conferred Padma awards on five Odias at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I held at Rashtrapati Bhavan here Monday. The president conferred Padma Shri on Aditya Prasad Dash (Science & Engineering), Narasingha Prasad Guru (Literature & Education), Shyamamani Devi (Art), Srimad...
Bhubaneswar: Around 22,000 polling officials and 195 platoons of security forces will be deployed for smooth conduct of the urban polls in the state, State Election Commissioner Aditya Prasad Padhi said Monday. The elections to 109 urban local bodies (ULBs) including three municipal corporations of...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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