Bhubaneswar: Odisha has registered a decline of 14 points in maternal mortality rate (MMR) bringing it down to 136 per lakh of live births, officials said. According to the special bulletin on maternal mortality in India 2017-19 released by Sample Registration System (SRS) March 2022,...
Bhubaneswar: Maximum (day) temperature in Odisha will increase from March 15, 2022. The temperature is likely to be around 40 degrees Celcius, the regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar predicted Saturday. In its mid-day bulletin, the IMD centre said, “No significant weather...
Chilika: MLA Prashant Jagdev sustained grievous injuries after he was attacked by hundreds of irate locals near Banpur block in Khurda district, Saturday forenoon. Jagdev was immediately rescued by police and rushed to a nearby health facility for treatment. A source said that the incident...
Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha recorded 83 new Covid-19 cases, of which 22 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,86,540. Active caseload in the state now stands at 977. Odisha reported three (03)...
Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police will conduct a polygraph test (lie detection test) on serial imposter and conman Ramesh Chandra Swain following an approval in this regard from a local court here. The lie detection test will be carried out at the State Forensic Science Laboratory...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 104 new coronavirus cases Friday, the lowest single-day spike in nearly a year, while two patients, including a teenager, succumbed to the pathogen, the Health Department said. The daily positivity rate was 0.22 per cent and 24 children were among the newly...
Bhubaneswar: Medical students Lozarin Sahoo of Cuttack and Chandrika Mishra of Puri are finally back in the safe haven of their homes. However, the memories of the war-ravaged cities of Ukraine still haunt them. Both Lozarin and Chandrika were students at Kharkiv National Medical University....
Bhubaneswar: Keeping in view the improvement of the coronavirus situation across Odisha, the state government Friday announced to conduct the annual Matriculation (class 10) Examination-2022 from April 29 to May 6 in offline mode. This was announced by Chief Secretary SC Mohapatra through a video...
Pipili: Hundreds of residents from nearby villages Thursday staged a road block by keeping the body of a boy near Pipili toll gate on NH-316 that connects Puri and Bhubaneswar. They alleged that the minor whose body was found near Nuapada village has been murdered....
Bhubaneswar: The special task force (STF) of Odisha crime branch has seized 1.32 kg of brown sugar worth Rs 1.32 crore from Khordha district and arrested three persons involved in the illegal trade, police said Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of the STF...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
Read moreDetails
By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
Read moreDetails
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
Read moreDetails
More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
Read moreDetails