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Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the panchayat elections, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday announced house repairing assistance of Rs 3,000 for those, who have availed houses under state schemes, and Rs 5,000 for those who are waiting to get a house under the PMAY. All the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has released Rs 350 crore for disbursement as Livelihood Assistance among the poor people during the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic situation, official sources said. All the families covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) and State Food Security Scheme (SFSS) will...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Tuesday reported two cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19, informed Director of Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar. The two cases are the first Omicron case in Odisha. Reportedly among the two Omicron positives, one person returned from Nigeria and another returned from...

Bhubaneswar: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs 803 crore to the Odisha government under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), officials said on Monday. The NABARD has sanctioned Rs 471 crore for the construction of 200 bridges in rural...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police have arrested a fraudster who impersonated as a RAW official and was involved in a cheating case of Rs 1.17 crore, officials said here Monday. Based on a complaint filed by a New Delhi-based businessman Rikab Chand Munot alias Mukesh Jain, proprietor...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, as many as 13 places in Odisha recorded temperatures below 10 degree Celsius, the regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) here informed Monday. Cold Wave continues to grip many parts of the state. Daringbadi was the coldest place...

Brahmagiri: Post-mortem report of Chittaranjan Palei, who was a key aide of senior BJD leader and deputy chairperson of State Planning Board Sanjay Das Burma, stated that cause of death is drowning. “A post-mortem report has arrived, which states that Chittaranjan Palei died due to...

Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC) of Odisha has issued the Model Code of Conduct to be followed by the candidates and the parties during the upcoming three-tier panchayat polls. In a 12-page note, the SEC said that the code will be in force from...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 186 new Covid-19 cases, of which 39 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,53,020. Active caseload in the state now stands at 1,821. Odisha also...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has sent samples of three more foreign returnees, who have tested Covid-19 positive, for genome sequencing, an official said here Sunday. So far, seven foreign returnees have tested Covid-19 positive, of which four have been found negative for Omicron variant following...