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Bhubaneswar: The Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) here has, so far, received as many as 246 samples of Covid-19 positive returnees from the ‘at risk’ countries for genome sequencing, ILS chief Dr Ajay Kumar Parida informed Monday. According to Parida, samples of the 246 returnees...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police arrested a Class VI pass-out youth from Balasore for posing as a doctor and duping over 150 young girls of money and valuables after befriending them on social media, an official source informed Monday. The accused has been identified as Pravash...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 105 new Covid-19 cases, of which 19 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,50,354. Active caseload in the state now stands at 2,205. Odisha also...

Bhubaneswar: Argentina defeated Germany 4-2 in the final match of FIH Junior Men's Hockey World Cup at the Kalinga Stadium, here Sunday. Argentina's forward Lautaro Domene made all the difference in the match with his hat-trick and then in the last minute Agostini sealed the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government felicitated Sunita Lakra for tremendous contribution to Indian women's hockey, here Sunday. On behalf of Odisha government, Chairman of Odisha Hockey Promotion Council, Dilip Tirkey felicitated her at the Kalinga Stadium on the last day of ongoing Junior Men's Hockey World...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rains lashed parts of Odisha Sunday as remnants of cyclone Jawad, which has weakened into a deep depression, neared the coast, officials said. The system moved north-northeastwards at 20 kmph in the last six hours and is over west-central Bay of Bengal, 90...

Bhubaneswar: With Cyclone Jawad weakening, Odisha government has scaled down evacuation and shifted only 1,500 people, including 300 pregnant women to safe places, a senior official said Sunday. Special relief commissioner P K Jena said that only 1500 people, including 300 pregnant women were evacuated...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Jitendra Singh Saturday said that states should replicate each other's best practices in governance as ushering in “ease of living” among the common people is the sole objective of a government. He said that citizen centric administration is at the heart of...

Bhubaneswar: The previously formed cyclonic storm ‘Jawad’ is likely to further weaken from deep depression into a depression and reach Odisha coast near Puri around noon Sunday. According to the Bhubaneswar regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD), the system is likely to weaken further...

Bhubaneswar: The previously formed cyclonic storm ‘Jawad’ is likely to further weaken from deep depression into a Depression. Despite weakening of the system, many parts of Odisha will witness moderate to heavy rainfall under the influence of the deep depression. This was informed by India...