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Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 1,578 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,77,268. The active caseload in the state now stands at 16,384. Out of the 1,578 new infections, 915 were reported from quarantine centres while 663...

New Delhi: Amid continuous ruckus by the Opposition parties demanding discussion on Pegasus project reports and other issues, both Houses of the Parliament were Friday adjourned till Monday. While Congress termed snooping as ‘murder of democracy’, the BJD denounced the passage of Bills without debate...

Bhubaneswar: The offline Class X examination conducted by Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha started Friday at 504 centres in the state amid Covid-19 outbreak. More than 15,000 students are appearing in the examination which will continue till August 5, 2021. According to an official...

Bhubaneswar: Separate teams of Vigilance officials Friday carried out simultaneous raids on houses of Biranchi Narayan Sahoo who is presently working as private secretary to the Member, Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) in Bhubaneswar, a source said. According to a Vigilance official, the searches are...

Pipili: A team of Odisha Crime Branch special task force (STF) officials Friday conducted a raid at a location near Pipili-Nimapara overbridge in Puri district and seized more than 1-kilogram brown sugar. A person named Imtiaz Khan has been arrested in this connection. According to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 1,558 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,75,690. The active caseload in the state now stands at 16,715. Out of the 1,558 new infections, 904 were reported from quarantine centres while 654...

Bhubaneswar: The British Deputy High Commission, Kolkata and the state government Thursday collaboratively organised United Kingdom-Odisha Dialogue on the upcoming 26th meeting of Conference of the Parties (COP26), and Clean Energy and Clean Transport Transition with support from Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). There are...

New Delhi: The Covid-19 pandemic has a long-lasting impact on children of Odisha and has affected a total of 6,562 kids who have lost either one or both of their parents between April 2020 and July 23 this year. Odisha is the second most affected...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to strengthen the food security system, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday rolled out the ‘one nation, one ration’ programme throughout the state. With this, the programme, was already piloted in Bhubaneswar, has now been extended to all parts of the state....

Khurda: Policemen from Khurda town model police station Wednesday arrested a person for allegedly duping people on pretext of providing them with loans and jobs. He was produced in a local court Thursday. The accused, identified as Anil Kumar Mohanty, is a resident of Shankarpur...