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New Delhi: As many as 1,450 government schools in Odisha have internet connection through broadband services, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha. Responding to a written question regarding internet connectivity in government-run schools across the country, the Union Minister informed the Lower...

Bhubaneswar: Puri became Monday the first town in India to provide 24x7 quality tap water to all its residents, with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurating the supply system. The ‘drink from tap’ project has been commissioned under the ‘Sujal Mission’ scheme. Addressing the residents of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the police encounter that led to the death of dreaded gangster Sheikh Hyder and has sought a report from the police. A notice to this effect was sent Monday to Additional Secretary...

Bhubaneswar: Schools in the state will reopen for Classes X and XII students Monday after a prolonged period due to Covid-19 restrictions. School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash Sunday said that all the schools are sanitising the classrooms and premises and, as per...

Bhubaneswar: New Covid-19 cases are on the reducing path in Odisha with the state registering 1,637 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. The state had reported 1,833 new Covid-19 infections Sunday.  However, the fatality rate continued to be high with the state reporting 62 deaths...

Cuttack: The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has initiated process for setting up of as many as 34 smart parks in the Silver City here. The civic authorities have decided to set up 15 smart parks in CDA area of the city while construction work of...

Bhubaneswar: While addressing the nation in his radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday lauded Odia tribal youth Issak Munda for his creativity amid Covid-induced hardship. “The use of technology by one of our friends will amaze us. This friend Shriman Isaak...

Bhubaneswar: 5T Secretary VK Pandian Sunday morning visited several construction sites in Bhubaneswar including Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT) at Baramunda, new road to connect CRPF square to Institute of Mathematics, affordable housing project in Chandrasekharpur and Incubation tower near Infocity to review the progress...

Bhubaneswar: Foreign-bound Indian nationals, who have taken the first dose of Covishield or AstraZeneca vaccine in a foreign country, can now receive the second dose of Covishield in Odisha, state government officials said Saturday. If any Indian citizen, who has taken the first dose of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 1,833 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,67,548. The active caseload in the state now stands at 18,914. Out of the 1,833 new infections, 1,062 were reported from quarantine centres while 771...