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Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 3,371 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,09,800. The active caseload in the state now stands at 31,422. Out of the 3,371 new infections, 1,922 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,449...

Bhubaneswar: Government hospitals in the state will start offering Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) for infants from Wednesday, months after the Union Budget made provisions for rolling out the prophylactic measure under the government vaccination programme. The vaccine was earlier available in private health institutions and...

Bhubaneswar: Coming down heavily on the highhandedness of the Centre which tried to intrude into the state’s power on regulation of non-major ports, the state government Tuesday urged the Centre to make necessary modifications in the draft Indian Ports Bill, 2021. State Transport and Commerce...

Bhubaneswar: A high-level meeting involving Director Generals of Police (DGPs) and other senior police officials of various eastern states was held virtually Tuesday. The top cops at the meeting agreed upon the importance of intelligence sharing to check the activities of interstate criminal gangs and...

Bhubaneswar: Expressing concern over high test positivity rate (TPR) in certain districts of the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday asked officials concerned to ensure strict enforcement of Covid-19 norms in these districts. Holding a high-level meeting to review Covid-19 situation in the state through...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha state Unit BJP will launch a statewide agitation in the first half of July demanding paddy procurement from all registered farmers. Party President Samir Mohanty Tuesday said the protest demonstration will also be held against irregularities in the allotment of pucca houses to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain Tuesday said that mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery has been implemented in eight districts of the state. The districts are Cuttack, Balasore, Bhadrak, Ganjam, Jajpur, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur and Khurda, of which Bhubaneswar is a...

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to continue the partial cancellation of Bhubaneswar-New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Special. The train will run four days in a week till July 14 next. ECoR sources said the decision was taken due to Covid-19 pandemic and to break...

Bhubaneswar: Indian Railways have successfully delivered 7,347.37 metric tonne of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh till June 29 through Oxygen Express trains. Out of this, 3,501.77 MT has been sent from Odisha, a top Railways source said Tuesday. Apart from Odisha,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has decided to set up District level Industry and Investment Promotion Agencies (DIPAs) to create new employment opportunities and boost economic activities in rural areas. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting here Monday held in digital mode under the Chairmanship...