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Bhubaneswar: Famous Odia singer Shakti Mishra has been admitted to a Bhubaneswar based private hospital over kidney-related ailments, sources said Tuesday. Mishra was admitted to the hospital Monday and was moved to ICU after his health condition deteriorated. He had underwent a surgery earlier. Many...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 2,640 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,06,429. The active caseload in the state now stands at 31,619. Out of the 2,640 new infections, 1517 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,123...

New Delhi: Raising concern over poor state of public health system in the country, Orissa High Court judge Justice SK Panigrahi Monday said that the courts have to take an activist approach to make healthcare a fundamental right. The Orissa High Court judge stressed the...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Monday urged the Centre to immediately supply at least 6 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine in order to ensure an uninterrupted inoculation drive in the month of June. Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das has written to the Union...

Bhubaneswar: The state GST enforcement wing Monday nabbed Smruti Ranjan Sahoo, proprietor of M/s SR Enterprises for his involvement in availing and passing of bogus input tax credit (ITC) worth Rs 19.04 crore on the strength of fake invoices to the tune of Rs106 crore....

Bhubaneswar: The results of Odisha Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE)-conducted annual Plus II examination, 2021 will be published by July end, state School and Mass Education (S&ME) Minister Samir Ranjan Dash informed Monday. It should be stated here that earlier the CHSE had said...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 3,319 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,03,789. The active caseload in the state now stands at 32,404. Out of the 3,319 new infections, 1,896 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,423...

Bhubaneswar: Denizens in the state capital, who were hoping that the lockdown curbs would be lifted after July 1, may now have to wait longer as the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) introduced two micro-containment zones here to contain the spread of coronavirus. According to an...

Bhubaneswar: Journalist Jimuta Mangaraj died in a road mishap at Janla under Jatni police limits Sunday, an official said. According to sources, the mishap took place in the evening when Mangaraj was returning from Khurda on a two-wheeler. “A speeding truck hit Mangaraj’s scooter from...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday launched the extension of e-FIR under the 5T initiative for theft in public places. The new concept of the state government under the 5T initiative will help people in lodging FIR relating to chain snatching, laptop, mobile theft...