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Bhubaneswar: Several community radios in the state have now been working in different innovative ways to bridge the communication gap especially in rural areas on Covid-19 to ensure connecting the suspected patients to health centres and spread awareness on the pandemic. In the past few...

Bhubaneswar: The authorities at Jharpada Special Jail here Sunday placed one chief warder under suspension following the seizure of ganja and mobile phones from the prison during a surprise raid Saturday. A preliminary enquiry has found wrongdoings by chief warder Sudrashan Barik, jail sources said....

Bhubaneswar: The Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) has urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to allow functioning of automobile dealerships amid the ongoing lockdown in the coastal state. In a letter to the CM, the automotive dealers’ body president, Vinkesh Gulati, said that the demand...

Bhubaneswar: If the current trend continues, Odisha’s Covid positivity rate is likely to witness a drastic slump in the next 10 days, Additional Chief Secretary to Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) department Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra said Sunday. “The Covid positivity rate in Odisha has come...

Bhubaneswar: There was a slight decrease in the number of new Covid-19 infections Monday as the state reported 8,313 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. For Sunday, the figure stood at 9,541. With the addition of the new cases, the active caseload in Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: The Health department said that it has been preparing for a possible third wave of Covid-19 and working to set up the required infrastructure to deal with the situation in the next 2-3 months. Health department Additional Chief Secretary PK Mohapatra Sunday said, “In...

Bhubaneswar: Several eminent people from different walks of life Sunday deliberated on the issue of Covid-19 pandemic, right policies and approaches to contain it and the way forward amid the threat of more waves of the pandemic. The discussions were undertaken in a brainstorming session...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to extend the ongoing Covid-induced lockdown in the state till the morning of June 17, Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra told the media, Sunday evening. “The ongoing lockdown has yielded good results in containing coronavirus infection. As a result, Covid...

Pipili: Tension flared up at Sultannagar under Ward No-14 of Pipili municipality in Puri district after some members of a minority community tried to bury a body near Harijan Basti Saturday. The situation was brought under control with the intervention of police. On being informed...

Bhubaneswar: With the ongoing lockdown going to expire June 1 and there being no respite in sight from the mounting Covid-19 cases, speculations are rife that the period of lockdown may be extended further. According to a source, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra will make...