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Bhubaneswar: It’s another morning here and a 26-year-old Heena Sheikh scoots off to her nearest general store but not to buy ration, rather to beg from those who can lend a helping hand to her. A migrant from neighbouring Chhattisgarh, Heena is one of the...

Bhubaneswar: On completion of two years of the fifth term of his government, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik put forth the report card of his government at the Council of Ministers meeting held here Saturday. The government had started Mo Sarkar to connect directly with the...

Bhubaneswar: Even as the state is witnessing several cases of Covid-19 infection and severity in people who have already taken two doses of the vaccines, the state government has asked the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) to conduct a follow-up study in this regard. Health...

Puri: Once again a photo of Jagannath Temple’s sanctum sanctorum went viral on social media platform, exposing the slackness of security arrangements at the shrine. The Holy Trinity along with lord Sudarshan on the Ratna Singhashan can be seen in the viral photograph. When contacted,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Saturday placed orders for 5,000 sachets of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed and anti-Covid drug 2DG, a source said. Notably, first batch of the DRDO-developed adjunct Covid therapy and anti-Covid drug (2-deoxy-D-glucose or 2DG) was earlier released by the...

Bhubaneswar: Naveen Patnaik completed the second year of his fifth term as the Chief Minister of Odisha Saturday. BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Odisha for the fifth consecutive term May 29, 2019. While extreme severe cyclone ‘Fani’ had...

Bhubaneswar: Noted Odia journalist and political analyst Basant Das has breathed his last late Friday night owing to Covid-19 related complications at the age of 81 years, while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the State Capital, his son Chandan informed. According to the...

Bhubaneswar: Doctors and health experts have suggested to the Odisha government to go for massive vaccination as it is better than lockdown and any other measure to arrest the spread of COVID-19 infection in the state. The doctors and health experts expressed their views at...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 7,188 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 7,47,143. The active caseload in the state now stands at 97,271. Out of the 7,188 new infections, 4,026 were reported from quarantine centres while 3,162...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Friday financial assistance worth Rs 500 crore to Odisha in the aftermath of Cyclone Yaas. He said the Centre will deploy an inter-ministerial team to visit Odisha to assess the extent of damage, based on which further assistance...