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Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported its first death due to mucormycosis infection Friday morning. Along with the rising cases of Covid-19 cases in Odisha, mucormycosis or the black fungus disease is also spreading its tentacles. According to sources, 11 persons are currently undergoing treatment for mucormycosis. All these...

Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia singer Tapu Mishra, who has been undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at a private hospital here since May 19 evening, is out of danger. A source close to the singer said, the doctor treating her has informed her family that the oxygen level...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 12,523 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 6,68,422. The active caseload in the state now stands at 1,09,438. Out of the 12,523 new infections, 7,012 were reported from quarantine centres while 5,511...

As India continues to grapple with the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, several children below the age of 18 and newborns have tested positive for Covid-19. A scientists’ panel set up by the Department of Science and Technology under the government of India said...

Bhubaneswar: Noted poet Dr Hrushikesh Mallick was appointed as the president of the Odisha Sahitya Akademi, Thursday. After Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik gave his approval to the recommendations by the selection committee headed by Development Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Jena. A notification to this effect was...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday declared mucormycosis (black fungus) as an epidemic disease. This move comes about as the state has reported an increase in the number of black fungus cases since the detection of the first one May 10 in a 71-year-old male patient....

Bhubaneswar: Economic Offences Wing, Bhubaneswar, arrested the director of M/s DRM Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. from Bhubaneswar in connection with a fraud case Thursday. The arrested person has been identified as Dhruba Charan Mohanty. He was arrested in connection with EOW PS case (Case No. 19...

Bhubaneswar: A team of Special Task Force (STF) sleuths Wednesday arrested five persons for alleged involvement in illegal transportation and storage of stolen hard coke, Ferrochrome and iron pellets in Dhenkanal town. Acting on a tip-off, the officials conducted simultaneous raids at different places in...

Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure area is very likely to form over north Andaman Sea and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal around May 22 and by May 24; it is very likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm. It would move north-westwards and reach near Odisha-West Bengal...

Cuttack: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) directed the district Collector including Commissioner of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Wednesday for taking immediate measures to rehabilitate the slum dwellers of Balisahi area near Nuapada, who had been affected due to an ongoing road expansion in the...