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Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered Tuesday 10,321 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the I & PR department, government of Odisha said in a tweet. Of the fresh 10,321 new COVID-19 cases, 5,779 were from quarantine centres and 4,542 were local contact infections. In the...

Bhubaneswar: An RTI query filed with the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has revealed that the civic body reported 247 Covid fatalities between June and September while it released death certificates against 3,163 people in the same period. Responding to an RTI query by Pradip Pradhan,...

Bhubaneswar: If experts are to be believed, Mahulanali in Angul district is likely to become the first village in Odisha to get rid of anaemia owing to behavioural changes and community participation in the fight against the disease. Anaemia is a condition in which the...

Bhubaneswar: The state government will start a house-to-house survey beginning May 24 to detect Covid symptoms and co-morbid conditions of people in the state. Speaking at an all-party meet, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said, “A three-month house-to-house survey (for Covid symptoms and co-morbid conditions) by...

Mumbai: The Airports Authority of India (AAI)-run Bhubaneswar Airport (Biju Patnaik International Airport, BPIA)) in Odisha has handled 20.53 MT of vaccines. The Bhubaneswar Airport has also handled other crucial Covid-related cargo, including oxygen concentrators and cylinders, an official release said Monday. AAI-run airports are...

Bhubaneswar: Popular music director and singer of Odia films Amarendra Mohanty breathed his last at the age of 63 years, while undergoing treatment at a private hospital here Monday morning. Mohanty was suffering from Covid-19 related complications. The renowned music director was under treatment for...

Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Jajpur Superintendent of Police to submit an action-taken report (ATR) in connection with the alleged murder of a woman who opposed illegal sale of liquor at Barei village under Mangalpur police limits in the district....

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police Sunday rescued a child allegedly sold by his father for Rs 50,000 following the intervention of Childline officials of Bhubaneswar. Police also arrested the person accused of buying the baby from the father in April last year. The accused was identified as...

Bhubaneswar: The Union government Sunday said that it has allocated 1,40,000 doses of Remdesivir injections to Odisha in the ongoing fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers DV Sadananda Gowda Sunday presented a detailed account of the supply of the essential...

Bhubaneswar: Extending a helping hand in these trying times, a voluntary outfit has launched free ambulance service for Covid-19 patients in Khurda district. According to sources, SOS Children’s Villages of India, the childcare NGO dedicated to the welfare of the children who have lost or...