Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Wednesday registered 10,982 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 5,65,648. Active caseload in the state stands at 98,230. Out of the 10,982 new infections, 6,149 were reported from quarantine centres while 4,833...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked a petitioner from Bolangir district to approach the Orissa High Court against the decision of a khap panchayat that ordered a 10-year boycott of the petitioner’s family. A two-judge bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Vineet Saran observed...
Cuttack: At least 540 members of 134 slum dwellers’ families were rendered homeless when several sheds at a temporary rehabilitation centre at Nuapara Balisahi here were damaged by the Nor’wester here, Tuesday. At least four persons including two children sustained injuries in the incident. One...
Bhubaneswar: A day after deciding to open a global tender to procure vaccines from open markets to ensure mass inoculations, the state government Tuesday decided to set up RT-PCR testing laboratories in 16 district headquarters hospitals. Health and family welfare department issued a notification to...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to built up with seven oxygen plants very soon so that the state doesn’t face any crisis in the future. The plants will be built in collaboration National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and DRDO at Jharsuguda, Boudh, Koraput,...
Cuttack: A Covid-19 male patient has escaped from SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMH) here. However, the exact time of his admission and when he fled the medical facility is yet to be ascertained. Officials of the Cuttack district administration and the Cuttack Municipal Corporation...
Puri: About 10 platoons of police would be deployed along the 1.5 km road from Lion’s Gate of Srimandir leading to Narendra pond where the deities would enjoy the 21-day-long Chandan Yatra (water sport) which is scheduled to begin May 15 on the Akshaya Tritiya...
Bhubaneswar: The authorities of Prisons Directorate have seized five mobile phones during a surprise raid at the Jharpada special jail here. The Directorate under ‘Operation Clean up’ has been carrying out raids at various jails across the state to check any ongoing illegal activities inside....
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to ensure proper care of children during the Covid-19 pandemic, the state government has directed the district Collectors to take care of the distressed children who are either orphaned by the deadly virus or whose parents are lodged at Covid care...
Puri: A servitor of Srimandir was injured when another servitor attacked him inside the temple complex, Puri superintendent of police K Vishal Singh said here, Monday. Singh said that police registered a criminal case against Bulu Panda, the accused, and conducted raids to arrest him....
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