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Bhubaneswar: A senior police officer’s wife has brought serious allegations of harassment and torture against the cop. The accused officer is currently posted as the sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) in Angul district. The victim has also lodged a complaint with the DGP, Abhay, seeking justice. She also...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to start the trial run of vaccination of the 18-44 age group population in the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area Saturday. However, the regular vaccination session for the age group of 18-44 years will start from Monday, said an...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 10,413 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 4,54,607. Active caseload in the state stands at 67,086. Out of the 10,413 new infections, 5,887 were reported from quarantine centres while 4,526 persons contracted...

Bhubaneswar: If things go as per plan, the state government would start free pneumonia vaccination programme for the children from June this year, state Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) department said Friday. H&FW department Director Bijaya Panigrahi Friday said that the state has received the...

Bhubaneswar: Vaccination centres across the country are most likely to aggravate Covid infection rates if people continue to flout the safety protocol while waiting for the jabs, opined experts. Participating in a webinar organised by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, Sanjay...

Cuttack: In view of rising cases of COVID-19, markets and shops in Cuttack city will be closed after 2:00 pm daily between May 3 and 18, Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Commissioner Ananya Das informed Friday. The trader associations gave the proposal of closing down shops...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Energy Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra wrote Friday a letter to Minister of State (Power, New & Renewable Energy) in the Union government, Raj Kumar Singh seeking a reduction in inter-state transmission tariff. The tariff is charged on an annual basis by the Power...

Bhubaneswar: Showing solidarity with the states facing acute shortage of medical oxygen, the Odisha government has so far sent 153 tankers carrying 2,879.082 metric tonne (MT) of the life-saving gas to eight states. The states are Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh,...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the rising Covid-19 cases in Odisha and particularly in Khurda district, the Odisha Human Rights Commission has decided to close its office at the Toshali Bhawan in Satya Nagar locality for 11 days beginning May 3. “The OHRC office will remain...

Puri: In a shocking incident, an elderly woman, suffering from COVID-19, died by suicide by setting herself on fire at Jainabad under Nimapara NAC in Puri district Thursday night. The octogenarian took the extreme step as she allegedly felt being neglected by relatives and family...