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Bhubaneswar: Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur, Wednesday, said that democracy in India is under assault in recent times. His statement came at Madhu Babu Memorial Lecture titled ‘Can India’s Judiciary Rescue Her Democracy?’ organised by ‘Odisha Dialogues’ on the occasion of eminent...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), sealed Wednesday, the Market Building locality at Unit-II here for a period of 48 hours due to violation of Covid-19 norms. During inspections, the BMC Zonal Deputy Commissioner (ZDC) discovered that social distancing protocols were being flouted with impunity...

Bhubaneswar:  With the state capital and Cuttack seeing a steep hike in Covid-19 cases, director of the state Health department Bijay Panigrahi said Wednesday that the twin cities may be hit hard by community transmission. The state capital reported 1,044 new Covid-19 cases in the...

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police arrested Wednesday three cops for allegedly ‘stealing’ more than Rs 20 lakh while conducting a raid at a hotel here. The three have been identified as havildar Dillip Mallick and constables Sandeep Prusty and Prafulla Bhuyan. Sources said that Kamala Saha, a...

Puri: In view of rising COVID-19 infections, Puri district administration has decided to set up a COVID-19 hospital with 150 beds soon, collector Samarth Verma said Wednesday. The proposed COVID care facility will be professionally managed by SUM Hospital of Bhubaneswar. It has been decided...

Bhubaneswar: Showing solidarity with the states facing acute shortage of liquid medical oxygen (LMO), Odisha has so far sent 112 tankers carrying 2112.051 metric tonne (MT) of LMO to eight states. According to the information available with OrissaPOST, the eight states that have received LMO...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 8,386 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 4,28,515. Active caseload in the state stands at 55,245. Out of the 8,386 new infections, 4,781 were reported from quarantine centres while 3,605 persons contracted...

Known as the chief architect of transcendental literature in India and beyond, Manoj Das was one of those living writers on whom maximum number scholars have done their doctoral theses. The Brightest Sun of Indian literature goes down, A permanent void in Odia literary circuit.....

In 2020, Ganjam was termed as a ‘Covid hotspot’ of Odisha. However, this year the district admin believes the condition is quite better. Speaking to Manish Kumar of Orissa POST, Ganjam Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange talks more on the issue. Excerpts: Do you now see...

Bhubaneswar: Eminent writer, editor and columnist Manoj Das passed away Tuesday evening while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Puducherry. He was 87. Das was suffering from age-related ailments and was hospitalized for past several months. Renowned for his short stories and novels, he was...