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Bhubaneswar: In view of Covid-19 surge, the state government Monday directed all the banks to provide customer service from 10am to 2pm every working day. However, the bank branches can remain open from 10am to 4pm. Finance department deputy secretary Tarakanta Bhakta has written a...

Bhubaneswar: Severe heatwave condition continued to prevail at many places in the state with temperatures going past 42 degrees Celsius at six places Monday. Boudh recorded the state’s highest temperature of 43 degrees Celsius while it was the capital city of Bhubaneswar that sizzled at...

Bhubaneswar: The Senior Citizens Security Cells (SCSCs) opened at all the police stations in the Capital city have almost stopped functioning since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. The Odisha Police had decided to open SCSCs at the police stations in urban areas across the state...

Bhubaneswar: Any person who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a private centre can take the second shot at a government site free of cost, said state family welfare director Bijay Panigrahi here Monday. The director said this as the Union government has...

Bhubaneswar: A group of Plus-II students staged a demonstration at Lower PMG square here for the second time Monday demanding the cancellation of their final examinations. The agitating students said they are in a state of confusion as the government is yet to take a...

Puri: Five more servitors of the Puri Jagannath Temple who had attended the Kumbh Mela tested positive for COVID-19. According to a source, as on Monday, a total of 127 people returned to Puri from Kumbh Mela held at Haridwar. Of them, 36 were servitors...

Bhubaneswar: Registration for COVID-19 vaccine for people in the age group of 18 to 44 years will start in Odisha from April 28, informed director of State Health and Family Welfare department Dr Bijay Kumar Panigrahi, Monday. The COVID-19 vaccines will be administered from May...

Pipili: Congress candidate Bishwokeshan Harichandan Mohapatra Monday filed his nomination for the upcoming Assembly by-election for the Pipili Assembly seat in Puri district. Accompanied by senior leaders and followers, Harichandan filed his nomination papers at the additional district magistrate office in Puri. After the demise...

Cuttack: Dhenkanal district Collector Bhumesh Chandra Behera was hospitalized, Sunday. He is undergoing treatment at Ashwini Hospital in Cuttack. Taking to his Twitter handle, the Collector informed that he has tested negative for COVID-19 in RT PCR test and that he has been hospitalised for...

Cuttack: Odisha has so far sent 1,258 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen to states battling surge in COVID-19 cases. At a time when the entire nation is struggling due to lack of LMO, Odisha is still a surplus state with respect to requirement of LMO....