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Puri: Amid rising COVID-19 cases, all servitors of the Jagannath temple in Puri will get health insurance coverage, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) decided Sunday. The SJTA Chief Administrator Krishan Kumar held a meeting Sunday afternoon in this regard in the presence of other...

Cuttack: A division-bench of the Orissa High Court in Cuttack restrained the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) from collecting holding tax at an enhanced rate on the basis of the Orissa Municipal Corporation Act, 2003 till an amendment is made therein. The division-bench comprised of Chief...

Puri: The district administration has decided not to allow cremation of bodies at Swargadwar from outside Puri beginning Monday. The authorities also decided to stop people from performing death rituals at Mahodadhi and Swetganga from April 26. The decision was taken keeping in view of...

Bhubaneswar: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited Board sanctioned Rs 9.32 crore under the CSR fund for development of Maa Hingula Temple at Talcher in Angul district. Union Petroleum & Natural Gas, Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had earlier requested for the financial assistance for the development of the...

Bhubaneswar: With the second wave of Covid 19 spreading its tentacles fast, medical experts here have suggested that authorities must formulate elaborate plans to check the spread of the virus in the slum areas of the capital city. The capital city, which has seen an...

New Delhi: Oil and Natural Gas public sector units (PSUs), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), Oil India Ltd and GAIL etc are in the process of setting up Pressure Swing Adsorption medical oxygen generation plants at seven location...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 6,599 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 4,14,056. Active caseload in the state stands at 49,075. Out of the 6,599 new infections, 3,827 were reported from quarantine centres while 2,772 persons contracted...

Bhubaneswar: Several gynaecologists and obstetricians working in the state capital have advised pregnant women to take special care to avoid any possible threat to them or to their foetuses in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of the experts, however, said that there was...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday announced free vaccination for all above the age of 18 years in the upcoming vaccination drive from May 1. In his video message to the people of the state, the CM announced that providing free vaccine to all eligible...

Khurda: Suspecting involvement of international rackets in the alleged trafficking of five bear cubs which were rescued by forest officials from Pitapalli-Gangapada road April 22, the Odisha Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Saturday ordered for a probe. According to an official source, the Regional...