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Bhubaneswar: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar claimed that its campus is completely ‘COVID-19 free’ though some coronavirus cases have been detected in the isolated quarantine centre. So far the campus has been COVID free except for 5 cases in September, 2020 and now...

Balianta: Tension gripped National Highway-316 here on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar under Dhauli police limits in Khurda district after a man was run down by a speeding car late Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as Manoj Behera of Jaipur village under Dhauli police...

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha's COVID-19 tally mounted to 3,40,194 Sunday as 290 more people, including 10 students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here, tested positive for the disease, an official said. Of the new cases, 171 were reported from quarantine centres and 119 detected during contact...

Puri: In view of rising cases of COVID-19, Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has decided to close the shrine for devotees every Sunday starting next week, SJTA chief Krishan Kumar said Sunday. As a part of an exercise to check the spread of COVID-19, the...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 10 students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar have tested positive for COVID-19, Khurda district collector Sanat Kumar Mohanty informed Sunday. As a part of an exercise, swab samples of 45 IIT students were collected and sent for RT-PCR test....

Bhubaneswar: ALLEN Coaching Institute, located at Maitree Vihar in Bhubaneswar has been sealed after more than 20 of its students tested positive for COVID-19. Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation Sunday issued an order in this regard. In view of detection of a large number of COVID-I9 positive...

Puri: A servitor of Puri Jagannath temple was grievously injured Sunday after the Hiranyakashyap idol of Nrusingha Avatar came off the outer wall of Ugra Nrusingha temple inside Srimandir and fell on him. The incident has been the talk of the town here since the...

Bhubaneswar: Unscientific use of fertilizers and pesticides on the agricultural lands in Odisha is now creating new threats to the farming sector, experts claimed. According to Sanjay Kumar Mohanty, in-charge of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Puri, several farmers in Puri district are going for uncontrolled...

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Saturday said that there is no dearth of COVID-19 vaccines with the Union government and that the supply of the shots to Odisha would not be affected. His reaction came after the state government shot off...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 315 children from Odisha have been adopted by childless foreign couples during the period from 2016-17 to 2020-21, Women and Child Development Minister Tukuni Sahu said in the Assembly, Saturday. In a reply to a question asked by Salipur MLA Prasanta...