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Healthcare workers have been the first line of defence in the battle against the pandemic. Health workers and the hospital authorities risked their lives to save others during the Covid-19 pandemic. Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Sparsh Hospital, Dr Priyabrata Dhir spoke with Orissa Post highlighting the...

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to promote and facilitate investment at the district-level, the state government has decided to set up dedicated District Investment Promotion Agencies (DIPAs) in each of the 30 districts in the state. DIPAs will work as an extended arm of the Industrial...

Bhubaneswar: Mission Shakti has become a tree of hope for 80 lakh women in the state and very soon it is going to be a mass movement of 1 crore mothers, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here, Monday. Speaking at the state-level celebration of International...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Monday appointed senior IPS officer and ADGP, Crime Branch, Soumendra Priyadarshi as the new commissioner of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police. He will replace the incumbent Police Commissioner, Sudhanshu Sarangi, who has been transferred as the CMD of the Odisha State Police Housing...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday constituted a state-level task force to review and suggest measures to contain wildfire incidents reported across the state. “The task force has been formed under the chairmanship of Sandeep Tripathy, former PCCF and HoFF, Odisha,” informed the Forest and Environment...

Cuttack: In a bizarre incident, a female patient was critically injured while undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack after a ceiling fan snapped and fell on her Monday morning. The critically injured patient was immediately shifted to an intensive care...

Bhubaneswar: The severed body of a man was found on a railway track near Lingaraj Road railway station in Bhubaneswar Monday morning. The deceased was identified as 42-year-old Sushant Sahu. According to sources, after having dinner Sushant left his house at around 10.00pm Sunday. He...

Puri: A women’s college lecturer, on the pretext of giving one of his students a ride home from college, allegedly raped her on the way in Puri district. The shocking incident took place Thursday. However, the incident came to the fore Sunday afternoon after the...

Puri: Several irregularities in the implementation of Harishchandra Sahayata Yojana at Swargadwar cremation ground here have come to the fore. About 90 per cent of people, who cremate the bodies of their near and dear ones at Swargadwar cremation ground, are reportedly availing benefits of...

Bhubaneswar: A women’s car rally was organised by Seva Prayas foundation in the city here on the eve of International Women’s Day. The theme of International women’s Day-2021 is ‘Choose To Challenge’. “A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change. So,...