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Phulbani: Four Maoists with cash rewards on their heads were killed in an encounter with police personnel in southern Odisha’s Kandhmal district Sunday morning. Sources said that acting on a tip-off, District Voluntary Force (DVF) and Special Operation Group (SOG) personnel launched a joint combing...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has prohibited Bol Bom devotees or ‘Kaudias’ from their yearly journey by foot in which they carry water from a temple to pour on a Shiva temple during the Odia month of Shravan(July/August) in view of the COVID-19 situation and in...

Washington: The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has surpassed the 11 million mark, while the deaths have soared to more than 524,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. Saturday morning, the total number of cases stood at 11,047,217, while the fatalities rose to 524,614,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported Friday the highest spike in COVID-19 cases with 561 persons testing positive for the disease. This is the highest single-day rise in the number of infections in the state. Out of the new COVID-19 cases, 425 persons were in quarantine and 136...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday directed all the Universities and Colleges in the State to start online teaching for students of intermediate year/ semester starting from July 13, 2020. In a letter, Higher Education Department Secretary Saswat Mishra asked the higher education institutions to set...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Wednesday reported 251 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 7,316. Out of the 251 new cases, 208 cases were reported from quarantine centres while 43 are local contacts. District wise breakdown: Ganjam district led the way with 102...

New Delhi: India registered the highest single-day COVID-19 deaths at 507 on Wednesday with Maharashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu accounting for over 70 per cent of the fatalities, while 18,653 new infections were reported taking the total tally to 5,85,493, according to the Union Health...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday released the new guidelines for Unlock 2.0. Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy held a press conference and announced the new rules which will be applicable in the month of July. The Chief Secretary said that the government has worked on the...

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha reported 206 COVID-19 positive cases Tuesday, taking the tally to 7,065. Of the 206 new cases, 192 patients were from quarantine centres while 14 contracted the virus locally. While Malkangiri has reported the highest number with 36 COVID-19 cases, the other districts that...

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry issued Monday guidelines for ‘Unlock 2’ phase across India between July 1 and July 31. In a release the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that schools, colleges will remain closed till July 31. However, online/distance learning will be...