Bhubaneswar: Amid the huge influx of stranded migrants, Odisha government, on May 23, had ordered that all those returning to the state will have to be stamped with indelible ink on their right inner forearm at the border checkpoints, receiving station or designated quarantine centres. However, concerns are now being raised over the quality of […]

Bhubaneswar: Schools in Odisha which remained closed in view of COVID-19-induced lockdown will not reopen on June 17 as announced earlier, informed State School and Mass Education Minister Samir Dash on Sunday. Earlier the State government had decided to reopen all educational institutes in the state on June 17. However, as per the latest guidelines […]

Sambalpur: A woman died after allegedly being trampled to death by a wild elephant at Hitasar village under Naktideul Forest Range in Sambalpur district today. The deceased identified as Pramila Dehuri, had gone to her farmland in the morning when she was attacked by an elephant. The incident which was the second death being reported […]

Rourkela: Palpable tension prevailed at the Steel city today after a scuffle broke out between locals and police personnel in Rourkela reportedly over demands to lift the containment orders imposed in several areas. On April 26, the Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) had marked some areas of the city as containment and buffer zones after detection […]

Berhampur: He had expected it to be a very relieving experience amid Covid pandemic but much to his surprise his homecoming was more of a humiliation. Madhav Patra who belongs to Basudevpur of Sanakhemundi block in Ganjam district narrates how he has been spending past several days in an agony of isolation after being denied […]