Ramakanta Biswas

Khurda: A day after an employee of a bar in Khurda was allegedly stabbed to death by miscreants; police on Wednesday detained six suspects in connection with the murder. All the accused persons have been...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday capped the price for COVID19 antigen test kit at Rs 450 plus GST for private laboratories and point-of-care facilities conducting the Covid-19 test. “Upper price cap of Rs 450...

Bhubaneswar: The much-awaited convalescent plasma therapy commenced at three hospitals of Odisha today and it will be made available free of cost for the Covid-19 patients. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik made the announcement while inaugurating...

Bhubaneswar: With a record 612 COVID19 patients recovering in a day, Odisha on Wednesday reached the milestone of 10,000 recoveries. The total recovered cases now stand at 10,476. #BIG_BREAKING Another day of RECORD #COVID19 recoveries...

Bhubaneswar: The upward trend in COVID19 cases continued in Bhubaneswar, with the capital city reporting its highest single day surge of 90 positive cases on Wednesday. Of the total 90 new cases, 63 cases have...

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will announce the results of Class 10 examinations tomorrow (July 15). Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank took to Twitter to confirm the news. “My...

Sundergarh: The worrying trends of coronavirus infections among the frontline workers including doctors, health workers and police personnel continue to stoke concerns in Odisha with as many as 36 police personnel testing positive for the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha added 543 new cases of Covid-19 taking the case tally to 14280 while the virus death toll mounted to 74 with four more fatalities in the last 24 hours. According to the State...

Bhubaneswar: Many districts of Odisha will experience heavy rainfall for three days starting from today, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Regional Centre at Bhubaneswar said. The weather department has issued Yellow Warning for Nabarangpur, Kalahandi,...

Bhubaneswar: The Union Transport Ministry has approved a pedestrian underpass on Bhadrak-Balasore National Highway-16 section at Goudani Pokhari and a foot over bridge (FOB) and culvert at Agria village under Balasore-Baripada-Jharpokharia section of National Highway-18....

Bhubaneswar: As COVID deaths continue to rise in Odisha, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) Director Ajay Parida on Friday informed that Plasma therapy to treat coronavirus patients will start at four hospitals in the State....

Bhubaneswar: The opposition BJP on Friday renewed its attack on the State government over the alleged gang rape and murder of a woman in Malkangiri district and alleged that efforts are being made to hush...

Bhubaneswar: The number of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts in Odisha has come down to 10 with the State government approving removal of five districts from the list of red corridor. Informing the development,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered biggest spike of 755 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, taking the State’s total positive tally to 11956. The State also reported four more deaths due to coronavirus, bringing the death toll to...

Rourkela: Worried over rising cases of Covid-19, Sundergarh Collector Nikhil Pavan Kalyan has ordered weekend shutdown in Rourkela and Kalunga Industrial area till July 31. Rourkela (both Rourkela Municipal Corporation area & Steel Township area)...

Bhubaneswar: Eminent litterateur and award-winning short fiction writer Manoj Kumar Panda is no more. He died of heart attack in Bolangir district at the age of 65. According to sources, Panda was admitted to a...

Cuttack: A swift response by the rescue team saved the lives of two young women, who jumped into Kathajodi River from the Trishulia Bridge in Cuttack in an apparent bid to commit suicide. According to...

Bhubaneswar: All four strains of coronavirus identified in India are prevalent in Odisha, informed Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar Director Ajay Parida on Tuesday. “There are four groups of the virus in India and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Tuesday breached the 10,000-mark in COVID-19 cases with the highest single-day spike of 571 infections. With four more casualties in the past 24 hours, the death toll due to the disease in...

Berhampur/Cuttack: As Covid numbers continue to explode in Ganjam district with each passing day, the district authorities of Ganjam is all set to roll out rapid antigen tests from today. Informing about the development, Ganjam...