Ramakanta Biswas

Bhubaneswar: The tally of novel-Coronavirus cases inched closer to 2000 mark in Bhubaneswar with 163 persons testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. The total count of the SARS-nCoV infections under the...

Bhubaneswar: Covid-19 infections are rising at an alarming rate adding over 1300 plus cases on a daily basis in Odisha. With 1376 new cases in the last 24 hours, the total case tally has now...

Ganjam: Ganjam district administration on Sunday issued a five-point strategy (panchasutra) for all shopkeepers in the district to put a lease on the relentless rise in cases of Covid-19. In a video message, Ganjam Collector...

Bhubaneswar: Amid reports of delay in cremation of bodies due to social stigma and fear of Covid-19 contamination, Odisha government on Monday issued fresh guidelines for the disposal of bodies. PK Mohapatra, additional chief secretary...

Bhubaneswar: For the second consecutive day, Odisha recorded seven deaths due to Covid-19, pushing the death toll to 154. The list of deceased includes a five-year-old boy from Bhubaneswar. Three deaths were reported from Ganjam...

Bhubaneswar: Director General of Police (DGP) Abhay has directed police officials to strengthen the phone based system for redressal of public grievances in the times of Covid-19. “In view of continuing COVID pandemic, there is...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has ruled out honour killing angle in the death of a minor girl in Dumuduma Phase-II of Khandagiri area and claimed that she might have committed suicide. The girl, a Class...

Cuttack: Results of the Odisha Annual Matric Examination 2020 have been declared by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE). State School and Mass Education Minister Samir Dash announced the results at the board office. A...

Bhubaneswar: Sundergarh MP and senior BJP leader Jual Oram has expressed concern over reported move of the Odisha government to hand over hockey training activities to private institutions and shut down the senior hockey hostels...

Bhubaneswar: The spread of coronavirus infection continues unabated in Odisha with the State registering 1068 new cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the total case tally to 29175. The State also recorded five more...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has released as many as 16,789 prisoners from various jails across the State in a period of over four months in the wake of novel coronavirus pandemic. A total of 16639...

Bhubaneswar: As Odisha continues to witness huge spike in Covid-19 cases, it has reported healthy recovery numbers with the total recoveries crossing 20,000 mark after 772 patients recovered from the disease in the last 24...

Bhubaneswar: After Centre released its Unlock 3 guidelines, the Odisha government on Friday came up with detailed norms for the reopening of activities. These guidelines will be applicable till August 31. Citing that it is...

Bhubaneswar: While the Odisha government relaxed certain restrictions under Unlock 3, certain activities will continue to be regulated in the month of August under which all government offices in the State will remain closed on...

Bhubaneswar: As a part of its investigation into the death of motivational speaker and social activist Aditya Dash, the Crime Branch of Odisha Police on Friday questioned his wife and other family members. A three-member...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 15 hospital staff, five police personnel and three employees of a media house were among the 128 new Covid-19 cases that were reported from Bhubaneswar in the past 24 hours. According...

Paradip: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Saturday appealed people to allow trial run of goods trains on Haridaspur-Paradip Railway line so that it can be made fit for running of passenger trains. The move...

Bhubaneswar: More than 1,700 coronavirus tests are being conducted in Bhubaneswar over the last three/four days, informed the capital city’s Covid-19 observer Anu Garg. “Earlier we had said that we are focusing more on testing,...

Cuttack: Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Samir Dash has ordered a probe after a school headmaster in Cuttack reportedly shared a link of some objectionable content on a WhatsApp group created for students for...

Bhubaneswar: At least four Maoist hideouts were busted and huge cache of live ammunition and other articles were seized following an exchange of fire between the ultras and security forces in Gandhamardhan Reserve forest under...