Ramakanta Biswas

Bhubaneswar: Ineligible recipients of financial assistance under the KALIA scheme do not have to refund the money as of now as the Odisha government has decided to put the process in abeyance. The decision to...

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the world is reeling under Covid-19 pandemic, suspicious seed parcels of suspected Chinese origin has sent the alarm bells ringing across the globe. Following the Centre’s directive to the state...

Bhubaneswar: Seven distinguished artists have been honoured with Dharmapada awards in recognition of their contributions in their respective fields by the Odisha Lalit Kala Academi. Dharmapada award is the highest honour awarded by the State...

Bhubaneswar: Ten more persons succumbed to Covid-19 in Odisha in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 296, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department on Tuesday. While Ganjam and Khordha districts...

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, the Independence Day will be celebrated across Odisha in a subdued manner this year with no parade or march-past and participation by the general public. “This year in...

Cuttack: Amid rising instances of human-elephant conflict, the officials of Athagarh forest division in Cuttack district are successfully creating bamboo forest using seed balls to ensure proper habitat and food for the pachyderms. Officials of...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested Seema Nayak, Director of Shreya Infrastructures Services Pvt. Ltd. for allegedly duping investors to the tune of…

Bhubaneswar: The number of local contact cases continued to rise under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) with the city registering a record 99 cases on Friday. According to the information shared by the civic body, the...

Bhubaneswar: Four prison personnel from Odisha will be conferred with the Correctional Service Medals by President Ram Nath Kovind on the occasion of Independence Day on Saturday. The four personnel who have been selected for...

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police probing the death of motivational speaker and social activist Aditya Dash interrogated his wife and parents again within a span of a couple of weeks. A three-member team...

Malkangiri: A vehicle carrying the bodies of slain Maoists got stuck in floodwater due to heavy downpour in the Malkangiri district today and had to be taken out of water with the help of a...

Bhubaneswar: The number of Covid-19 cases in Bhubaneswar crossed the 5000-mark after 277 new cases were detected in the last 24 hours. Of the total new cases, 181 are from quarantine centres while 96 are...

Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 recoveries in Odisha went past 40,000 on Saturday with as many as 1521 patients recuperating from the infections in the last 24 hours. The highest number of 272 patients were recovered from...

Bolangir: Demolishing several under-construction houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin (PMAYG) proved costly for a sarpanch in Bolangir district who was arrested by police on Saturday. Hemakanti Munda, the lady Sarpanch of Salveta...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is giving utmost priority to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector to boost the economy in the times of Covid-19 pandemic, said State industries Minister Dibya Shakar Mishra on...

Bhubaneswar: The number of patients recovered from Covid-19 in Odisha reached 42276 after as many as 1550 recuperated and discharged in the last 24 hours. According to the State Health Department, the maximum recoveries of...

Bhubaneswar: The fear of Covid-19 infections might have forced them to return to their native places, but lack of employment overrides the fear as thousands of labourers from Odisha are now embarking on reverse journey...

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha ramping up Covid-19 testing and relatively reporting a higher number of daily positive cases, Ashok Mohapatra, former director of AIIMS Bhubaneswar believes that the State has a large number of asymptomatic patients....

Balasore: The remains of a target aircraft ‘Banshee’ was recovered by a group of fishermen from sea near Talapada in Balasore district. The unmanned aerial vehicle weighing 50 kg and 8 feet in length was caught...

Kandhamal/Bhubaneswar: Even as the government is infusing lakhs of rupees into minor irrigation projects to ensure abundant water to farmlands, it seems the initiatives have failed to materialise for farmers in Dubulumahablock of Kandhamal district....