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Health workers under the banner of Odisha State Male & Female Multipurpose Health Workers/Health Supervisor’s United Association on Thursday (January 14) threatened that they will not take COVID-19 vaccine shots. This decision was taken as a mark of protest against government’s alleged neglect in fixing their designation and cadre.

Around 9,000 healthcare workers will be administered vaccine shots in Bhubaneswar in the first phase of Covid-19 inoculation drive. The vaccine will be administered at six different sites from tomorrow. This was informed by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Prem Chandra Choudhary today.

Why is father not home? Sonali kept asking her mother, Laxmi. But Laxmi was helpless as the little girl would be devastated to know his father is no more. Watch the story of a martyr from Odisha.

PM Narendra Modi congratulated the countrymen while rolling out the COVID-19 vaccination today. Modi said that this massive vaccination drive is proof of India’s competency and capabilities.

PM Narendra Modi rolled out the massive COVID-19 vaccination drive today. In a historic moment, the first vaccine jab was administered at New Delhi AIIMS

Soon after PM Narendra Modi’s formal launch, the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine was administered in Odisha at around 11:05 AM. On Day 1, as many 16,100 people will be administered vaccines today.

With the much-awaited COVID-19 vaccination drive, kicking off across the country, we caught up with some of the first recipients of the vaccine in Odisha

After wait of over 10 months, COVID-19 vaccination kicked off at 161 sites, across the districts in Odisha today. Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the drive, the the first vaccine shot was administered at around 11:05 AM in Odisha.

With praises pouring in for the doctors and scientists of the country for successfully developing COVID-19 vaccine, here comes a beautiful gesture. This is how sand artist Sudam Pradhan captured India’s achievements through his artistic strokes on sand.

With COVID-19 vaccine kicking off in Odisha, the State Health department reassured public that the vaccine is completely safe. To allay concerns, a senior official of the department said that, there are no side effects and even doctors are taking them.

Congress MLA Sura Routray came down heavily on the Odisha government over RTI disclosure in connection with the Nayagarh minor girl murder case.

This looks like a plot from a Bollywood movie. A group of robbers carrying guns resisting police & locals. But this is real and it happened in the forest near Kutasingha village under the Loisinga Police limits of Bolangir district. After a long & tense stand-off, three members of a robbery gang finally surrendered.

Security forces continue to make inroads into Maoist territory. Gaining more ground, a new camp of the Border Security Force (BSF) has come up in the Red corridor.

Human-animal conflicts continue to surface at an alarming frequency in the State of Odisha. Another incident was reported from a village in Sambalpur where an elephant strayed into human habitation triggering chaos and panic.

In IANS C-Voter State of the Nation 2021 survey, Odisha has emerged ‘most-satisfied’ with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s work. According to the survey, over 78.05 per cent of people in Odisha are completely satisfied with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s performance. While 14.03 per cent people are satisfied to some extent with the Prime Minister's performance, 7.73 per cent people are not satisfied at all. As per reports, Modi has a nett acceptance rating of 84.35 per cent in the state.