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Teachers above the age of 45 years working in various private and government schools in Bhubaneswar will soon get Covid-19 vaccine. This information was conveyed by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner, Prem Chandra Chaudhary on Tuesday

President Ram Nath Kovind successfully underwent a bypass surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Tuesday. Sharing the update on the surgery through a tweet, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the team of doctors for successfully conducting the operation.

It is the season of watermelons. Nothing beats the scorching heat of the summer like the watermelon does. At a time when the demand for watermelons are expected to pickup, these farmers from Katana Baniya panchayat under Rajkanika block of Kendrapada district are holding their heads in despair.

With Odisha witnessing a surge in the daily COVID-19 cases, the state government has decided to increase the COVID-19 vaccination of beneficiaries to two lakh a day from April 1, for which it has set a target for different districts. Vaccination of people above 45 years of age will also kick-off from April 1.

In a shocking incident, a man travelling in 'Mo Bus' sustained grievous injuries after he was allegedly pushed out of the moving vehicle by the bus conductor near Hanspal area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on Tuesday (March 30) evening.

  District Forest Officer (DFO) Ashok Mishra on Tuesday said that the members of the smuggling racket that was busted last week are suspected to be conduits of a larger international syndicate involved in the narco trade.

Amid allegations against Odisha government that it is hijacking central schemes and re-branding them as its own, the Central government made it clear that the use of Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana (BPGY) logo is not permissible under the provisions of Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojana (PMAY-G). The Centre has shot a letter to Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra in this regard, asking him to use only the official logo of Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojana for all purposes of PMAY-Gramin.

April is yet to arrive and it seems Odisha is already in the midst of an intense heat wave as 17 places recorded temperature above 40 degrees Celsius in the past 24 hours.

Bollywood celebrity Malaika Arora was recently clicked by the shutterbugs while she flaunted a casual look in Mumbai. Malaika who is often spotted sporting trends and giving fashion enthusiasts new inspirations, did not fail this time as well!

Odisha saw a sharp jump in daily COVID-19 cases today with Kalahandi reporting as many as 57 new cases in the last 24 hours.

Bollywood actress & model Gauhar Khan was recently spotted by the paparazzi with her husband Zaid Darbar in Mumbai. Gauhar was seen maintaining safe social distance from the media and even offering sanitizer to the paparazzi as they interacted with her.

A decomposed carcass of a female elephant was found at Ranibania Reserve Forest under Khutnuni Range in Athagarh Forest Division on Tuesday (March 30). Even though the exact reason of the death of the pachyderm is yet to be ascertained, the forest department suspects it died due to a viral infection.

Ragging allegations surface yet again in Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT)! A second year student of VSSUT alleged that he was ragged by his seniors inside the varsity campus.

After reports emerged that hackers have allegedly leaked sensitive data of around 10 crore MobiKwik users and put them up for sale on the darkweb, mobile payments and digital wallet company MobiKwik has refuted the claims of data breach and said it would get a third-party forensic data security audit done.

Following a row over the allegations that a passenger was pushed out of the moving public transport bus operating under the ‘Mo Bus’ services, a purported CCTV footage from inside the concerned bus has emerged showing the details of what exactly transpired.