The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 1.11%.
Maa Kichakeswari College in Khiching of Mayurbhanj district having hundreds of students is presently run by a single lecturer, Mukesh Behera.
In a massive setback to the BJP ahead of the upcoming three-tier Panchayat Elections in the State, as many as 15 Zilla Parishad members of the party's Mayurbhanj unit resigned from their post as well the primary membership of the party on Friday.
A group of policemen from Jamada police station found themselves at the receiving end of mob fury when they tried to intervene during a sheep fighting competition at Guduta village in Mayurbhanj district.
The State Health Department of Odisha on Friday informed about the death of as many as two children due to Covid infection.
Unable to find buyers for their products due to the Covid-19 restrictions, the stone artisans of Soro in Balasore district are staring at an uncertain future.
Thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Bolangir, Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.
IMD has predicted thunderstorm with lightning at one or two places over the districts of Kandhamal, Nayagarh, Khordhaa, Cuttack, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Balasore in the next 24 hours.
The mother of the baby, identified as Malati Diga of Sankhabhanga village under Jharpokharia police limits in the district, had filed an FIR with the Jharpokharia Police on Sunday in this regard.
South Eastern Railway, Kharagpur has undertaken the construction work of heritage railway museum project in Baripada with an estimated cost of Rs 1.55 Crore
The victim duo has taken shelter at the house of a local resident Sibashankar Hansda, who is a teacher by profession.
Shortage of Urea that severely hit the agricultural activities in various parts of Odisha pushed the farming community in despair
It was observed that most of the leaders had no masks on their faces and they didn't even maintain social distancing during the program in clear defiance to the Covid appropriate behaviour norms.
Several low-lying areas are likely to get waterlogged due to the heavy rain induced by low-pressure over the Bay of Bengal
Jamira Singh beheaded the woman with an axe and threw the body at a place near the village on July 9, police said.
Soumya had changed the password of his mobile phone after she learnt his relationship. Even he had removed the contact lists and cleared Whatsapp chat history, Bidya further alleged.
As many as 18 goats were also killed in the lightning incident
Odisha reported its highest toll of 68 deaths due to Covid infection taking the overall number of fatalities to 4,730 in the pandemic
Divyangana bagged the title in senior event while Archita won the show in the junior level.
Odisha reported 46 fatalities due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours taking the virus toll to 4,109 even as 3,222 people tested positive for the virus during the period pushing the cumulative positive tally to 91,6109 in the State.