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Bhubaneswar: Justice Mohammad Rafiq took oath as the 31st Chief Justice of Orissa High Court on Monday. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Ganeshi Lal at the Lok Seva Bhawan in Bhubaneswar. Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy, Director General of Police Abhay, and prominent leaders of ruling and Opposition parties of […]

Bhubaneswar: As the lockdown 2.0 is due to end in a week’s time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a video conferencing with Chief Ministers to discuss the prevailing COVID-19 situation. According to sources, during the interaction, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik laid focus on taking care of stranded workers by respective States. The CM has […]

Bhubaneswar: The late surge of COVID-19 looks quite bothering for Odisha, when only 7 days are left for the lockdown 2.0 to make an exit on May 3. What is worrying is, as on today, nearly 80 COVID suspects have been admitted to Odisha’s 28 COVID hospitals along with a total of 72 confirmed COVID […]

Puri: Barely a week after an inspector-in-charge had stirred a controversy by entering Lord Jagannath temple amid the ongoing restrictions imposed in view of novel-Coronavirus, a contractor and his associate also reportedly entered the 12-century shrine despite strict restrictions. According to sources, the contractor along with another person visited the shrine yesterday for construction of […]

Bhubaneswar: Seven people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Odisha on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases in the State to 118. Of the seven COVID-19 cases, four were reported from the western district of Sundergarh and three in the coastal district of Bhadrak. While the four cases in Sundergarh include two males […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as IMD has confirmed the evolution of first pre-monsoon cyclone in Bay of Bengal (BoB) this year, the country’s premier weather forecaster is yet to open its card on the date of landfall. The latest bulletin by IMD says, ” Low Pressure area is very likely to form over south Andaman Sea and […]

Bhubaneswar: The months of April and May are considered as lightning months in Odisha. Reflecting the trend, when yesterday (Monday) only 10 places witnessed moderate thunderstorm activities, on Tuesday the warning of light thunderstorm has been hoisted for a high of 20 places in the State. How oft such thunderstorms are hitting Odisha is evident […]

Bhubaneswar: Women are considered a harbinger of life as they are the humans who give birth. But the same women can become the agents of cruelty and killing, particularly in distressing times of Covid-19, is beyond comprehension. And more so, when the cruelty is inflicted on an animal that doesn’t have the power to resist, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government said it plans to procure three more Cobas-6800 machines for carrying out faster and effective testing of samples to detect COVID-19, an official said. The state presently has only one Cobas-6800 machine installed at the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Bhubaneswar which conducts 800 tests every day. The lone Cobas machine […]

Bolangir: Two labourers engaged in the repair of a bridge over Suktel River in Patnagarh block of Bolangir district were killed after the structure collapsed today morning. Officials of district administration and local police have launched a rescue and search operation on the spot apprehending that some others might also be trapped inside the debris. […]

Bhubaneswar: The novel-Coronavirus has now spread its tentacles to three more districts of Odisha making it a total of 14 districts of the State which have recorded one or more COVID-19 cases. As per the data shared by Health and Family Welfare department, the three new cases have been detected today belong to Jharsuguda, Keonjhar […]

Bhubaneswar: State School and Mass Education Minister Samir Dash seemed optimistic today when he said that the department is ready to conduct the remaining of the Plus-II exams post the COVID-19 lockdown period. Dash, however, mentioned that the department is awaiting confirmation from the government in this regard. Reportedly, the Plus-II exams commenced on March […]

Puri: As clouds of uncertainty continue to loom over the annual Rath Yatra in Puri this year in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Daitapati Nijog (servitors’ body) of Srimandir today suggested that the Odisha government can organise the festival in a restricted manner. In a letter to CM Naveen Patnaik, the servitor […]

Bhubaneswar: The corona crisis in Odisha is getting bigger day by day. The rising count and footprint of COVID-19 in the State have put a stress on some basic corona indicators. The major trend observed today is doubling time in Odisha has shrunk to 11 days from 13 days in mid-April. Now, corona footprint is […]

Bhubaneswar: Lightning and norwesters have become a regular phenomenon in Odisha this April. As the month of April is giving way to May, the trend is lightning and thunderstorm phenomenons are being observed in more and more places every day in the State. On April 27, warnings were issued for 10 places. The number went […]