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Balasore: At a time when social distancing has become an urgent norm for humans amid coronavirus outbreak, it seems humanity has fallen to a new low. In one such instance in Balasore, people allegedly refused to assist in the funeral of one Sridhar Dalai of Jamujhadi panchayat under Simulia Police limits of the district fearing […]

Bhubaneswar: COVID toll on Odisha seems big. Unemployment rate in the State has zoomed to a high of 23.8 per cent in April, which means nearly two in every ten in Odisha now have no job at hand. The joblessness rate in March was estimated at 13.1 per cent. The unemployment rate in April is […]

Puri: Amidst uncertainty over organising the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath in Puri, the Srimandir Managing Committee today unanimously decided to commence the construction of chariots of the Holy Trinity from tomorrow for the forthcoming car festival. The decision was taken at a meeting of the temple managing committee which was attended by Puri […]

Bhubaneswar: One more bus carrying around 40 Odia migrants met with an accident today, killing one person and leaving as many as two others injured. As per reports, the bus was en-route to Banki in Khurda from Hyderabad when the mishap occurred on NH-16 near Kuhudi in the district. While the exact cause of the […]

Bhubaneswar: When ‘corona warriors’ in the country are keenly guarding against the COVID onslaught on the country, the ‘cyclone watchers’ are keeping a close tab on the Low Pressure Area (LOPAR) formed over Andaman seas. More worrying is another circulation is being observed over Sri Lanka. ECMRWF model shows Kerala on radar. What makes the […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major development, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed the Health Department authorities to increase the COVID-19 testing capacity in Odisha to 15,000 per day. The decision was taken at a review meeting held today to assess the current situation of COVID-19 in the State. Patnaik spoke to officials of different departments through […]

Berhampur: They said they would starve to death if the State government doesn’t facilitate their homecoming. Desperate measures were taken to bring these stranded migrant workers back, and the rest is history. A district which obeyed every rule in the book to stay away from the novel coronavirus (n-CoV), suddenly seems to be on the […]

Bhubaneswar: “Could You Do It To Any Other Woman What You Did It To Her?” These words of rage are still smouldering inside people of Odisha who are now coming forward to express solidarity with the pregnant dog that was brutally killed by a woman and her neighbour in Bhubaneswar last month. From civil societies […]

Rayagada: At a time when the entire government machinery is focussed on battling the COVID-19 ordeal gripping the State, cases of rise in dengue has now evolved as a new challenge. As many as 61 people have been identified positive for dengue pilling up more worries for the administration in Rayagada district. According to sources, […]

Bhubaneswar: In a big development, the low level circulation of cloud clusters over south Andaman sea and adjoining south-east Bay of Bengal (BoB) becomes less marked today. The weakening signs become more apparent today as the cloud top temperature of the low level closely circulated cloud clusters over the south Andaman sea dropped to around […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Higher Education department has decided to conduct Plus-III Final Semester examinations between June 20 and July 24, 2020 and post-graduate (PG) final semester examinations will be conducted before August 20. These exams were postponed due to coronavirus outbreak and subsequent lockdown. The result of UG final examinations will be declared by August […]

Puri: Time is running out. Something which never has happened in hundreds of years, unfortunately seems likely in 2020 as dark clouds of uncertainty continue to hover over the annual grand spectacle of Holy Trinity. Today after the State government sought the permission of the Centre to commence construction work of the chariots during the […]

Bhubaneswar: The COVID scenario in Odisha didn’t show any let up in the first week of May, in comparison to April first week. The COVID positive cases per million in the State was mere 0.93 then, the rate has nearly quadrupled to 4.03 in May first week. What seems bothering is, April first week was […]

Bhubaneswar: The restriction imposed on public movement from 7 PM to 7 AM across Odisha in the third phase of lockdown is aimed at preventing explosion of COVID19 cases as the government is gradually resuming economic activity, said Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissioner, Sudhanshu Sarangi. While speaking exclusively to OTV, Sarangi said, “The 12-hour restriction on public […]

Bhubaneswar: A whopping 20 new COVID-19 cases were reported from Odisha on Thursday taking the total number of SARS-nCoV cases in the State to 205, informed State Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department. This is the highest one-day spike in the State till date. Ganjam has now begun to feel the heat of COVID outbreak […]