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New Delhi: In another major announcement, the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed permanent commission to serving women officers in the Indian Navy in all eligible branches and directed the Centre to comply with its order within three months. The top court said that there can’t be any discrimination citing physiological conditions, etc. The order will […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst chaos following apprehensions over possible shortage of essential commodities after the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the State, Odisha government has come up with a clarification urging people not to believe in such rumours. State Food & Supplies Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain informed that the government is planning to distribute a 3-months […]

Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 scenario in Odisha doesn’t look alarming on Tuesday. Post recording State’s first Covid-19 positive on Sunday, the big news of comfort is all the contacts of the Covid-19 positive have been quarantined and under observation. More assuring fact surfaced today is till date no flu or pneumonia like symptoms have been observed […]

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of Coronavirus outbreak across the globe, the Odisha state machinery has gone on an overdrive to restrict the spread of the virus by implementing various measures in Transport department to Skill Development and Higher Education department. Amidst a public outcry for relaxation of New MV Act in view of the viral […]

Bhubaneswar/Kendrapara: Odisha Government has begun the process for the appointment of women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) as Fair Price Shop dealers in place of private dealers in order to ensure smooth management of Public Distribution System (PDS). In order to reduce corruption in the sale of PDS goods, subsided ration is being supplied to beneficiaries through […]

Bhubaneswar: Here is a big Covid-19 dampener. The novel coronavirus is airborne finds a new study. According to a new study from National Institutes of Health, CDC, UCLA and Princeton University scientists published in The New England Journal of Medicine says, “Results provide key information about the stability of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 disease, and […]

Bhubaneswar: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Wednesday postponed JEE (Main) April 2020 examination which was earlier scheduled to be held from April 5 to 11. The decision by the Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry is part of the ongoing preventive measures to check the spread of coronavirus infection. As per the latest notification issued […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after Yes Bank resumed its operations, the private sector lender remitted Rs 397 crore to designated SBI account of Jagannath Temple Corpus Fund at Puri Main Branch. Earlier, restrictions on withdrawal of funds from Yes Bank had kicked off a political storm in Odisha. Informing about the development in a letter to Krishan […]

Puri: The temple of Lord Jagannath in the pilgrim city of Puri will remain closed for devotees from tomorrow till March 31 in the wake of Coronavirus outbreak which has so far claimed more than 8000 lives across the globe. Announcing the significant development, chief administrator of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration, Krishan Kumar said […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has announced a number of preventive measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the official buildings have already been designated as quarantine facilities to prevent the deadly COVID-19 from spreading its tentacles. On Thursday, the government ordered to set up quarantine centres across all panchayats in the State. In order to […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Thursday reported its second Coronavirus case after one of the 14 samples sent for testing yielded a positive result. The Health and Family Welfare Department of the Odisha government took to Twitter to inform about the second COVID-19 positive case in the state. According to sources, 14 samples were sent to RMRC […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Justice delivered. It took over seven years but finally, Nirbhaya, the brave daughter of the country got justice. All the four convicts- Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31), were hanged till death at Tihar Jail in Delhi today at 5:30 AM. Following the execution of […]

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of Coronavirus outbreak in India, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to PM Narendra Modi requesting the Central government to review the decision for Census 2021 initiative & updation of National Population Register throughout the country. Also Read: Centre Rejects Odisha’s Request Of Caste-Based Census! In the letter, CM Naveen Patnaik […]

Bhubaneswar: The cases of Covid-19 in India are rising fast. Seeing the pace of escalation, PM Narendra Modi in his address to the Nation gave a clarion call to all citizens for Janata Curfew the coming Sunday. The message was clear – Social distancing, not socialising, is the need of the hour. The transmission speed […]

Kolkata/Jaipur: Novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 271 individuals, informed Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday. The total figure also includes four deaths reported from Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra. “A total of 271 individuals have been confirmed positive among suspected cases and contacts of known positive cases,” said the IMCR release. […]