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Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the reopening of schools for Class 10 and 12 students, the Odisha government on Tuesday directed district Collectors and Municipal Commissioners to conduct health check-up of students, teachers and other non-teaching staffs. In a latest notification, the Health and Family Welfare Department has directed the concerned officials to mobilise ASHA/ANM workers to […]

Bhubaneswar: India’s first-of-its-kind ‘Fire Park’ was on Tuesday inaugurated in Bhubaneswar by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, through video conferencing. Patnaik has also launched a dynamic online portal ‘Agnishama Seva’ of Directorate General Fire Services, Home Guards and Civil Defence (http://odishafshgscd.gov.in/), to facilitate access to various citizen services provided by the department. Aimed at creating awareness […]

Chilika: Over 12 lakh migratory birds were spotted during the annual bird census in Chilika Lake, the first Indian wetlands of international importance under Ramsar Convention and UNESCO world heritage site, on Tuesday. This is the highest ever bird count in the water lagoon in last two decades. This year, the forest officials spotted 12,04,351, […]

Bhubaneswar: The movie lovers have something to cheer as cinema halls and movie theatres are all set to reopen in Odisha from January 8 after the State government has given a go ahead with conditions of strict Covid guidelines. The halls will reopen in some places including Cuttack and Bhubaneswar in the State, sources said. […]

Cuttack: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, has announced the dates for filling up forms for the annual High school Certificate Examinations (regular and ex-regular) 2021. A notification issued by the Board stated that the exercise will be held through online mode. The filling up the form for regular, ex-regular and students of correspondence […]

Berhampur/Rayagada: Huge consignment of ganja worth more than Rs 1.5 crore was seized during separate raids at two different places of Odisha. As per reports, the Excise department officials of Berhampur division reportedly intercepted a coir-laden truck, a car and a pickup van on the National Highway in Berhampur and seized over 11 quintals of […]

Bhubaneswar: The emergency Covid-19 vaccination is completely optional and not mandatory for health workers, said Director of Medical Education and Training (DMET) Dr CBK Mohanty on Wednesday. “The State government had earlier clarified that only those who give their consent will be vaccinated. It is completely optional. We can’t force anybody to get vaccinated. Two […]

Bhubaneswar: With the Union Health Ministry giving the green signal to roll out  Covid-19 vaccines across the country from coming Makar Sankrati, Odisha will also see the first dispatch of vaccines reaching the State by January 13-14. Even though Odisha had conducted the dry run for Covid-19 vaccines in all districts on January 2, the […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday assured to expedite approvals for the long-demanded Sidhamahavir flyover in Puri. The announcement from the Union minister came after BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra and Puri MLA Jayant Sarangi met him yesterday and discussed the construction work of the flyover on Puri-Konark highway. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday issued a notification allowing bars, bear parlours and clubs to resume services in strict adherence to Covid-19 norms. “The Government after careful consideration in exercise of powers conferred under section-93 of the Odisha Excise Act-2008 allows consumption of liquor in the Restaurant ‘ON’ / Hotel ‘ON’ / Beer Parlour […]

Sambalpur: The annual enumeration of migratory birds at Hirakud Dam Reservoir began on Thursday morning. The head counting of the avian species began at 6 AM and will continue till 1 PM today, said a forest official. As many as 21 teams comprising forest staff of Sambalpur, Hirakud and Jharsuguda divisions have been engaged in […]

Bhubaneswar: For the Naveen Patnaik-led ruling BJD, in order to fulfil the State government’s avowed slogan of ‘zero-tolerance against corruption’, the Odisha government need to tread the UP way. The Odisha Vigilance’s anti-corruption crusade for long has only stumbled upon the minnows (Class-III employees) in the government hierarchy for stacking up disproportionate assets worth crores […]

Bhubaneswar: There seems to be no stopping for the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha when it comes to the heavy downpour of political donations. The cash registers of the regional party rang well though the financial year 2019-20 wasn’t an election year. For the sheer magnetic attributes of the ruling BJD in the […]

Bhubaneswar: The second phase dry run of the COVID-19 vaccine will be conducted in Odisha on January 8 (tomorrow), said Additional Chief Secretary, PK Mohapatra on Thursday. The dry run for COVID-19 vaccination shall be conducted between10.00 am to 12.00 noon in all districts and Municipal Corporations. Sites for dry run have been planned in […]

Sambalpur: A 40-year-old woman has been allegedly gang-raped by two persons in a forest in Kuchinda area of Sambalpur when she was returning home alone from a relative’s place. The incident, which took place at around 10 AM on Monday, came to light a day later when her family members rushed her to hospital following […]