Tag: Odisha

Phulbani: In view of the arriving winter and as a safety measure to check the spread of Covid-19 infection in the region, the Kandhamal district administration on Wednesday announced that all tourist destinations and picnic spots in the district will remain out of bounds for people till November 30, 2020. However, resorts belonging to the […]

Angul: A man was allegedly shot dead by some bike-borne miscreants at Musapapuli chhak under Angul police limits last evening over a suspected past rivalry. At around 8 PM on Wednesday, one Dusasana Senapati and his brother Dushmant of Rantalei village had come for some work at the Musapapuli chhak when suddenly a few miscreants […]

Bhubaneswar: Completely rattled by the pandemic and a subsequent lockdown along with Covid-induced restrictions, the Jatra artistes have now hit the streets seeking revival of the industry. Led by popular Jatra actress Rani Panda, the association members staged a demonstration at the Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar demanding the State government to allow resumption of opera […]

Puri: A team of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and officials of a Mumbai-based company, MBCC visited Srimandir in Puri and examined the several parts of the 12th century shrine on Wednesday. The team discussed the beautification work to be done inside the Srimandir premises and appropriate measures to be taken by the temple authorities […]

Paradip: Odisha, West Bengal on Thursday started ‘Sagar Kavach’, a joint coastal security exercise at Paradip coast aimed at fine-tuning surveillance along the states’ maritime border. Indian Coast Guard, Coastal Police, Coastal District Administration, Paradip Port Trust, Fisheries Department, Customs, Marine Enforcement Wing (MEW), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Light House […]

Bhubaneswar: Tension ran high at the national highway in Bhubaneswar on Thursday following a protest by Nabanirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS), a farmers outfit, as part of the nationwide ‘Chakka Jam’ protest against the central farm laws. The outfit staged a demonstration protesting three farm laws including stoppage of the minimum support price (MSP) mechanism, which […]

Bhubaneswar: After showing a declining trend in the number of one-day fatalities in the last couple of days, Odisha saw another spike in deaths due to Covid-19 on Thursday. At least 14 patients undergoing treatment at several hospitals succumbed to the infection pushing the Covid-19 death toll to 1378. Khurda and Mayurbhanj recorded three new […]

Bhubaneswar: A senior crime reporter with an Odia news channel succumbed to coronavirus infection which taken more than 1370 lives in the state so far. Prabir Pradhan was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar recently after his condition deteriorated following Covid-19 infection. He is survived by his wife and minor daughter. Pradhan’s father, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of the Hindu Jagaran Manch (HJM) held protests against the cold-blooded murder of Nikita Tomar– a Faridabad-based college girl who had been shot dead following a failed kidnapping bid– at Pokhariput on Thursday morning. The HJM condemned the brutal incident and termed the crime as ‘love jihad’. During the protest, HJM […]

Bhubaneswar: The Higher Education Department of Odisha today issued a notification revising the timeline of Common PG Entrance Test (CPET)- 2020. As per the revised order, the merit list will be declared on November 16, while the applicants can update their graduation/equivalent marks on Student Academic Management System (SAMS) portal by November 10 till 11.45 […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD Supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today suspended the former BJD legislator from Balasore, Jiban Pradip Dash for allegedly indulging in anti-party activities. “Jiban Pradip Dash, Ex-MLA, Balasore is hereby suspended from Biju Janata Dal for his anti-party activities with immediate effect,” stated an official notification issued by BJD’s General Secretary (Media Affairs), […]

Puri: In a broad daylight heist, unidentified miscreants looted a two-wheeler and other belongings including cash from a woman in Annasara area in Konark here today. The woman, whose identity is yet to be established, reportedly works at a private bank. Sources said three miscreants came on a speeding vehicle and intercepted the woman near […]

Ganjam: Though the Odisha government claims to have launched the ‘Mahaprayana’ scheme to facilitate the transport of dead bodies from hospitals, family members of a woman who died at a hospital in Ganjam alleged that they had to carry her body on shoulders for 2 kms to reach home as no transport facility was available […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the winter session of the Odisha Assembly scheduled to kick off on the 20th of this month, Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro today stated that all proceedings in the House will be conducted for maximum 4 hours and 30 minutes. “All proceedings the House will be held for 4.5 hours daily during the […]

Bhubaneswar: With detection of 68 new COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours, the total virus tally in the capital city rose to 29,522 according to the data shared by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Of the fresh cases, 54 are local contacts while the remaining 14 are from quarantine, the civic body said […]