Tag: Odisha

While Odisha is one of the few states which has been registering a higher vaccination rate compared to the national average, it is still far behind states like Rajasthan which has been able to vaccinate nearly 85 per cent of its citizens above 60 years of age, with at least one shot.

This may look like a busy vegetable market, but it is not. It is loot happening on road near Palasuni area of Bhubaneswar. A truck carrying vegetables met with an accident and its entire load spilled onto the road. Spotting a chance, passersby got to work and started filling up their bags and sacks with the vegetables. The visuals also show a couple of people wearing khaki clothes among others engaged in this raid.

At least one person was killed and two others sustained serious injuries after two groups of people fired bullets and hurled bombs at each other at Sarangdhar Stadium in Kamakhyanagar area of Dhenkanal.

Odisha government changed its lockdown strategy and announced partial lockdown across the state till 5 AM of July 1st. As per the latest announcement, greater degree of relaxation has been granted to Category A districts (Baragarh, Bolangir, Boudh, Deogarh, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jharsuguda, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Subarnapur and Sundergarh).

This year too, Deba Snana Purnima of the Holy Trinity will be held without devotees at Puri. In view of the grim pandemic situation and extension of curbs by the state government, Deba Snana Purnima, the ritualistic bathing ceremony of Lord Jagannath and His siblings on June 24 will be observed sans devotees like last year. SJTA (Shree Jagannath Temple Administration) chief Krishan Kumar informed that Puri Srimandir will remain out of bounds for devotees till July 25th and a decision regarding allowing devotees for darshan would be taken after Rath Yatra.

Data available with the GISAID tracks the transmission line of Delta variant to Odisha. As many as 6 states - Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal - have been the source states

Odisha government changed its lockdown strategy and announced partial lockdown across the state till 5 AM of July 1st. As per the latest announcement, greater degree of relaxation has been granted to Category A districts (Baragarh, Bolangir, Boudh, Deogarh, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jharsuguda, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Subarnapur and Sundergarh).

The suspense over marking formula still prevails. The CBSE panel is likely to finalise the assessment criteria for Class 12 Board examinations today and present it to the Supreme Court tomorrow (June 17). If reports are anything to go by, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to take into consideration - the marks obtained by students in the finals of Class 10, Class 11 and Class 12 pre board exams to evaluate marks for students in Class 12 Board exams.

Odisha on Wednesday eased lockdown restrictions partially for the next 14 days till 5 AM of July 1st. In a major announcement, Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra informed that partial lockdown will continue for next 14 days across the state from 5 AM of June 17 till 5 AM of July 1. As many as 17 districts of Western and Southern

Several districts of Odisha are set to receive heavy rainfall and thundershowers in the next few days. As per the regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD), the rainfall forecast is due to a low pressure area formed over east Uttar Pradesh and adjoining Bihar along with persisting associated cyclonic circulation extending up to mid-tropospheric levels.

In a major announcement on Wednesday, Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra announced measures to gradually reopen the State following a drop in COVID19 cases.

The areas where the progress of Odisha requires much greater political, social and governance focus are too critical to be trivialised by political cacophony.

The guidelines framed by the Odisha government allowing markets to open for just 4 hours has largely affected the sale of vegetables.

After a high drama, all three members of a family were rescued by police and fire services personnel from the captivity of a youth at Santipada area in Bolangir Town on Tuesday.

Will lockdown be extended in some districts after June 17th? Will the rest of the districts see some relaxations? With the existing lockdown nearing end, everyone is anxiously waiting for the Odisha government’s decision on unlocking.