Tag: Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Despite a spurt in COVID-19 cases, Odisha is witnessing a positive trend as far as the recoveries are concerned. National Health Mission (NHM) director Shalini Pandit on Monday informed that the overall COVID-19 recovery rate in the State is 67 per cent which is better than other States and as well as the national […]

Nuapada: Odisha government on Monday suspended the manager of the Utkal Grameen Bank’s Bargaon branch in Nuapada after video of a bed-ridden woman being taken on a cot to the bank to withdraw money from Jan Dhan Account went viral on social media. The incident was reported on June 10. With emphasis being given to […]

Bhubaneswar: Union MoS, MSME, Pratap Sarangi has urged the Centre to take a comprehensive view on persistent flood problems faced by people of Bhograi block in Balasore district and address the issues. In a letter to Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Sarangi requested for flood mitigating measures for safeguarding the lives and […]

Bhubaneswar: The upward trend of Covid-19 cases continued in Odisha with 108 more persons testing positive for the virus on Tuesday. With this, the total number of confirmed cases surged to 4163 in the State. Of the 108 new positive cases, 95 cases were reported from various quarantine centres across the State while the remaining […]

Puri: Amidst speculations regarding the celebration of annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath during Covid pandemic, carpenters carving the chariots of the Holy Trinity for the Car Festival meanwhile are all set to finish the construction work in next three days. Though rain interrupted the construction work on Monday, the Maharana, Rupakar, Chitrakar, Bhoi and […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday increased bus fares across all categories under the automatic fare adjustment mechanism following hike in fuel prices. According to sources from the State transport department, the fares for the ordinary and express buses have been increased by 3 paise per km while the fares of the deluxe and AC […]

Lucknow/Bhubaneswar: Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the biggest contributor to employment generation in the country. The state has ensured employment to more than 57 lakh unskilled workers who are now engaged in various projects under MGNREGS, State Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Avanish Awasthi said. With 57.2 lakh people involved in one or the other project, […]

New Delhi: The Sports Ministry is all set to establish Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE) under the Khelo India Scheme. In the first leg, the ministry had identified state-owned sports facilities in eight states of India, including, Karnataka, Odisha, Kerala, Telengana and the north-east states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland which […]

Bhubaneswar: Continuing its investigation into the alleged Rs 32 crore-fraud in the Punjab National Bank Branch in Bhubaneswar, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday seized Rs 38 lakh from the locker of one Kaushik Mohanty, the then director of Global Trading Solutions Ltd. A CBI team led by ACB Bhubaneswar conducted a physical […]

Angul: The lone surviving tigress at Satkosia Tiger Reserve in Angul district is reportedly unwell. Odisha Forest department suspects that the illness could be due to some injury on its tail. An injury-like spot was detected from several pictures and visuals of the trap cameras installed in the forest. But so far it is still […]

Bhubaneswar: An expert team comprising members of IIT Bhubaneswar and two archaeologists from Rohilakhand University, Uttar Pradesh today visited Nayagarh district where an ancient temple, which had been submerged in the waters of Mahanadi River, resurfaced again recently. Archaeologist Arup Ranjan Mishra informed that a detailed documentation and research will be conducted on several aspects […]

Bhubaneswar: The total number of Covid-19 cases in Odisha mounted to 4338 with the addition of 175 new cases in the last 24 hours, the State Information and Public Relations Department informed on Wednesday. Of the total cases detected today, 145 were reported from various quarantine centres where returnees from other states are lodged while […]

Bhubaneswar: Just a few weeks after resuming bus services nearly two-months following enforcement of lockdown across the country in the wake of Covid pandemic, private bus operators in Odisha are reportedly planning to discontinue the operation over losses they are incurring due to low footfall of passengers. The buses which remained off roads following enforcement […]

Balasore: BJP MLA from Balasore Sadar constituency in Odisha, Madan Mohan Dutta passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar at the age of 61. Dutta was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar and breathed his last today morning after suffering a heart attack, informed his son Manas Dutta. #BREAKING BJP MLA from […]

Bhubaneswar:  Animal lovers have urged the Odisha government not to use elephants for pulling chariots at the Rath Yatra festival in Puri, which is scheduled to be held on June 23 in the absence of devotees due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Orissa High Court had on June 9 said that the deployment of heavy […]