Tag: Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Directorate of Higher Secondary Education (DHSE), Odisha has directed principals of all Higher Secondary Schools in the State to provide online teaching to Class XI and XII students as per the syllabus prescribed by it. “The studies of the students of Class-XI and XII may hamper as regular schooling process is disrupted due […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Tuesday registered 206 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the case tally in the State to 7065. The State also reported two more deaths due to coronavirus. As per the State health department website, the two death cases have been reported from Ganjam district. “Regret to report the death of two Covid positive […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the rising Covid-19 graph in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to make an announcement on the conduct of the Class 10 board examination (Matriculation) this afternoon.…

Bhubaneswar: After a gap of more than three months, offline or counter sale of liquor is all set to resume in Odisha from tomorrow. In exercise of power conferred by Section 93 of the Odisha Excise Act 2008, Government hereby allows counter sale of FMFL/IMFL/wine/beer/RTD in the licensed IMFL off and on shops in addition […]

Malkangiri: As many as 29 Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have tested positive for novel-Coronavirus in Malkangiri district. They are among the 36 new positive cases detected in the district in the last 24 hours, according to information shared by the Malkangiri district administration. The 29 BSF personnel had returned from Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, […]

Rourkela: The private bus owners in the city on Monday sought intervention of the local administration in making available online booking facility for passengers to ease problems faced by bus operators due to Covid lockdown. Members of the Rourkela Private Bus Owners Association held a meeting with Rourkela Additional District Magistrate and pitched the idea […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Pipili bypoll was postponed following the death of Congress candidate Ajit Mangaraj due to Covid-19, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will issue a fresh…

Bhubaneswar: A fake news prepared using OTV logos and graphics regarding shutdown in some areas of Jajpur district has been found doing rounds on social media platforms. The report claimed that shutdown has been announced in Byasanagar and Chandikhol areas of Jajpur from June 30 today 8 pm to July 6, 8 pm in view […]

Bahuda Yatra concluded as the divine siblings Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath reached to their abode from Gundicha temple in Puri today.

Bhubaneswar: One more Covid-19 patient passed away due to co-morbidities in Odisha while as many as 251 others were found infected with the viral disease in the last 24 hours, State Health & Family Welfare Department informed on Wednesday. “Regret to inform that a 52-year male Covid positive patient of Ganjam district, passed away due […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major development, Odisha government on Wednesday cancelled all the pending Plus II examinations in view of Covid-19 pandemic. Informing about the development, State School and Mass Education Minister Samir Das said “Due to the situation arising out of Covid-19, it is not possible to conduct the pending Plus II examinations scheduled to […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Wednesday hiked bus fares across all categories under the automatic fare adjustment mechanism. As per a State Transport department notification, due to increase in per litre diesel price from Rs 73.42 as on June 16 to Rs 78.67 today, leading to price increase by an amount equal to Rs 5.25 in […]

Balasore: Top officials of Odisha and West Bengal governments on Wednesday met at Dantan block office of West Medinipur district to discuss modalities over border dispute arising out of several villages near Jaleswar. The development comes as a relief for both the neighbour States after a prolonged border dispute between both states over 9 villages […]

Bhubaneswar: It is often said that love has the power to transcend unconceivable barriers & connect. The words ring true in the case of Khairi, a tigress who used to rush to the call of her foster mother Nihar Nalini Swain. It’s now over four decades that Khairi breathed her last in 1982, however, 90-year-old […]

Puri: A day after witnessing the spectacular golden makeover (Suna Besha) of Bada Thakura Balabhadra, Mahaprabhu Jagannath, and Devi Subhadra, devotees will get a chance to see once-a-year spectacle of Adhara Pana offering to the Lords. Due to Covid pandemic restrictions, people will have to watch the event from home through live telecast. Adhara Pana […]