Briefs

Bhubaneswar: Light to moderate thunderstorm with lightning and light rain is likely to affect some parts of several districts in Odisha within the next couple of hours. According to a...

Cuttack: Cuttack Barabati MLA Mohammed Moquim has written to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, requesting him to determine a uniform rate for treatment of COVID-19 patients at private hospitals and...

Much to the relief of several nations, the debris of China’s Long March-5B rocket landed in the Indian Ocean near the Maldives on Sunday. Most of the remnants of the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government sent 153.8 MT oxygen filled in eight tankers to Delhi and Vishakhapatnam from Jajpur on Sunday. Of them, seven tankers were sent on a train to...

Puri: Morning walkers found the naked body of a middle-aged woman lying on Konark beach in Puri district on Sunday. Following information, local police reached the spot and sent the...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and Bhandaripokhari MLA Prafulla Kumar Samal has tested positive for COVID-19. Samal, who is now undergoing treatment at SUM COVID Hospital, had undergone the test on...

Balangir: Noted writer and former professor Dr Ajambar Malla succumbed to COVID-19 on Friday. He was 75. According to sources, Malla died while undergoing treatment in a hospital in Balangir....

Kendrapada: A three-year0old girl and her 11-year-old brother were killed after being bitten by a snake at a village in Kendrapada district on Friday night. The deceased siblings were identified...

Bhubaneswar: Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Law, Housing & Urban Development Minister Pratap Jena has tested positive for COVID-19. Jena confirmed the news in a tweet on Friday night. Have...

Koraput: A Koraput-based veteran journalist, D Shankar Rao, succumbed to COVID-19 on Saturday morning. He was 76. According to reports, Rao was undergoing treatment at Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College...