Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is making all-out efforts to procure COVID vaccines despite failure to rope in manufacturers in India and abroad, said CBK Mohanty, Director Medical Education and Training (DMET)...

Bhadrak: Bhadrak Rural Police busted a ganja smuggling racket with the arrested of four persons on Wednesday night. The four inter-district ganja smugglers have been identified as Sadasiba Bhola from...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday sanctioned Rs 67,52,000 from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) for feeding stray animals in urban areas during the extended lockdown period. Of...

Bhubaneswar: Founder-cum-chairman of SAI International Education Group Bijaya Kumar Sahoo succumbed to post-COVID complications at a private hospital in Hyderabad on Thursday. He was 58. According to sources, the chartered...

Konark: A massive fire broke out at a firecracker godown at Brahmagundi in Chari Chhak area near Konark in Odisha's Puri district on Thursday afternoon. According to sources, some people...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to see a further improvement in the COVID-19 pandemic situation in two weeks, said Bhubaneswar-based Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) director Ajay Parida said on Thursday....

Bhubaneswar: There many interesting stories about this firebrand socialist leader George Fernandes, who was defence minister of India during the Kargil War in 1999. However, he would be most remembered for...

Bhubaneswar: The southwest monsoon, which is all set to touch the Kerala coast on Thursday, will take approximately a week to reach the Odisha coast. According to the India Meteorological...

Bhubaneswar: Around 300 villagers spent 12 hours perched on three manchas (elevated wooden platforms) as heavy rain and strong wind lashed Odisha's Bhadrak district in 1971. It was a very...

Bhubaneswar: While the daily positivity rate has dropped to 12 per cent with over 8000 new COVID-19 cases being reported for the last three consecutive days, the rising number of...