Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 helpdesk on the instant messaging platform WhatsApp has been revamped with additional features. The Helpdesk Number is 9337929000. People can now get updates on the availability of beds,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has sought the advice of health experts of the country on a strategy to tackle the future waves of the pandemic and on how to strengthen...

Sambalpur: After 46 children tested positive for COVID-19 in three days, the authorities at the Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla, are contemplating turning COVID-19...

Bhubaneswar: A four-year-old boy of Koraput succumbed to COVID-19 as Odisha saw 35 new deaths in the last 24 hours. According to the Health Department, the highest of four deaths...

Bhubaneswar: The test positivity rate in Odisha dropped to 14.77 per cent from 16.48 per cent the previous day with over 7000 new COVID-19 cases being reported for the second...

Baripada: Odisha lost another journalist to COVID-19 on Saturday. Reporter of a private news channel Asit Behera succumbed to the deadly virus while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in...

Bhubaneswar: State universities and degree colleges under the Higher Education Department of Odisha government will resume functioning as per previously circulated guidelines from June 1. Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Saswat...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing financial assistance of Rs 500 crore to Odisha to extend immediate relief to people in the state affected...

Bhubaneswar: Six pairs of local passenger/MEMU trains have been cancelled by East Coast Railway (ECoR) till June 10 from both directions. This is in view of the surge in COVID-19...

Dhenkanal: Jayapurakateni panchayat under Parajang block in Dhenkanal district has been declared a micro-containment zone for 10 days from Friday. The panchayat was sealed after 87 persons tested COVID positive....