Odisha

Berhampur: Did Bollywood actor Sonu Sood’s foundation seek help from the Ganjam district administration to get a COVID-19 patient in Berhampur admitted to a hospital? The Ganjam Collector, however, refuted...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the alarming rise in COVID-19 cases, the office of the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has restricted the entry of people till May 31. An OHRC...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 126 inmates of various jails in Odisha were released on special parole for three months on May 15, DIG (Jail) Subhakant Mishra has informed. The DIG...

Rourkela:  Managing COVID-19 patients has become a formidable task in the rural pockets of the tribal-dominated Sundargarh district. The administration’s home isolation strategy and stigma attached to the disease only...

Balangir: Stray dogs feeding on half-burnt bodies of COVID patients at the Bijakhaman cremation is making for a ghastly sight not to say leaving the local residents disturbed. The pictures...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will know the effect of the statewide lockdown against the pandemic in eight weeks, the Director of Public Health, Niranjan Mishra, told the media on Monday....

Bhubaneswar: With COVID-19 making its way to rural areas in Odisha, BJP on Monday urged the Odisha government to take preventive steps againt the surge. Accusing the government of "ignorance"...

Bhubaneswar: Famous music director Amarendra Mohanty died of COVID-19 at a private hospital here on Monday morning. He was 63. His daughter, Anwesha Mohanty, confirmed the news. She informed that...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 death toll in Odisha went up to 2335 on Monday with 22 patients succumbing in the last 24 hours. Among the deaths reported from nine districts, 3...

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID-19 caseload in Odisha reported a marginal fall with 10,757 cases from all 30 districts in the last 24 hours. Among the new cases, 6,024 are from...