Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced unitary university status for Khallikote Autonomous College in Berhampur. "Khallikote Autonomous College is one of the oldest colleges of the state...

Bhadrak: The Special Task Force (STF) busted an inter-state firearms racket and arrested two criminals on Wednesday. The accused persons were identified as Rabindra Prasad of Munger in Bihar and...

Bhubaneswar: With the unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases, in Odisha, 23 out of 30 districts with more than 1,000 actives cases have been tagged as red zone now. According to...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has directed the authorities concerned to ensure seamless supply of essential goods during the two-week state-wide lockdown that began on Wednesday. Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister...

Puri: An oxygen plant will be set up in Puri, Mass Education Minister Sameer Ranjan Das informed on Tuesday. The construction work will start from May 15, the minister said...

Cuttack: As many as 12 under-trial prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19 in a sub-jail at Salepur in Cuttack district. Jail sources said five inmates had tested positive on April 30....

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 death toll in Odisha went up to 2104 on Wednesday with 16 more patients succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours. Among the deceased, four...

Bhubaneswar: The state reported 9,889 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a big jump from the 8,216 fresh cases a day earlier on Tuesday. With the fresh cases reported in the...

Bhubaneswar: Another journalist from Odisha succumbed to COVID-19 on Tuesday. Sumit Onka, a native of Jeypore in Koraput district was working as principal correspondent for 'The Pioneer' at Visakhapatnam. He...

Bhubaneswar: In partial modification of its order on guidelines during the  lockdown, Odisha government has stated that transport aggregators can carry two passengers in four-wheelers. An official communication from the...