Odisha

Paralakhemundi: The Gajapati administration on Saturday sealed two cinema halls in Paralakhemundi town for gross violation of COVID-19 guidelines. The administration, in a notification, said that the two cinema halls—Jaya...

Bhubaneswar: Two lives were lost to COVID-19 on Saturday as Odisha saw the biggest spike of 1374 cases. According to the Health & Family Welfare Department, the fresh fatalities were...

Cuttack: Orissa High Court has empowered a team of doctors to go ahead with abortion of a minor girl, if they consider it suitable, without its order. According to a...

Berhampur: Snake Helpline members have rescued a 12-foot-long King Cobra from a pottery at Gurujhari in Ganjam district's Beguniapada block. According to reports, Baya Muduli had gone to his pottery...

Balangir: Odia girl Chirasmita Panigrahi has been selected for the National Meritorious Invention Award-2020 by the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC). Chirasmita was selected for the award for her research...

Baripada: The forest department officials on Saturday rescued an elephant calf from an abandoned well at Bisusole village under Deuli Range in Baripada Forest Division of Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. According...

Bhubaneswar: Continuing its special drive against violators of COVID-19 norms, Odisha Police collected penalty of around Rs 39 lakh in the last 24 hours. On third day of the drive,...

Malkangiri: The district administration on Saturday declared a Junior Science College as a micro-containment zone after a student tested positive for COVID-19. According to reports, the administration had taken the...

Bhubaneswar: Following a directive from the Chief Minister, two senior officials on Saturday left to oversee the COVID-19 situation in the two western Odisha districts of Nuapada and Kalahandi near...

Sambalpur: Three persons have been arrested for allegedly duping the SBI of around Rs 4.5 crore by using cards of different banks and manipulating ATM machines in Bamra block of...