Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday revised the penalty amount for not wearing a mask in public places from Rs 1000 to Rs 2000 for the first or second offence....

Cuttack: A steady rise in COVID-19 cases has been witnessed in the areas under Cuttack Municipal Corporation limits in the last few days. In the last 24 hours, CMC registered...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police acted against 11,801 violators of mask usage and social distancing rules on the second day of special COVID enforcement drive. Police collected a fine of Rs 26.61...

Bhubaneswar: Parts of Koraput, Rayagad and Ganjam in Odisha are likely to experience moderate thunderstorm with hail, gusty wind speed reaching 30- 40 kmph, lightning and light to moderate rain...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued orange alert of thunderstorm and lightning (accompanied by hail) for nine districts of Odisha. Thunderstorm with lightning...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced 14-day Mask Abhiyan (Mask Mission), starting Friday, to check the spread of COVID-19 in Odisha. "Several states have declared lockdown, shutdown and night curfew....

Berhampur: The Ganjam administration has decided to reopen six dedicated COVID-19 hospitals in view of second wave of the pandemic. In an order the administration further said mandatory for the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw the biggest spike of 1282 in daily COVID-19 caseload after a gap of almost five months on Friday. Sundargarh district reported the highest of 224 new cases...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will campaign for the BJD candidate, Rudra Pratap Maharathy, in the forthcomng Pipili bypoll on April 12, Minister Samir Ranjan Dash informed on Friday. Naveen...

Malkangiri: The Malkangiri district administration on Friday suspended all modes of public transport to and from Chhattisgarh from April 10 to 30 in view of the rise in COVID-19 cases...