Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday extended the functioning of the COVID-19 facilities in the state till December 31 with effect from October 1. In a letter, Additional Chief Secretary,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will procure paddy from farmers with the revised minimum support price (MSP) during this Kharif season. Informing this to the media on Thursday, the Director of...

Berhampur: Among numerous social practices that have been severely impacted by COVID-19 pandemic is the century-old eco-friendly method of cremation of bodies in Paralakhemundi. It has been a practice in...

Bhubaneswar: Protesting the disinvestment in Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL) in Jajpur district, the Congress has urged the Odisha government to run the 1.1-million-tonne integrated iron and steel plant as...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha soared to 1297 on Thursday with 13 more patients succumbing to the disease infection overnight. Among the new deaths in 8 districts, 2 each...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's performance in implementing the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) is far from satisfactory, according to a report by the Union Rural Development Ministry. The objective of the scheme,...

Bhubaneswar: The spike in COVID-19 daily cases after a weeklong declining trend continued on Thursday with 1617 more people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. The...

Bhubaneswar: The mornings are already mildly chilly in Odisha and the IMD forecast of a colder winter this year due to a weak La Nina phenomenon fails to provide any...

Cuttack: Choudwar Police have arrested two persons on charges of selling a fake gold bar for Rs 5 lakh to a businessman, Sujit Kumar Maharana, in the area. The arrested...

Khurda: A woman and her son were found dead inside a well at Godipada village under Jankia police limits in Odisha’s Khurda district on Wednesday evening. They were identified as...