Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to 15 higher secondary schools for having nil results in the annual Plus II Science examination this year. The Directorate...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha rose to 314 on Thursday with nine more patients succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours. The new fatalities were reported from...

Mathura/Lucknow: The head of the Ram Janmabhoomi trust in Ayodhya, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das has tested positive for coronavirus. He had shared the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...

Bhubaneswar: A record number of 40,711 COVID-19 tests were conducted in Odisha in the last 24 hours, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Pradipta Mahapatra said on Thursday. Mahapatra stated...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha rose to 52,653 on Thursday with the highest single-day spike of 1,981 positive cases in the last 24 hours. Of the new cases reported...

Bhadrak: The weekend shutdown in Bhadrak district will be relaxed till 11 am on August 15 for Independence Day celebrations, the district administration informed. However, a congregation of not more...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has directed doctors of all government and private hospitals in the state to write the names of medicines in capital letters while prescribing them for...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will soon introduce an ordinance to enhance the punishment for violation of COVID-19 guidelines. The state cabinet approved a proposal in this regard on Wednesday. Following...

Kaptipada: A woman was allegedly attacked in Totasahi village under Kaptipada police limits in Mayurbhanj district over suspicion of practising sorcery. The accused persons have been identified as Bharat Murmu...

Malkangiri: As heavy rain battered the state on Thursday with swelling rivers and water bodies, fear of flood loomed large in Malkangiri district. The road communications have been severely affected...