Odisha

Bhubaneswar: In view of rising COVID-19 cases in Khurda and Cuttack districts, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday directed to increase the number of ICU beds in COVID hospitals and...

New Delhi: As many as 4,442 cases are pending against sitting and former MPs and MLAs in different courts, including 331 in Odisha, according to the data provided in a...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Wednesday conferred the CBSE Teachers Award 2020 on 38 schoolteachers. The recipients, who were awarded for their valuable contribution towards improving...

Bhubaneswar: The number of BJD MLAs infected by COVID-19 in Odisha touched 23 on Wednesday with Nabarangpur MLA Sadasiva Pradhani testing positive for the virus. His wife Kaushalya has also...

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railways (ECoR) will be running three additional inter-state trains from September 12. Booking for these trains will start on September 10. With this, eight additional inter-state...

Bhawanipatna: Four Maoists were killed in an encounter with the security personnel inside Sirki forest in Bhandarangi area, bordering Kalahandi and Kandhamal, on Wednesday. Kalahandi SP B Gangadhar said they...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Maheswar Dey, who earns a livelihood from farming, was quite distressed when his paddy field was attacked by pests. His fellow farmers advised him to use pesticides on...

Bhubaneswar: With a low-pressure area most likely to form over the west-central Bay of Bengal around September 13, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued thundershower and heavy rainfall...

Bhubaneswar: After revising the eligibility criteria for varsity vice-chancellor (VC) from 62 to 63 years, the Odisha government has invited applications from professors who were earlier not eligible for the...

Bhadrak: Dhamnagar Block Development Officer (BDO) has tested positive for COVID-19, Bhadrak Collector Gyana Das informed on Wednesday. The district administration has started contact tracing of the infected officer. #COVIDUpdates...