Odisha

Bhubaneswar: With the number of COVID-19 positive cases rising everyday and pressure mounting on the doctors and health workers, the state government has decided to engage post-PG doctors in the...

Bhadrak: The COVID-19 tally in Bhadrak district rose to 512 on Saturday with the overnight addition of 28 fresh cases. These included 18 local contacts. The other 10 patients were...

Bhubaneswar: With the schools closed and the students deprived of the mid-day meal due to the lockdown imposed in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, the state government has decided to...

Rourkela: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha’s Sundargarh district crossed 1020 on Saturday with an overnight addition of 47 fresh cases. Besides, the district also reported one death in the last...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 death toll in Odisha rose to 130 on Saturday with 10 more succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours. Ganjam reported three deaths, followed by...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 positive cases in Odisha went up to 24,013 on Saturday with the second-highest single-day spike of 1320 cases in the last 24 hours from 24 districts. Out...

Kalahandi: Ten more police personnel from Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi district tested positive for coronavirus on Friday. According to official sources, the swab samples of the police personnel were sent earlier...

Bhawanipatna: A minor boy allegedly hanged himself to death after his mother reprimanded him for playing game on mobile phone in Kalahandi district. According to reports, the 11-year-old boy of...

New Delhi: The Union government on Friday advised nine states -- Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Assam to urgently ramp up COVID-19 testing,...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha member of ruling BJD in the state Dr Sasmit Patra was nominated to the Vice-Chairmen Panel of Rajya Sabha. The first-term MP is the first Odia...