Odisha

Balasore: Fishermen were in for a surprise when they netted a target drone during deep-sea fishing near Talapada in Odisha’s Balasore district on Monday. According to sources, the catch was...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha touched 64,533 on Tuesday with 2239 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Of the new cases reported from 29 districts, 1416 have been...

Berhampur: In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no Ganesh Puja in Ganjam district this year. In a tweet, Ganjam collector Vijay Amruta Kulange said that the administration...

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths from Bhubaneswar Division on Tuesday raided the houses of former Forest Ranger of Balugaon, Abhaya Jena, acting on an allegation of disproportionate assets. According to sources, the...

Rayagada: The Odisha government on Monday suspended Rayagada Deputy Collector with immediate effect for dereliction of duty. The officer has been identified as Purna Chandra Jena. In COVID situation, Jena...

Bhubaneswar: Forest & Environment Minister of Odisha, Bikram Keshari Arukha on Monday forwarded a proposal to Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (EFCC), Prakash Javedkar, for creation of...

Malkangiri: Podia Fire personnel and Malkangiri fire stations have rescued at least 45 persons including children stranded in an area near Saberi River at Bojaguda here on Monday. The fire...

Balasore: The district administration has extended containment zone restrictions at Nagram gram panchayat under Sadar block and Bahara gram panchayat under Basta block by seven and three more days respectively...

Dhenkanal: Hindol NAC office has been declared a containment zone after the detection of a COVID-19 positive case. Collector Bhumesh Chandra Behera on Monday informed that the office has been...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has increased COVID-19 testing to more than 50,000 tests a day. In the number of tests, Odisha is fifth in India after Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and...