Odisha

Sambalpur: Police rescued an abducted businessman from an undisclosed area on the outskirts of Sambalpur on Friday night. Police identified the businessman as Naresh Agrawal, a resident of Remed area...

Bhubaneswar: The total number of COVID-19 cases in Odisha touched 12526 on Saturday with 570 fresh cases being reported from 19 districts in the last 24 hours. Of the new...

Bhubaneswar: A record number of 565 COVID-19 patients recovered from the disease in the state on Friday. With today’s figure, the total recovered cases of Odisha have gone up to...

Puri: Gopinath Hospital in Puri district’s Satyavadi block was sealed for reported violation of COVID-19 norms. The action against the hospital on Friday followed a raid by a four-member team...

Rourkela: The Sundargarh district administration on Saturday ordered closure of the outpatient department (OPD) of the sub-divisional government hospital at Bonai for an indefinite after a doctor tested positive for...

Keonjhar: A private nursing home was sealed at Joda in Keonjhar district after a patient tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. The patient from Bhadrasahi in Barbil locality had tested...

Sambalpur: The vigilance sleuths on Friday arrested Block Education Officer (BEO) of Kuchinda block of Sambalpur district for illegal gratification. The accused has been identified as Prafulla Kumar Nayak, serving...

Bhubaneswar: The state government on Friday announced to confer Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award on eminent novelists Nityananda Panda and Laxmipriya Acharya for 2015 and 2016 respectively. Panda won the award...

Bhubaneswar: Revenue collections in the state have come down by 23 per cent in the first quarter (April-June) of the 2020-21 financial year compared to the corresponding period last year....

Berhampur: Bibhuti Bhushan Sethi, a sub-inspector working in Berhampur, has resumed work after recovering from COVID-19 infection. It was revealed that Banpur sub-inspector Bibhuti was being treated for COVID-19. He...