Odisha

Phulbani: The Kandhamal district administration on Wednesday announced the closure of banks for a week after some employees and officers tested positive for COVID-19. Informing the media here, district collector...

Nuapada: A total of 11 more CRPF jawans tested COVID-19 positive here on Tuesday. The infected jawans were part of the 18-member contingent that returned from various states to join...

Bhubaneswar: The meeting of the Council of Ministers to be presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday is most likely to take some major policy decisions with regard...

Berhampur: The COVID-19 induced lockdown has left people stranded at home. Even emergency outings are sometimes not possible with lack of public transport on the roads. Keeping in mind commuters’...

Angul: With 27 more persons testing positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the total positive cases went up to 228 in the district. Of the new positive cases, 15 belong to...

Berhampur: Allaying the perception that the body of a person who dies of COVID-19 would spread coronavirus on contact, Ganjam CDMO has said a dead body cannot spread the virus....

Bhubaneswar: With the changing urban dynamics throttling the vision of the hub of the East, the 'green lungs' intended to serve the state capital are on the verge of annihilation....

Bhubaneswar: The state government on Tuesday announced to distribute rice and pulses to the beneficiaries of the State Food Security Scheme free of cost for five months from July. Chairing...

Sundargarh:  The district administration on Tuesday declared a 10-day lockdown in Rajgangpur Municipality and its periphery area from Wednesday in view of the steady rise in COVID-19 positive cases. As...

Bhubaneswar: The decision of the Odisha Cabinet to amend the Societies Registration (SR) Act 1860 has not gone down well with Voluntary Organisations (VOs). They have started a petition to...