By PTI BHUBANESHWAR: The opening day of the “Tika Ustav” in Odisha witnessed as many as 81,169 people taking jabs at 593 sessions sites, while the state government had to shut about 900 centres Sunday due to shortage of vaccines, triggering a blame game between the ruling BJD and the opposition BJP. Though the state […]
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By Express News Service BHUBANESWAR: The COVID-19 situation continued to remain grim as the state logged 1,379 new cases in last 24 hours on Saturday. The new cases remained above 1000 for the third consecutive day pushing the active cases close to 8000. As many as 1282 cases were registered on Friday and 1374 cases on […]
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By Express News Service BHUBANESWAR: With 1374 more testing positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, Odisha continued to report over 1,000 cases for the second consecutive day posting this year’s highest single-day spike. As many as 1,282 infections were recorded during the previous day. Two more people succumbed to the disease during the […]
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By Express News Service BHUBANESWAR: As many as 45 silver ingots weighing about 35 kg each were recovered from Emar Mutt, one of the oldest mutts in Puri belonging to the Ramanuj sect, on Saturday. Official sources said the recovery will be compared with the inventory made back in 2010. The comparison will help in ascertaining […]
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Express News Service BHUBANESHWAR: Now locating victims and searching lives in danger during disasters will be easy forthe Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF), comprising highly-trained personnel, who are credited for their multi-disaster tackling capabilities. The ODRAF has been equipped with two life-detection and victim location systems each to enhance the rescue operations in the State. The […]
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By Express News Service BHUBANESWAR: Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal released a book on the life, culture and struggle ofDongria Kondh tribe. The 242-page book titled ‘Dangaran Kuan’ (forest man) has been written by researcher and scribe Jitendra Patnaik. Releasing the book, the Governor said ‘Dangaran Kuan’ is a well researched book and the writer’s efforts […]
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By Express News Service BHUBANESWAR: The number of new Covid-19 cases in Odisha surged past the 1,000-mark on Tuesday, with the state reporting 1,282 cases of viral infections. The infections rose by 46% over the previous day’s count of 879 cases. The daily caseload breached the 1,000-mark for the first time this year. Of the fresh […]
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By Express News Service BHUBANESWAR: In view of the worsening Covid-19 situation in Chhattisgarh and adjoining western Odisha districts, the government on Thursday suspended all public transport from Odisha to the neighbouring state and vice versa till April 30. In a fresh order, the government said the Transport department with the help of State Police […]
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By Express News Service BHUBANESWAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the Hindi translation of the book ‘Odisha Itihaas’ written by Utkal Keshari Harekrushna Mahtab on Friday in New Delhi. The book, available in Odia and English so far, has been translated into Hindi by Shankarlal Purohit. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and BJD MP from Cuttack […]
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By Express News Service CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has upheld the lower court orders directing for payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh to kin of an electrocution victim at Puri. According to case records, a live overhead electric wire suddenly got detached from the poles and touched Braja Kishore when he was returning home […]
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