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Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday withdrew containment zone tag from Sundarpada and Jadupur-Begunia areas. BMC Commissioner Prem Chandra Choudhury in a press conference here said that since all the samples collected from the Sundarpada and Jadupur-Begunia areas tested negative for Coronavirus (Covid-19) in the two containment zones, the civic body withdrew the […]
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Bhubaneswar: Amid the nationwide lockdown due to Covid-19, the Indian Railways is making efforts to ensure that there is no shortage of edible oil for consumption of the common man in Odisha. In view of the restrictions, Ministry of Railways is running Parcel Express Trains towards different destinations of the country through East Coast Railway […]
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Bhubaneswar: Former Rashtriya Rifle Director General (DG) Lt General KP Dhalasamant passed away at a private hospital in Delhi on Monday after a battle with cancer. He was 70. The last rites of Dhalasamant will be conducted with full military hounors in Delhi in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Samanta, a veteran of the […]
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Bhubaneswar: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the people of Odisha on the occasion of Odia New Year, also celebrated as “Maha Visuba Sankranti”. “Heartiest wishes to all the people of Odisha and Odia brothers and sisters from all across the world on the occasion of the Odia New […]
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Bhubaneswar: Cab aggregator Ola has launched a new service which will enable customers to book cabs for travel to and from hospitals during the ongoing 21-day nationwide lockdown in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. The new service ‘Ola Emergency’ will offer rides from a customer’s home to any of the hospitals in twin city. In the first […]
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Nabarangpur: The National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has come forward to fund an exclusive 200-bed Covid-19 hospital at Nabarangpur in Odisha. The Navratna CPSE signed the agreement with the Nabarangpur district administration and Health Department under which a Covid-19 exclusive isolation facility care centre has been made at BEd College at Hirli in Nabarangpur. The […]
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Bhubaneswar: National Health Mission (NHM) Director Shalini Pandit on Saturday said that 8% of Covid-19 positive cases recorded so far in the State are above 60 years. “While senior citizens are most vulnerable to Coronavirus in different countries, the percentage of such affected persons in Odisha is comparatively very less. While 16% of cases are […]
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Bhubaneswar: With ten more patients from the State, the total number of patients freed from the Coronavirus has reached 12 in Odisha. The Health and Family Welfare Department said that five persons from Bhubaneswar, two from Bhadrak and one each from Cuttack, Jajpur and Puri have cured. Meanwhile, two more persons tested for Covid-19 positive […]
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Mahanga (Cuttack): Execution of lockdown imposed by the Government to effectively contain the spread of novel Coronavirus aka Covid-19 has been hit in Mahanga police station area in Cuttack district due to lack of adequate police personnel at a time when the infection is spreading its tentacles in rural areas of Odisha. Social distancing is […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Friday advised all private educational institutions in the State to be sympathetic to consider reduction or deferment of school fees for three months from April to June in view of the ongoing lockdown and the prevailing associated economic stress due to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in […]
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