Covid-19 scare: Odisha CM announces registration of sister’s details in Govt portal

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced the registration of his sister Gita Mehta’s details in the Odisha Government portal developed to register persons coming from abroad in order to check the spread of Coronavirus aka Covid-19. The Chief Minister appealed to people to register details about about their family members and friends coming […]

Continue Reading

5% DA hike for Odisha Govt employees

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Tuesday announced an additional dose of a 5 per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA), benefiting lakhs of its employees. The decision will be implemented with retrospective effect from July 1, 2019. In February, the State Government announced to pay the revised DA from January 1, 2020 triggering resentment among […]

Continue Reading

Coronavirus scare: 1,239 foreign-returned to undergo home-quarantine in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: A total of 1,239 person, who returned from abroad after March 3 midnight to Odisha, have registered with the State Government’s portal or helpline number for self or home-quarantine in the last 24 hours, said State Government’s Chief Spokesperson on Coronavirus aka COVID-19 Subroto Bagchi. “In last 24 hours, 1,239 persons have registered themselves […]

Continue Reading

IAS officer Vineel Krishna, who returned from abroad, undergoes home quarantine

Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer R Vineel Krishna, who returned from abroad recently, underwent home quarantine. The Sports Director and Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) MD registered himself in COVID-19 portal of the Odisha Government and preferred home 14-day quarantine despite not showing any symptoms yet. In a video message he appealed to others returning from abroad […]

Continue Reading

Pradhan writes to Union MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari for CTTC Extension Centre in Angul

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday requested the Centre to open an Extension Centre of Central Tool Room and Training (CTTC), Bhubaneswar at Angul. In a letter to Union MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari, Pradhan wrote, “The Central Tool Room and Training (CTTC), Bhubaneswar is among 10 TRs/TDIs in […]

Continue Reading

COVID-19 scare: Gajapati Maharaja & his family members put under home quarantine after returning from USA

Bhubaneswar: Puri king Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb and his family members, who returned to Odisha on March 15 after visit to various cities in USA, on Tuesday registered online in the Odisha Government’s Coronavirus aka COVID-19 portal and will remain in quarantine at their residence in Bhubaneswar for the next 14 days (an euphemism for […]

Continue Reading

COVID-19 scare: Senior citizens to get 4-months’ advance old-age pension in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: In view of Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the State Government has decided to make four-months advance payments of old-age pension to the beneficiaries. “Advance payment of old-age pension for the month of April, May, June and July will be given to beneficiaries soon as per the directive of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik,” informed Social Security […]

Continue Reading

ECoR directs disinfection of railway coaches to stop spread of COVID-19  

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha recording it’s first confirmed case of Coronavirus aka COVID-19, East Coast Railway (ECoR) General Manager Vidya Bhushan on Monday chaired a high-level review meeting and directed disinfection of railway coaches to check the spread of the virus. To properly handle and prevent the spread of corona virus, several decisions have been taken […]

Continue Reading

Odisha sanctions Rs 225-crore to combat COVID-19

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Monday sanctioned Rs 225 crore to the Health and Family Welfare Department to combat Coronavirus aka COVID-19. The amount was sanctioned from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), said Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena after the meeting. The decision was taken at the special meeting of the State Executive […]

Continue Reading

COVID-19 scare: Odisha makes registration of foreign returnees mandatory, announces Rs 15K incentive

Bhubaneswar: A day after an Odia youth with travel history to Italy, positive for the Coronavirus aka COVID-19, the Odisha Government on Monday made it compulsory for registration of all people, who have come to Odisha from abroad after March 4, through a web portal and helpline number. “Anyone who comes to Odisha from abroad has […]

Continue Reading