Puri Jagannath Temple to remain open for devotees on Saturdays with 2-hour daily darshan timing extension

Puri, September 8: Devotees will now be allowed Darshan of sibling deities – Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra – at Shree Jagannath Temple here on Saturdays. Two hour extension on daily darshan timing till 9 PM has also been announced keeping in view the improvement in COVID-19 situation in the State. A decision to […]

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Odisha announces Rs 6 crore cash reward, Govt job for Paralympics gold medalist Pramod Bhagat

Bhubaneswar, September 8: Para shuttler Pramod Bhagat will receive a cash award of Rs 6 crore from the Odisha Government for winning gold at recently concluded Tokyo Paralympics-2020. He has also been offered a Group-A level Government job. “Pramod Bhagat, para-badminton Gold Medal winner at Tokyo Paralympics is eligible for the cash reward of Rs […]

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BJP appoints Dharmendra Pradhan as election in-charge of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh

Bhubaneswar, September 8: Ahead of crucial Assembly elections, senior BJP leader and Union Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has been entrusted a big responsibility of party in-charge (Prabhari) of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Pradhan, who hails from Odisha, has efficiently handled the BJP campaign as election in-charge in the last Assembly […]

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India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 70.75 crore

Bhubaneswar, September 8: With the administration of 78,47,625 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, country’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage surpassed the cumulative figure of 70.75 crore (70,75,43,018) as per provisional reports till 7 AM of Wednesday. This has been achieved through 72, 81,305 sessions. The recovery of 39,114 patients in the last 24 hours has […]

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Ex-Andhra Pradesh MLA sent to jail in Odisha in chit fund scam case

Bhubaneswar, September 7: The Odisha police on Monday evening arrested former Visakhapatnam West Zone MLA and YSRCP leader Malla Vijaya Prasad over his alleged involvement in the multi-crore chit fund scam. Sleuths of the Economic Offence Wing of Odisha of Crime Branch with the help of Visakhapatnam police conducted a raid at Prasad’s house and […]

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Cuttack & Bhubaneswar residents could live 2.7 years longer if Odisha Govt meets WHO air quality standards

Bhubaneshwar, September 7: In a first of its kind campaign, concerned citizens across Odisha have joined hands to demand that the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) mandatorily issue timely health advisories publicly, to alert citizens on ‘bad air’ days, which will help save vulnerable groups from severe health impacts of air pollution. Bad air days are […]

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Odisha CM seeks 95% vaccine allocation for State at PM video meet 

Bhubaneswar, July 16: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sought 95 per cent vaccine allocation for the State. In a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other State Chief Ministers on Friday, Chief Minister Patnaik raised the issue of vaccination in the State. The Chief Minister said that Odisha has been performing very well […]

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UNICEF organises virtual orientation programme on COVID in Odisha’s 3 tribal districts

Bhubaneswar, July 15: The UNICEF Odisha on Thursday organised a virtual orientation programme of media personnel on the existing COVID situation especially in tribal districts of Nabarangpur, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj. Participating as a panelist in the orientation programme, Rajinder Chaudhry, ADG Odisha Region under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting highlighted the need to remove vaccine […]

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MGM Foundation donates EzeCheck devices to BMC

Bhubaneswar, July 14: The MGM Foundation, the CSR arm of MGM Minerals Limited, on Wednesday donated 10 EzeCheck devices to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) as its support to make preventive healthcare accessible to people from all walks of life and strengthen public healthcare system. MGM Foundation Directors Pankaj Lochan Mohanty and Padma Lochan Mohanty […]

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Odisha CM dedicates MRI & CT Scan Services at Acharya Harihar PG Institute of Cancer, Cuttack

Bhubaneswar, July 14: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday dedicated MRI and CT Scan services at Acharya Harihar Post Graduate Institute of Cancer in Cuttack on virtual platform. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that in the next two-three years, we will have sufficient latest facilities within the State for cancer care and […]

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