Odisha reports 3,144 new COVID-19 cases, four more deaths

Bhubaneswar, April 17: Odisha has reported as many as 3,144 new COVID-19 cases, 952 recoveries and four more deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday. Of the total cases, 1,823 cases were detected from among the quarantined people while 1,321 cases were local contacts. These new […]

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State-level panel to check hoarding & black marketing of essential supplies in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, April 16: To check hoarding and black marketing of medicines and other medical supplies essential for treatment and prevention of COVID-19, the Odisha Government on Friday formed a State-level committee. Additional DGP, CID, Crime Branch has been appointed as the Chairman of the committee. The Committee will also have an officer not below the […]

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COVID-19: ECoR GM urges public not to visit railway offices

Bhubaneswar, April 16: In view of upsurge in Covid-19 cases, East Coast Railway (ECoR) General Manager Vidya Bhushan on Friday appealed to the general public to refrain from visiting railway offices. He also requested that, instead of visiting offices physically, correspondences may be done by means of email, phone, fax or by SMS. Apart from […]

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NALCO gets mining lease for Utkal-E coal block

Bhubaneswar, April 16: The National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), the Navratna CPSE, has been granted the mining lease of Utkal-E coal block, said an official release. According to a communique of the NALCO, the lease has been granted by the Department of Steel & Mines, Government of Odisha, through a notification issued on April 12. […]

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BMC Commissioner urges Bhubaneswar residents not to indulge in panic buying

Bhubaneswar, April 16: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary on Friday urged citizens of Bhubaneswar not to indulge in panic buying and stockpiling of essential items as there will no scarcity of resources and essential commodities in the markets. “It was noticed that people thronged to various markets in the city last night […]

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Rs 110 crore ROPAX Jetty Project to come up on river Dhamara as Centre accords administrative nod

Delhi/Bhubaneswar, April 16: The Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) has accorded administrative approval for sanction of Rs 50.30 crore for developing all-weather ROPAX (Roll-on/Roll-off Passenger) Jetty and allied infrastructure connecting Kaninali in Bhadrak district and Talachua in Kendrapara district, Odisha under the Sagarmala initiative, said an official release. According to a MoPSW communique, […]

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Odisha reports 3,108 new COVID-19 cases, three more deaths

Bhubaneswar, April 14: Odisha has reported as many as 3,108 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths and 837 recoveries in the last 24 hours, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday. Of the total 3,108 cases, 1,806 cases were detected from among the quarantined people while 1,302 cases were local contacts. These new […]

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Dreaded Odisha gangster Hyder, who had escaped from hospital, arrested in Telangana  

Bhubaneswar, April 15: Dreaded criminal Sheikh Hyder, who had escaped from the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Odisha’s Cuttack during treatment on April 10, was recaptured in Telangana on Thursday. Hyder was intercepted by a joint team of the Telangana and Commissionerate Police in Sangareddy district while he was moving in a bike in […]

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Odisha imposes night curfew across State, weekend shutdown in 10 worst Covid-hit districts

Bhubaneswar, April 15: The Odisha Government on Thursday annouced that night curfew will be clamped all over the State while weekend shutdown will be enforced in 10 districts bordering Chhattisgarh in view of the worsening Covid-19 situation in the State. “Weekend shutdown will be imposed in urban areas of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Balangir, Nuapada, […]

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SAIL’s Rourkela Super Specialty Hospital to be used as Covid Care facility 

New Delhi/Rourkela, April 15: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has instructed the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) to use its Super Specialty Hospital at Rourkela as COVID Care Hospital in view of the rapid spike in COVID-19 cases. The local district authorities had also sent a request for utilising […]

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