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Bhubaneswar: The Central Government has designated three districts of Odisha – Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore – as red zones after the lockdown ends on May 3. Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan, in a letter to Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories, designated districts into Red, Orange and Green Zones. According to the letter, […]
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Bhubaneswar: Four more people who returned from West Bengal and came to Bhadrak tested positive for Coronavirus, taking the total number of patients to 16 in the district and 94 in the State. According to the second bulletin of the Information and Public Relations Department, of the four cases, two each belongs to Tihidi and […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy on Thursday announced complete shutdown for 60-hours from 10 pm of Thursday in Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur districts as 28 Coronavirus (Covid-19) positive cases have been reported from these districts in last four days. “As many as 28 Covid-19 positive cases have been reported from the three districts in past […]
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Bhubaneswar: With West Bengal returnees turning north Odisha into new Covid-19 hotspot, Union Minister Pratap Sarangi on Thursday requested Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to deploy special forces along Odisha-West Bengal border to prevent unauthorised cross border movement into Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts in view of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. In a letter to Patnaik, Union […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s novel Coronavirus or Covid-19 count touched 20 mark on Friday, with the State reporting 15 new cases, the highest for a single day so far. This is the first time Odisha’s single-day Covid-19 tally has crossed into double digits. The State Health and Family Welfare Department confirmed that 15 persons – three from […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Railways has decided to run special train between Visakhapatnam and Allahabad via Bhubaneswar, Bhadrak and Gaya from November 26 with an aim to clear extra rush of passengers. As per an East Coast Railway (ECoR) communiqué, Visakhapatnam- Subedarganj (Allahabad) -Visakhapatnam the Suvidha Special (82851/82852) will leave Visakhapatnam at 1.50 pm on […]
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Bhubaneswar: A 29-year-old woman gave birth to triplets (three babies) in a train at Jajpur Keonjhar Road station on Friday morning. Munzila Khatunm, who was seven month pregnant, was travelling from Bangalore to Gauhati in train number 12509 when she gave birth to three premature babies at Jajpur Keonjhar Road station, said an East Coast […]
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Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, a renowned scientist and cyclone warning specialist from Odisha, took over as the Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday. He was appointed as the IMD chief by the Central Government last month. Mohapatra (54) is also a permanent representative of India with the WMO and a member of […]
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Bhadrak: A young woman, who was allegedly raped by a youth of her village on Thursday, committed suicide on Friday morning to escape from public shame at Bankamunha village under Dhusuri police station in Bhadrak district. The 24-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her house at Bankamunha village. According […]
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Bhadrak: A two-minute silence was observed at a public meeting attended by Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh Bhadrak district in Odisha district on Sunday to pay homage to the 40 CRPF personnel killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and senior BJP leaders were […]
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