COVID-29 tests go up rapidly with 3 methods in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: The facilities doing various tests for identification of COVID-19 virus in Bhubaneswar are now capable of 1,400 per day. With the test numbers moving up in the State capital city, yesterday it was 1,185 tests done within the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area. As previously the test numbers were around 800, the new achievement […]

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Weekend shutdown enforced in Kendrapara

Kendrapara: The Kendrapara district administration on Thursday extended the weekend shutdown till July 31 to check the spread of Coronavirus even though the district is not among the ’10 Zone-I’ districts, identified by the Odisha Government. “The number of positive cases of COVID-19 has been on rise across the State and there is a risk […]

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Training of newly selected assistant loco pilots to restart once lockdown is lifted

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) will restart the training of Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) candidates after the restrictions in force due to lockdown on account of Coronavirus (CoVID-19) pandemic are lifted completely, said an official release. It’s to mention here that notification for ALP vacancies was released in February 2018, taking into account anticipated […]

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235 trains carrying over 2.50 lakh migrants reach Odisha so far

Bhubaneswar: More than 2.50 lakh people have returned to Odisha through 235 Shramik Special Trains till June 12 (Friday), said an official release. The East Coast Railway (ECoR) in a statement said that, it has handled about 558 Shramik Special Trains from its jurisdiction from first week of May. Out of it, ECoR has received […]

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OSBC launches dedicated portal to facilitate home delivery of liquor in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Beverage Corporation (OSBC) launched a dedicated portal http://www.osbc.co.in to facilitate home delivery of liquor in the State. The Government has allowed online sale of liquor – home delivery of liquor to the existing “ON” & “OFF” Excise licensees in the State. As per the Government decision, As on May 31, 1351 […]

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Centre launches scheme for 100% solarisation of Konark Sun Temple

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has taken up the complete Solarisation of Konark Sun Temple and Konark town. Speaking about the scheme, RK Singh, MoS for Power and MNRE said, “Government of India launched the Scheme with an objective to take forward the Prime Minister’s vision to develop the historical Sun […]

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Former Rashtriya Rifle DG Lt General KP Dhalasamant passes away

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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Odisha registers 4th Coronavirus case as 29-yr-old Dubai-returned tests positive

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha registered its fourth case of Covid-19 as a 29-year-old man from Bhadrak with travel history to Dubai, tested positive on Monday. “Fourth COVID-19 confirmed case; 29 years old male of Bhadrak district with travel history to Dubai,” tweeted Health and Family Welfare Department. Meanwhile, H&FW Secretary Nikunja Bihari Dhal directed the Bhadrak Collector […]

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Odisha Police to organise State-level conference on ‘Women in Police’ tomorrow

Cuttack: For the first time, the Odisha Police will organise a conference on ‘Women in Police’ on Friday. Participants will deliberate on issues, involving female cops in Odisha and address gender specific matters. The day-long State-level conference will be held at the 6th OSAP Battalion in Cuttack between 10 am and 5 pm. “The conference […]

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