Bhubaneswar COVID-19 testing crosses 2 lakh mark

Bhubaneswar, September 19: Crossing yet another milestone, the total number of testing for COVID-19 in the Bhubaneswar has crossed the 2 lakh mark. Three types of tests – RT-PCR (68,232), Rapid Antigen (61,217) and TrueNaat (627) – were done for knowing COVID-19 positive and negative cases while 5,042 antibody tests were also done to know […]

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Sabyasachi Mahapatra’s “Sala Budha” to premiere in Germany!

New Delhi, September 18: Multiple National and international award winning filmmaker Sabyasachi Mohapatra’s film Sala Budha has been officially selected for the prestigious Indo-German Film week 2020 in Germany, scheduled from September 24 to 30 at the historic Babylon theatre, Berlin. The film will be screened multiple times including one on the opening day of […]

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COVID-19 curve flattening in Bhubaneswar: BMC Commissioner

Bhubaneswar, September 18: The COVID-19 positivity rate in Bhubaneswar is declining in comparison to number of testing being done daily and the home isolation rate has also risen significantly, nearly 74 per cent, indicating a welcome trend, and it will further improve in the coming days, said BMC Commissioner  Prem Chandra Chaudhary here on Friday. […]

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Seashore chit fund scam: CBI raids BJD leader Debi Mishra’s residence

Bhubaneswar, September 18: CBI officers on Friday raided the official residence of BJD leader and former Minister Debi Prasad Mishra in connection with Seashore chit fund scam. As per reports, a team of the Central investigating agency sleuths raided the residence of the Badamba-Narsinghpur MLA in Unit-1 area here. Simultaneous raids are also being conducted […]

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PB Ninawe joins as ECoR Principal Chief Material Manager

Bhubaneswar, September 17: Prabhakar Baburao Ninawe, an officer of Indian Railways Stores Service (IRSS) of 1986 batch has taken over as new Principal Chief Material Manager (PCMM) of East Coast Railway, on Wednesday. Prior to this, Ninawe was working as Chief Material Manager (CMM) of Integrated Coach factory (ICF), Perambur, Chennai. Ninawe has worked in […]

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Odisha has received over Rs 35 crore between 2019-2021 for tiger & elephant conservation: Union Minister Pradhan

Bhubaneswar, September 14: More than Rs 35 crore has been released to Odisha by the Centre between 2019 and 2021 under centrally sponsored schemes for tiger and elephant conservation in the State, informed Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday. “Odisha, one of the most richly endowed States in biodiversity has witnessed a direct impact of […]

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SCAF meeting held through digital platform

Bhubaneswar, September 14: The Smart City Advisory Forum (SCAF) meeting was held through digital platform on Monday. While Bhubaneswar (Ekamra) MLA and SSEPD Minister Ashok Chandra Panda and Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi were represented by their representatives, MLA (Central) Ananta Narayan Jena, was present online. Smart City CEO Prem Chandra Chaudhary and key officials of […]

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CS’pur DAV lad Sourabh is Odisha topper in JEE Main exam

Bhubaneswar, September 12: Sourabh Soumyakanta Das of DAV Public School, Chandrashekharpur here topped in the State and Stitiprajna Sahoo of the same school emerged as the topper among girl students and overall second in the State in the JEE Main, results of which were published recently. While Sourabh has secured 99.99 percentile with 128 National […]

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CM launches projects worth Rs 29.19 crore in Ganjam

Bhubaneswar, September 13: In a major fillip to socio-economic development in Ganjam district, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday launched projects worth Rs 29.10 crore through video conferencing. The Chief Minister first laid the foundation stone of a Cooperative Cotton, Ginning and Processing Unit in Digapahandi. It will function on public private partnership (PPP) mode […]

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Doctors at ‘1929 Call Centre’ come to rescue of COVID positive cases

Bhubaneswar, September 12: Doctors deputed at 1929 Call Centre of Bhubaneswar Operations Centre have started helping people fighting COVID-19 in a better way. While counselling by doctors has always got a distinct touch of confidence building measure, patients panicking to join a COVID hospital are now getting ample confidence to stay under Home Isolation, if […]

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