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India successfully testfires SANT Missile off Odisha coast
New Delhi: India today successfully testfired the Stand-off Anti-tank (SANT) Missile off the coast of Odisha, sources said on Monday. The Missile is being developed by the Defence Research and Development…
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Delhi
PM’s leadership helping Odisha come out of COVID-19: Dharmendra
New Delhi: Asserting that the sensitive leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is helping Odisha come out of COVID-19 disruptions, Union Minister of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Steel on Friday outlined over Rs 22,000 crore…
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India
Former Odisha speaker Sarat Kumar Kar passes away
Bhubaneswar: Former speaker of Odisha Assembly and renowned writer Sarat Kumar Kar, passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Monday at the age of 81. He was undergoing treatment after getting positive for CIVID-19.…
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BJP vs BJD? Jay Panda’s wife booked
Bhubaneswar: The family of former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) lawmaker turned BJP Vice President Jay Panda, who owns a powerful media empire, seems to be at the center of a…
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Crime and Accident
Woman arrested for killing husband in Odisha
Berhampur: A 30-year-old woman was arrested on Friday in Odisha’s Ganjam district for allegedly killing her husband, a police officer here said. Panchanan Nayak (40), who lived at his father-in-law’s residence…
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Woman arrested for killing husband in Odisha
Berhampur: A 30-year-old woman was arrested on Friday in Odisha’s Ganjam district for allegedly killing her husband, a police officer here said. Panchanan Nayak (40), who lived at his father-in-law’s residence…
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WHO lauds Odisha govt for efficient COVID-19 management
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has heaped praises on the Odisha government for its efficient COVID-19 management, even though the state saw an influx of migrants and was also struck by cyclone…
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Crime
Man arrested for manufacturing fake COVID-19 vaccine in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: A man was arrested in Odisha’s Bargarh district on charges of manufacturing a dubious vaccine for Covid-19, said an official on Saturday. The authorities conducted a raid and busted a…
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Odisha reports 4,237 new COVID cases, record 15 fresh fatalities
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s COVID-19 tally rose to 1,92,548 on Wednesday as 4,237 more people tested positive for the infection, while record 15 fresh fatalities pushed the state’s coronavirus death toll to 736,…
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Crime
Odisha: Minor beaten to death by friend’s mom over Rs 500
Baripada: A 14-year-old boy was beaten to death in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district by the mother of his friend who suspected him of having stolen Rs 500, police said on Wednesday. The…
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Crime and Accident
Odisha: Bodies of mother, pregnant daughter decompose on the roadside
Kendrapara: Bodies of a woman and her pregnant daughter, who were found murdered, are lying on the roadside for the last four days at a remote village of Odishas Kendrapara district…
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India
Fire department conducts safety audit at COVID-19 facilities in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: A day after a fire broke out at a COVID-19 dedicated hospital in Cuttack here, officials of the fire department conducted safety audits and mock drills at COVID-19 dedicated hospitals and COVID-19 care centres across Odisha on Tuesday. A…
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India
Odisha reports 4,189 new COVID cases, 11 fresh fatalities
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s COVID-19 tally rose to 1,88,311 on Tuesday, as 4,189 more people tested positive for the infection, while 11 fresh fatalities pushed the state’s coronavirus death toll to 721, a…
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Odisha reports more recoveries than new COVID cases
Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported more recoveries of COVID-19 patients than new cases on Tuesday as 3,714 people were cured of the disease while 3,645 got infected with it, a health department official…
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Odisha proposes amendment in Goods and Service Tax Act 2017
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet on Tuesday cleared a proposal for amendment of Odisha Goods and Service Tax (OGST) Act 2017 following which a bill will be introduced in the upcoming Monsoon Session…
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Delhi
BJD raises issue of land allotment in Delhi for Odisha Cultural Center
New Delhi: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Sasmit Patra on Tuesday in a special mention in Rajya Sabha raised the issue of allotment land in Delhi for the establishment of an Odisha Cultural Centre…
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India
Odisha reports 8 deaths, 3,645 more COVID-19 cases
Bhubaneswar: A total of 3,645 new COVID-19 and eight deaths were reported in Odisha on Septemeber 14, taking the State’s coronavirus count to 1,58,650, informed the State Health Department. There are…
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Odisha reports record 4,198 new COVID cases, 11 fresh fatalities
Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases on Monday as 4,198 more people, including state BJP chief Samir Mohanty, tested positive for the infection, a health official said.…
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Odisha reports 11 deaths, 4,198 more COVID-19 cases
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has reported 4,198 new COVID-19 cases, 3,363 recoveries and 11 deaths as on September 13, according to the State Health Department on Monday. With this, the total number of…
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Odisha’s Women and Child Development Minister tests COVID positive
Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti Minister Tukuni Sahu have tested positive for COVID-19. “I have tested COVID positive. Now I am in home isolation and stable. Those who have come in…
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Crime
1 held, 1,027 kg ganja seized in Odisha’s Gajapati
Gajapati: Odisha Police on Friday seized more than 1,027 kilograms of ganja (cannabis) worth more than Rs 50 lakhs from a truck in Gajapati and arrested the driver of the vehicle. “1,027…
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India
4 Maoists killed in gunfight with forces in Odisha’s Kalahandi
Bhubaneswar: Four Maoists were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Wednesday, a senior officer said. The exchange of fire, in which a jawan of…
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Crime
Odisha man held in Chhattisgarh with diamonds worth Rs 2.5M
Raipur: An Odisha-based man has been arrested in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district for allegedly smuggling diamonds worth around Rs 25 lakh, police said on Monday. As many as 171 pieces of rough…
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Odisha govt to set up COVID hospitals in three districts
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to set up new COVID-19 hospitals and expand the additional facility in the existing hospitals in three districts including Cuttack, Koraput and Khordha. The decision has…
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Odisha reports 3,543 new COVID-19 cases, seven more deaths
Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 3,543 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, taking its tally to 1,20,221, a Health Department official said. Seven more persons lost their lives, following which the death toll…
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Crime
Poacher arrested in Odisha, leopard skin seized
Baripada: A 40-year-old man was arrested in Mayurbhanj district on Thursday for allegedly poaching wildlife inside Similipal National Park and a leopard skin was seized from him, a forest official said.…
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Crime
Three held with 19 kg elephant tusks in Odisha’s Keonjhar
Keonjhar: Three persons were arrested with over 19 kg elephant tusks here in Keonjhar on Monday, a forest official said. After receiving information about the trading of elephant tusks yesterday, the forest…
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Crime and Accident
Lightning kills 6 people in Odisha
Bhubaneswar; At least six people, including a 12-year-old girl, were killed and two others injured after being struck by lightning in different places in Odisha on Tuesday, police said. While four…
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India
Covid-19 cases in Odisha cross 1 lakh-mark
Bhubaneswar, Aug 30: The number of Covid-19 cases in Odisha crossed 1 lakh-mark as 3,014 more positive cases were detected in the last 24 hours, informed the health department on…
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Water level at River Subarnarekha in Odisha continues to be ‘Severe’
Baleshwar: River Subarnarekha at Mathani Road Bridge in Baleshwar district of Odisha continues to flow in ‘Severe’ situation due to heavy rain in the region from the past couple of…
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