Odisha

Berhampur: Further stepping up its efforts to enforce social distancing to prevent the spread of highly contagious Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Ganjam district administration has decided to reduce passenger load on bus services by 50 percent from Friday. According to Ganjam Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange, this will be implemented strictly in the district. The public [...]

Bhubaneswar: Stepping its preparedness to combat Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Odisha Government has restricted access of devotees and general public to religious institutions across the State from tomorrow till April 1. Informing about the preventive measures to check the spread of killer disease, the State Government’s Chief Spokesperson on COVID-19, Subroto Bagchi said that all religious [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government today announced the postponement of the Annual +2 Examination to be conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education in view of the pandemic situation arising out of COVID-19 (Coronavirus). “In view of the pandemic situation arising out of COVID-10 (Coronavirus), the Annual +2 Examination conducted by the Council of Higher [...]

Berhampur: The Odisha Government has placed the arrested Berhampur PWD engineer under suspension for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known source of income. Binod Kumar Padhy, Superintending Engineer, Southern (R&B) Circle, Berhampur, who was arrested by the vigilance sleuths on charges of possession of disproportionate assets, has been placed under suspension by the Works [...]

Bhubaneswar: As part of the preventive measures to fight novel coronavirus, the Odisha Government announced that its employees can avail leave for home quarantine for a period of 14 days if they are feeling unwell or have symptoms of COVID-19. The State Government has come up with a range of precautionary steps to ensure the [...]

Puri: Entry of devotees and visitors into Shri Jagannath Temple has been restricted from 20.3.2020 to 1.4.2020. The decision was taken in the interest of devotees, Sebayat community, employees of Temple administration and police personnel engaged for temple assignment after consultations with the servitors of Srimandir and the temple administration, said the Puri District [...]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway has announced cancellation of several trains passing through Odisha in view of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. Here’s the list of trains cancelled: 01. 12882 Puri-Howrah Bi-weekly Garib Rath Express from Puri on 23, 25 & 30th March, 2020. 02. 12881 Howrah-Puri Bi-weekly Garib Rath Express from Howrah on 24, 26 [...]

Puri: As part of the preventive measures to fight the Coronavirus, the Puri Srimandir will remain closed for devotees till March 31. This has been informed by the SJTA (Shri Jagannath Temple Administration) chief administrator Krishan Kumar. However, rituals of the Trinity will be performed as usual, he said. Only servitors will be allowed inside [...]

Puri: Bringing all the suspense and political hue and cry to an end, private sector bank Yes Bank has credited the SBI account of Sri Jagannath temple Rs 397 Crore today. Yes Bank has transferred Rs 389 croreof the principal amount and an interest amount of Rs8.23 crore to the Puri Jaganath Temple’s account with [...]

Bhubaneswar: The social welfare wing of the Biju Janata Dal, Odisha Mo Parivar has helped in the return of 69 students belonging to the Central University Bhatinda who were stranded after the state government declared all the educational institutions closed in view of the Corona Virus scare. The students returned to Bhubaneswar safely in the [...]