Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Stepping up its efforts to curb the spreading of deadly Coronavirus in the State, Odisha Government has issued a comprehensive advisory to banks. Here is the advisory: 1.Put up Corona awareness posters and banners prominently in bank branches and ATMs. 2.All staff members should use masks during office hours. 3.Keep sufficient hand sanitizers/ hand [...]

Bhubaneswar: In an important development towards combating Covid-19, the Government of Odisha has taken a decision to appoint ten Municipal Administration Service officers as Officers on Special Duty in various Urban Local Bodies of the state to assist them in fighting the deadly disease. The appointed OSDs are Chinmaya Acharya for RMC Rourkela, Soumya Ranjan [...]

Bhubaneswar: A male leopard named Suraj, aged about 16 years, died yesterday at 11 PM. According to Nandankan authorities, it was under treatment for blood protozoan infection, Babesiosis, a tick borne disease, since last one and half months. It was responding with improvement in appetite and diarrhoea subsided but yesterday afternoon it suddenly fell sick [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has issued guidelines to the factories situated in the state outlining the Dos and Don’t’s in view of Covid-19. The notification issued by the Directorate Of Factories And Boilers calls upon all the industrial establishments to follow the guidelines strictly. 1. Promote frequent and thorough hand washing by the workers with [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today appealed everyone coming from abroad to to mandatorily register themselves through toll free number-104 or online portal https://covid19.odisha.gov.in within 24 hours of arrival, to prevent spread of COVID19 in the State. Naveen said that self disclosure will help the Government in tracking and containing the pandemic. “I appeal [...]

Condition of Italy-returned Student Stable Banks Urged to Put Hand Sanitizers at ATMs Private Hospitals Asked to Create COVID19 Corners Bhubaneswar: As many as 1239 persons have registered on the Odisha Government’s COVID-19 online portal (https://covid19.odisha.gov.in) for self-quarantine till date, informed chief spokesperson of the State Government on COVID-19 Subroto Bagchi on Tuesday. Of them, [...]

Puri: Stepping up its efforts to restrict the spreading of deadly Coronavirus, the Puri district administration has asked all the tourists to leave the pilgrimage city within two days. Money will be returned to all tourists for cancellation of their bookings in the hotel, said Puri Hotel Association. Besides, the Puri administration has also clamped [...]

New Delhi: Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel today confirmed the inclusion of Odisha’s Konark Sun Temple as Iconic Tourist Sites of India listed by the Centre. Replying to Biju Janata Dal MP Dr. Sasmit Patra’s question in Rajya Sabha on when Odisha would be included among the 17 Iconic Tourist Sites of India, the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Stepping up its effort to curb the spreading of deadly Coronavirus, the Odisha Government today directed to stop dance performances in all bars and clubs across the state capital from today. No type of dance performances will be staged in bars and clubs starting from this evening to prevent spread of the coronavirus, said [...]

New Delhi: Odisha’s Biju Janata Dal MP Dr. Sasmit Patra today demanded the Centre a special economic package for speeding up infrastructural development of the Eastern Region. In a Special Mention today in Rajya Sabha, the BJD MP reiterated Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s demands before Centre as placed in the 24th Eastern Zonal Council [...]