Odisha

Puri: After few days of pause, the district authorities have again resumed the demolition work of the dilapidated structures around the Lord Jagannath Temple in Puri. Amidst strict security, the workers today started the demolition process of the Bada Akhada Matha. The work is continuing in the presence of six Magistrates and 12 platoons of [...]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday assigned a State Membership Drive committee for the success of the party’s membership drive campaign at the district level. The seven-member Committee has been assigned to co-ordinate with District Observers, District Presidents, MPs, MLAs and constituency leaders regarding the membership drive. The committee [...]

Bhubaneswar: Road safety is a matter of concern throughout the world. Emergency medical care plays a crucial role in the reduction of fatalities. To provide emergency care facilities in an efficient manner to the road accident victims, the Odisha Goverment has taken steps for free treatment of victims in private hospitals. Golden Hour is very [...]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to simplify the procedure and fast registration of clinical establishments in the State, the Odisha Government has introduced ‘Online Clinical Establishment Management System’ (CEMSO) to streamline registration of clinical establishments. Now the applicants seeking registration of new clinical establishments or renewal of registration can apply online through the new system, according [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today thanked Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan and doctors at AIIMS who worked relentlessly towards post-separation surgery recovery of the conjoined twins Jaga-Balia. Odisha’s conjoined twins, who spent over two years at the premier hospital undergoing complicated marathon surgeries for separation of their heads, were discharged from the [...]

Cuttack: The Jaga and Balia twins, whose conjoined heads were separated at the All India Institute of Medical Science, have reached in SCB medical college and hospital in Cuttack today. The toddlers Jaga and Balia were born with fused brain and skull, a condition known as craniopagus. They were admitted to AllMS on July 14, [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a major embarrassment to the Commissionerate Police in the Capital city, irate people today stopped a PCR van of the police at the busy Rajmahal square in the heart of the city and asked for the vehicle’s documents. The irate people alleged that they have found an empty beer can inside the PCR [...]

Puri: In a significant development, the Supreme Court-appointed Amicus Curiae Ranjit Kumar, who is in Puri hailed the Odisha Government’s initiative for making Puri a world heritage city on Saturday.

Bhubaneswar: In a blow to the Odisha BJP, several grassroots BJP workers in Udala block in Mayurbhanj district have quit the party and joined the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) here today. More than 50 BJP workers including Udala block chairman took the membership of the BJD in the presence of party supremo and Chief [...]

Cuttack: Intensifying its drive against drunken driving, Odisha police today announced that it would enforce checking of drunken driving at 14 toll gates in the State from this evening under the amended Motor Vehicles act, which was implemented on September 1. The toll gates at Sheragarh, Panikoili, Dhenkikote, Palaspanga, Ramachandrapur, Pipili, Masunikani, Rajgangpur, Tapanga, Langaleswar, [...]