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Odisha reports 1,499 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], July 31 (ANI): Odisha has reported 1,499 new COVID-19 positive cases, said the State Information and Public Relations Department on Friday.
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Odisha: Jail authority asks police to conduct RT-PCR test of accused befor
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 31 (ANI): The Prisons authority in Odisha has asked the police to conduct RT-PCR tests of the accused persons before sending them to Jail for judicial custody, to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus among the inmates.
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Railways arrange special train for stranded passengers in Bhubaneswar
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 30 (ANI): Railways arranged a train on Thursday for hundreds of passengers who were stranded in Bhubaneswar due to the termination of Falaknuma Express here, following the lockdown in West Bengal.
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Have always idolised Lilima Minz, Namita Toppo: Mariana Kujur
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 30 (ANI): Mariana Kujur, Indian junior women's hockey team midfielder has said that she idolises her fellow Odisha stalwarts Lilima Minz and Namita Toppo and has always looked up to them on how to go about things.
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Odisha CM sanctions ex-gratia to kin of journalists who succumbed to COVID
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 30 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sanctioned an ex-gratia of Rs 15 lakhs each to the families of two journalists who died due to COVID-19, according to the Chief Minister's Office.
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EduSkills: Working with the State governments and impacting more than one
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India] July 30 (ANI): EduSkills, a non-profit social enterprise is witnessing 70 per cent growth in online learners in the last two-three months. During the difficult times of Covid-19, some sectors are leaving no stone unturned in converting this disaster into opportun
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Giant Devil Ray weighing 600 kgs caught in West Bengal
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
East Midnapur (West Bengal) [India], July 30 (ANI): A rare Giant Devil Ray weighing 600 kilograms was caught by an Odisha fisherman and brought to the Digha coast in West Bengal on Wednesday.
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Hit by COVID-19 crisis, Odisha's transgender community struggles to make e
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhadrak (Odisha) [India], July 30 (ANI): The pandemic has affected the society severely, including the transgender community. Members of this community in Bhadrak are bearing the brunt of COVID-19 crisis as they face financial hardships.
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COVID-19: Odisha releases over 16,000 prisoners as part of decongestion of
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 30 (ANI): The Odisha Government has released as many as 16,789 prisoners from various jails across the state during the period of four months, from March 20 to July 28 in view of the present scenario of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dharmendra Pradhan urges Piyush Goyal for inauguration of Haridaspur-Parad
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written a letter to Railway Minister, Piyush Goyal for a grand inauguration of 82-Km Haridaspur- Paradip Rail line in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on a suitable date.
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Train passengers stranded at Bhubaneshwar after lockdown declared in WB
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 29 (ANI): Hundreds of passengers from across the country who were headed towards West Bengal by train were stranded in Bhubaneswar after the Falaknuma Express terminated here, following the lockdown in West Bengal.
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Bio-toilets, Venturi system installed in all ECoR coaches
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], July 29 (ANI): Taking a step in the direction of environmental cleanliness, bio-toilets have been fitted in all 3,247 coaches under the East Coast Railway (ECoR), that convert human waste into water and bio-gasses, a statement from the ECoR said on Wednesday.
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