Aishwarya Mohanty

Odisha Lockdown rules and guidelines: As per the fresh orders issued by the Office of Special Relief Commissioner, while restricted movement will be allowed on the weekdays, complete lockdown will be observed on the weekends.

On Tuesday, the state reported 10 deaths and 6,073 new cases -- down from 6,599 on Monday and 6,647 cases on Sunday. In the districts neighbouring Chhattisgarh, the positivity rate remained higher than the state’s average.

The entire village is coming together to solemnise the wedding of their daughter, Soni Yadav, also fondly called the ‘Mahanadi girl’. Five years ago, on a September morning in 2016, Sanyasi Kalo, now 52, found Soni covered in mud, lying on the banks of the Mahanadi.

Emphasising on India’s vaccine manufacturing potential, Patnaik suggested that the Centre and states should support units to ramp up vaccine production. He also suggested rationalisation in vaccine distribution with a specific focus on metropolitan cities.

The forest department had also started awareness programmes at villages and roped in locals to help in the exercise.

On March 24, Hyder, serving a life sentence in two separate cases, was admitted to a private cabin at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack for treatment of kidney-related ailments.

SK Hyder was involved in gang wars in Kendrapara district of the state and is known to plan and execute crimes from inside jail. Questions are being raised around the circumstances under which Hyder fled.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released the Hindi translation of the book, ‘Odisha Itihaas’, written by former chief minister Harekrushna Mahatab. Why is this important?

Today, Satabhaya is an island of sorts. For all facilities, including ration, those left behind have to cross a 5 km stretch that includes a narrow unpaved road and a small creek inhabited by crocodiles.

Calling the suspension, in effect until the session ends on April 6, “undemocratic”, BJP members staged a dharna outside the Assembly.

The BJP has demanded immediate removal of logos of the Biju Pucca Ghar Yojna (BPGY) from the houses of beneficiaries granted houses under the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G).

Five-year-old tigress Sundari spent 28 months in captivity in Satkosia Tiger Reserve, Odisha before she was tranquillised on Tuesday and relocated to Madhya Pradesh.

The move comes after allegations of irregularities in the procurement procedure raised by the opposition.

In the complaint, it has been alleged that Rs 9 crore in subsidy funds were siphoned off between 2017 and 2020 by Nigamananda Associates, a firm owned by Parida.

The nine-member task force, chaired by former principal chief conservator of forests Dr Sandeep Tripathi, is entrusted with reviewing the incidents of forest fire, its causes and suggesting improvements in SOPs for better fire management and containing the situation.

The Simlipal National Park and Tiger Reserve in northern Odisha last saw a major fire in 2015.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said despite writing to the CM of Odisha twice seeking reservations for OBCs in government jobs and educational institutions and for SEBCs in educational institutions in Odisha, his request has remained unanswered till date.

A forest fire which started in Simlipal in February and has been raging for nearly a week now, was finally brought under control. How fire prone is the forest? What caused the fire, and how intense was it?

The parents have said she has mental health issues. They have also said she earlier studied at a residential school and had returned home after the lockdown.

Odisha’s decision is significant at a time when there is demand for a caste-based census, and considering that a commission headed by former Delhi Chief Justice G Rohini is working on the sub-categorisation of the OBCs, without such data.

Under the resolution, the first proposal is to take a vow to complete the plan for Srimandir Parikrama at the earliest.

For nearly 22 years, there had been no leads in the case — the gangrape of an IFS officer’s estranged wife in Cuttack’s Baranga — after the CBI took over the investigation in 1999 following orders from the Orissa High Court.

Odisha Police on Monday arrested the prime accused in a sensational gangrape case involving the estranged wife of an IFS officer 22 years after the crime. What is the case? Why did it create a political uproar?

Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari Monday presented the state Budget for 2021-22, with a thrust on agriculture, healthcare, industries, livelihood and heritage and tourism development.