Bhubaneswar

One dead, another missing after petrol pump fire mishap in Odisha

10:33 pm October 8, 2020

Bhubaneswar : One person died and another was missing after a blaze erupted at an Indian Oil Corporation petrol pump near Raj Bhavan here, police said on Thursday. IOCL has announced Rs 8 lakh compensation for the family members of the deceased and Rs 4 lakh each for the ones critically injured in the accident that took […]

Delhi's peak power demand scales new high of 7,323 MW

Oppn BJP & Congress demand rollback of power tariff hike

10:59 pm October 1, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJP members and Congress MLAs on Thursday demanded in the Odisha Assembly that the Naveen Patnaik government immediately rollback the power tariff hike. The issue was discussed in the House through an adjournment motion notice where both the opposition parties strongly protested the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commissions (OERC) approval of the power tariff […]

2 nonagenarian men defeat COVID-19 in Odisha

1:18 pm September 22, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Two nonagenarian COVID-19 patients have been cured of the highly infectious disease in Odisha, bringing cheers to the medical fraternity in the eastern state. The two patients — Satchidananda Mohanty and Dhirendranath Das — both aged 91, were admitted to dedicated COVID-19 hospitals in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar respectively. Both the men were admitted to […]

Odia film actor Ajit Das dies at 71

11:26 pm September 13, 2020

Bhubaneswar : Veteran Odia film actor Ajit Das died at a private hospital here on Sunday, family sources said. He was admitted to the COVID-19 hospital on September 1, but the authorities are yet to declare the reason behind his death. According to the rule of the state, one cannot reveal the identity of a COVID-19 patient […]

Odisha reports record 3,991 new COVID-19 cases

1:45 pm September 10, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Thursday reported its highest single-day spike of 3,991 new COVID-19 cases, taking the states tally to 1,39,121, a Health Department official said. Eleven more fatalities pushed the death toll to 591, he said. Most of the new cases were detected in Khurda where 687 people tested positive, followed by Cuttack (392) and […]