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Bhubaneswar: The State Health Assurance Society (SHAS) will intensify field inspections and strengthen monitoring to detect fraud under Odisha’s universal healthcare scheme, while expediting grievance redressal, officials said after a review meeting Saturday. At the meeting held here, the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer directed...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has restricted firecracker bursting to a two-hour window from 7 pm to 9 pm on Diwali, allowing only approved green crackers to curb air and noise pollution. The guidelines prohibit conventional firecrackers, including garland crackers and those producing...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Saturday that his government will build a prosperous and developed state following the ideals of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Addressing a function organised here to celebrate Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, marking the birth anniversary of the country's first home...

Bhubaneswar: The flood situation in Odisha's Ganjam and Gajapati districts, hit by Cyclone Arnab, gradually improved Saturday with water receding from most affected areas and river levels showing a declining trend, even as Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi directed officials to intensify relief and restoration...

Bhubaneswar: The death toll due to landslides triggered by cyclone Arnab in the state mounted to four Saturday with another death, while search operation was intensified for 12 others who remained missing. Special Relief Commissioner Rajesh Prabhakar Patil said that three districts – Ganjam, Gajapati...

Bhubaneswar: A "well-marked" low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression and is likely to turn into a cyclonic storm that may hit the Andhra Pradesh coast November 3, India Meteorological Department officials said Saturday. On October 28, Cyclonic storm Arnab...

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: Odisha government has stepped up a search operation for 12 people who went missing after the cyclone Arnab-induced rain triggered a landslide at a village bordering Ganjam and Kandhamala districts a day ago, officials said Saturday. The rescue team is expected to use a...

Bhubaneswar: Rescue and relief operations have been intensified in Odisha's cyclone-hit districts, with four helicopters deployed to airlift food packets to people stranded in flood-affected areas of Ganjam, as the state government stepped up efforts to deal with the widespread damage caused by Cyclone Arnab....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Civil Service main examination will not be postponed because of the flood caused by heavy rainfall triggered by cyclone 'Arnab', and the state government will arrange transport for candidates in affected areas, minister said. The Congress had demanded the postponement of the...

Bhubaneswar: In a significant step towards improving road maintenance and ensuring safer travel, the state government has made one-time improvement (OTI) mandatory before roads are transferred from other government departments to the Works Department. The roads must undergo necessary repairs and surface improvements before being...