‘Help Odisha people stranded outside’
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday appealed to all Odia associations functioning across the country to come forward and help fellow Odias stranded in various States due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Through a video, Patnaik said many people from Odisha are stuck up in various States and some may be in...
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Street vendors to get Rs 3K aid
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CM announces Rs 2,200-crore package for poor
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Community transmission fear looms large in State
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Consumption falls, State power surplus
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Defeating corona, reviving economy: Challenges galore
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KIIT, KISS to provide food to animals
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HC, all other courts suspended till Apr 15
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OMC gives Rs 500 cr to Chief Min relief Fund
The Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) has contributed Rs 500 crore to the Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF) to support the State Government’s efforts to control the COVID-19 situation. OMC Chairman Sanjeev Chopra chaired a Board of Directors meeting in which it was also decided to give a Rs 250-crore interim dividend...
PCC chief gives Rs 10L to CMRF
Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik has contributed Rs 10 lakh to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for use for safety of unprivileged people. Patnaik hailed the lockdown initiatives taken by the Union and State Governments to fight out the COVID-19 outbreak. However, he expressed concern about the hardship being faced...
350 violators held, many bikes seized in State
Despite the State Government’s order and repeated requests by police to strictly follow the rules during the lockdown for the coronavirus outbreak in the State, many people were witnessed blatantly violating the guidelines endangering their lives and of the others. Finding no other way out the police acted tough and arrested...
Govt opens corona Control Room
To monitor issues regarding COVID-19 and implementation of lockdown, the State Government has opened a State Control Room. The Control Room’s telephone numbers are 0674-2392115 and 9438915986 IG Amitabh Thakur is in-charge of the Control Room, which would be functioning 24X7 with effect from March 26, said a Home Department notification. The notification...
Is having sex during corona safe?
As social distancing and self-isolation practices during the lockdown due to COVID-19 scare have brought almost all activities to a standstill, many people seem to be now reconsidering sex lives with their partners. For all those couples who have missed their shots of romance due to hectic daily schedules, the lockdown...
Schools to be closed till mid-June
With uncertainty looming over normalcy in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, the State Government plans to extend closure of all schools till the third week of June. Earlier, the Government had declared closure of all schools till March 31. However, after subsequent nationwide lockdown announcement made by Prime Minister Modi, the...
Odisha to have biggest Covid-19 hospitals
Odisha has set a record by planning to set up 1,000-bed hospitals exclusively to treat deadly Novel Corona Virus patients in the State capital. Following Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s direction to provide state-of-the-art facilities to Covid 19 patients, Odisha has planned biggest hospitals in the country exclusively. Accordingly, the State Government...
