Farmers in Odisha protest Centre’s agri laws

Bargarh gathering pledges solidarity with those sitting in at Delhi borders

मिसाल: मलेरिया से मुक्ति की राह पर एक जिला

ओडिशा का मलकानगिरि मलेरिया से बुरी तरह ग्रस्त जिलों में…

Sting operation: How Odisha’s Malkangiri controlled malaria

One of India’s worst malaria-affected districts is on its way to win the fight against this scourge

Odisha’s big challenge: Meeting MGNREGS target of 200 million person days

Although the state govt picked up pace compared to recent years, there are reports of slowdown in work being done

COVID-19: How the most vulnerable were identified in 2 Odisha districts

A non-profit working on food security issues, took up a pilot project to identify such people needing urgent governmental and non-governmental …

COVID-19: Odisha plans to set up home care facilities in all gram panchayats

More than 70,000 people across the state can be accommodated in these centres, says CM Patnaik

Locust attack: Nine Odisha districts under alert, officials asked to keep vigil

The government has started control rooms at state- and district- levels to ward off locusts  

COVID-19: Odisha plans to prevent community transmission with weekend shutdowns at 11 districts

Doctors term the decision as illogical, say government should identify containment zones instead 

COVID-19: Odisha death rate least in world, claims Naveen

Odisha recorded 1,660 cases positive to SARS-CoV-2 and seven deaths as on May 28, 2020; active cases were at 766  

COVID-19: Odisha migrants take to chain-pulling to deboard closer home

State not pressing charges; officials recognise hardships

Amphan causes heavy damage in coastal Odisha’s districts

The districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara were the worst-affected due to the cyclone

Amphan to severely affect Odisha's Balasore, Bhadrak: Officials

Both districts are on the north Odisha coast and border West Bengal

Not being kept in loop: Odisha’s sarpanches on CM’s power decentralisation move

Several sarpanches who were given powers of district collectors alleged their administrative or financial roles were not spelt out clearly 

Telangana police rescues Odisha family held captive at Ramagundam brick kiln

The brick kiln owner allegedly held the family captive, beat them up and made them work without paying them

COVID:19: More than 50 cases in a day rock Odisha

The spike in the number of positive cases is primarily due to migrants returning from Gujarat

Odisha registers biggest COVID-19 spike, mostly migrants from Surat

34 migrants who had returned from Surat, tested positive, 24 of them from Ganjam

COVID-19: Kendu leaf procurement hits roadblock in Odisha

State forest officials deter Kalahandi district’s village to procure kendu leaves through gram sabha   

Odisha claims lowest rate of COVID-19 cases in the country

Odisha government launches portal for registration of migrant workers who anticipate their return to the state

Create a million person days under MGNREGS: Patnaik to officers

He also asked them to ensure food security for migrant workers returning to the state

COVID-19: Odisha doctors help state’s stranded migrants in Telangana

Doctors take time off schedules and reach out to 100 migrant families, 400 individuals

COVID-19: Naveen wants to bring back Odisha migrants

State government to provide Rs 2,000 incentive to those who complete 14-day quarantine

COVID-19: Odisha’s Subarnapur sets example by treating stranded migrants with dignity

The district administration, along with non-profits is helping provide food and essentials to migrants from other districts and states

COVID-19: Odisha ambulance service to pregnant women’s rescue

The service has helped at least 92 pregnant women from state’s Kandhamal district since March 24, 2020 

Ambulance driver ostracised in Odisha for transporting COVID-19 patient

Banamali Sethi faced discrimination from his fellow villagers and apathy from the government for doing his duty

COVID-19: Odisha becomes first state to extend lockdown

Approximately 3.1 million families receive food grains from 12,556 fair price shops