Odisha CM rules out lockdown, shutdown, but urges people to take masks seriously

Let masks be Odisha’s most important safeguards during second wave of COVID-19, Naveen Patnaik says  

Cyclone Fani: IMD and Odisha govt did a good job, but could have done better

The weather agency and the state must look out for new ideas, focus on immediate response and long-term recovery instead of celebrating the …

Frontline workers set to play key role against COVID-19 in Odisha

State launches massive campaign to engage Anganwadi and ASHA workers to stall virus‘ march

COVID-19: How Odisha is setting an example in preparedness

From lockdown to advance pension, the state is gearing up for the novel coronavirus disease outbreak 

40% of Odisha to be under lockdown for a week

Five districts and eight cities of the state will be under lockdown between March 22 and 27, 2020

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

Odisha’s climate refugees: Activists urge proper rehabilitation policy

Advancing sea puts villagers at risk in Puri, Kendrapada districts

Indian states in the grip of floods; 400,000 people affected

In just one week, flooding in multiple states has caused at least 32 deaths

Seven die of cholera in Odisha’s Rayagada in a fortnight

The outbreak started on July 7 & spread to other districts

Looming drought: Naveen asks Odisha babus to prep crop contingency plan

Rainfall between June 1 and August 15 in the eastern state has been 30 per cent less than normal 

COVID-19: Naveen calls for centralised vaccine procurement, decentralised vaccination

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik writes to all state chief ministers a day after his health minister wrote to the Centre for vaccine procurement

UN praises Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik again for saving lives during Cyclone Yaas

The UN had earlier praised Naveen Patnaik after Cyclone Phailin had hit Odisha in 2013

Odisha declares journalists as ‘frontline COVID-19 warriors’, announces ex-gratia

More than a dozen journalists have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in Odisha recently

What is the new cyclone brewing in the Bay of Bengal?

A low-pressure area will likely develop over the southeast Bay of Bengal on May 7. It is likely to concentrate into a depression on May 8

Cyclones to heat waves to starvation deaths: The Odisha model for survival

It's important to remember what happens when a government lets people die in a disaster

Rebuild to tame cyclones

Commendable emergency response to cyclone Fani saved lives in Odisha, but now the state must build climate-resilient structures to minimise long-…

Cyclone Titli: Can Odisha protect vulnerable tribal districts?

In the wake of IMD's warning over Titli, Odisha mobilised resources to protect coastal districts, but the cyclonic storm took an unusual turn

Bhubaneswar Metro: Shouldn’t Odisha’s capital strengthen its existing public transport facilities first, experts ask

Metro systems are unable to absorb public transport demand even in Tier I cities, experts note

Odisha block residents to get MNREGA employment for 200 days

500 crore package launched to ensure timely, uninterrupted wage payment under MGNREGA and check migration of labour

COVID-19: 15 new cases in a day poses biggest challenge for Odisha

State government admits shortage of personal protective equipment

Sizzling Odisha: 26 places hit 40°C+

Schools to remain shut from tomorrow

Mahanadi: Neither an election issue, nor a developmental one

The dying river is marred with pollution and irrigation issues and yet it hasn’t made it to the election agenda

Odisha’s BJD sounds poll bugle with rally on farm issues in Delhi

The rally will revolve around the agrarian distress, which emerged as the weakest point for the BJP in recent Assembly elections

After CM’s warning, Odisha Police goes after COVID-19 rules violators, collects fines

Some 1,374 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours in Odisha

PEETHA: Will Naveen Patnaik’s deliciously named pre-poll sop work?

Also the name of a traditional Odia sweet, the ‘Peoples Empowerment – Enabling Transparency and Accountability’ scheme was …