SAMBALPUR: A 64-year-old man has entered the MBBS course this year at the government-run Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (Vimsar) in Burla. Jaya Kishore Pradhan from Attabira in Bargarh district, a retired bank employee, said he wanted to embark on a new career and felt that …
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BHUBANESWAR: With Covid cases falling in the city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has delivered 1050 beds in different hospitals. Currently, 65% of the existing general beds and more than 300 ICU beds are empty. After Diwali, if there is a resurgence in Covid cases, the BMC will take a …
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BHUBANESWAR: A big fire blew up at a nearby gas station Raj bhawan in Bhubaneswar after an explosion on Wednesday. Initial reports said that four people suffered severe burns. Police and fire personnel were determining the cause of the fire. Four firefighters rushed to the scene to put out the …
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Representative image BHUBANESWAR: Four suspected Maoists, including three women, were shot dead by security personnel following an intense shooting in a forest in Kalahandi district on Wednesday. A Jawan from the Special Operations Group (SOG), the state police’s anti-Naxal force, was injured in the shooting. The identity of the deceased …
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BHUBANESWAR: The flood situation worsened in Odisha on Sunday when several districts were flooded by flooding from the Mahanadi river system. The flood claimed one more life on Sunday, bringing the death toll to 17, while the number of people affected by the calamity is more than 14.32 lakh in …
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