 | Odisha remembers Biju Babu on his death anniversaryOdisha paid rich tributes to legendary leader and one of the chief architects of modern Odisha late Biju Patnaik on his 24th death anniversary. |
 | As COVID-19 caseload increases, Bhubaneswar civic body focuses on home isolationFrom 52 cases on April 1, the daily caseload has now increased by nine times to 451 on Saturday. The city now has 2,315 active cases against 310 on April 1. |
| Discovering Odia, one alphabet a dayAn artist Azkia Aarif has launched an Instagram campaign to popularise Odia script and numericals, writes Diana Sahu |
 | Cobra found with glued mouth gets new lease of life in OdishaProfessor of OUAT Indramani Nath, who took X-ray to see if there was any bone injury, found that the Cobra was containing eggs in its abdomen. |
 | Six smugglers nabbed with ferrochrome in OdishaThe accused are Ajit Gupta, Santosh Kumar Verma, Babli Gupta, Kundan Paswan, Nanda Kishore Singh and Radheshyam Gupta and three cases have been registered against them. |
 | Collectors asked to ramp up rapid response teams in OdishaMahapatra made it clear that the district administrations should now singularly focus on containment of coronavirus. |
 | ASI monuments in Odisha closed, temple trusts yet to take callHowever, as the Srimandir and Lingaraj temples are managed by trusts, the ASI is in talks with State government to see if the order can be implemented at these two temples. |
 | 141 platoons to enforce shutdown, curfew in OdishaWhile weekend shutdown will be implemented in 10 districts neighbouring Chhattisgarh, night curfew would be imposed across the State from Friday. |
 | Covid infections grow by 26 times in OdishaGovernment to ramp up health infrastructure across State by adding twice the strength of ICU beds |
 | Odisha government appoints 21 IAS officers as observersWith the surge in the Covid-19 positive cases becoming unmanageable during the second wave, the Odisha government on Thursday appointed 21 senior IAS officers |
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 | Covid bed strength increased in BhubaneswarBMC officials informed that now there are 775 beds in the SUM DCH, while the Aditya Ashwini DCH has 150 beds. |
 | 4 from Utkal, 5 from OUAT test positive for COVID-19BMC officials said a total 190 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in the city in the last 24 hours of which 152 were related to local transmission. |
 | Odisha government to increase Covid bed strength in Capital CityThe civic body has urged the State government to run the SUM DCH in its full strength and Aditya Ashwini DCH at 50 per cent of its capacity from this week onwards. |
 | Bhubaneswar civic body gears up to track outstation travellersIn case a passenger does not have a test report and vaccination certificate, he/she will have to undergo seven days home isolation. |
