Odishatv Bureau

Washington:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for an “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” (self-reliant India) is an important initiative, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday. “The economic package under this self-reliant India initiative, which was announced...

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload zoomed past 58 lakh, while over 47 lakh people have recuperated from the disease, pushing the national recovery rate to 81.74 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data...

Dubai: After a lacklustre outing against Rajasthan Royals, three-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will take on Delhi Capitals (DC) in a league encounter at the Dubai International Cricket stadium here on Friday. In...

Bengaluru: The special NDPS court in Bengaluru has granted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) five days custody of the Kannada film stars — Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjjanaa Galrani — along with other accused who have been...

Bhubaneswar: Farmers from across Odisha today launched protests against the three Agriculture Bills passed during the monsoon session of the Parliament. Members of Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan On Friday staged protest in front of the...

New York: A standard test that assesses blood cells can identify which patients admitted to hospital with Covid-19 could face a high risk of becoming critical and die, say researchers. “We wanted to help find...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to curb the surging Covid-19 infection, the Jharsuguda district administration Friday ordered the closure of all street fast food shops for the next fifteen days. The district administration has decided to...

Mumbai: Actor Rakul Preet Singh reached NCB office in South Mumbai on Friday morning to record her statement in drugs probe linked to filmstar Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, an official said. Rakul (29) was seen...

New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Friday and announced the dates for the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections which will be held in three phases. The first phase of polling for the 243 member...

New Delhi: Farmers’ organisations have announced a ‘Bharat Bandh’ on Friday against the Farm Bills, which have been passed by Parliament. They have also decided to converge at the memorial of Lal Bahadur Shastri in...

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) today picked up director Karan Johar’s aide Kshitij Ravi Prasad from his Versova residence after conducting a raid there in connection with the drug angle in the Sushant Singh Rajput...

New Delhi: India slammed Pakistan at the UNHRC in Geneva, terming it “a failed state” with no regard for values and culture of democracy. India in its right to reply pointed out that Pakistan’s charade...

India has scaled a historic peak in the fight against COVID-19. In a landmark achievement, for the first time, a record of very high number of nearly 15 lakh COVID tests has been conducted in...

New Delhi: Sushant Singh Rajput’s family lawyer Vikas Singh claimed on Friday that a doctor, who is part of AIIMS team, had told him “long back” that Rajput’s photos sent by the lawyer indicated that...

Chennai: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam or popularly SPB, the playback singer, as well the voice over, of popular heroes of Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies has gone silent permanently on Friday. The coronavirus attacked his...

New Delhi: Google on Friday denied the claims made in certain media reports that its Google Pay app is sharing Indian customers’ transaction data with third parties. Citing an affidavit filed before a bench of...

New Delhi: Vodafone has won the case against India over a retrospective tax demand of more than Rs 20,000 crore. The Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague has ruled that the conduct of India’s...

Nayagarh: In a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19, the district collector on Friday ordered a two-day shutdown in Nayagarh town. According to the collector’s orders the town will be shut down completely on...

Bhubaneswar: The Police Commissioner of Cuttack & Bhubaneswar, Sudhanshu Sarangi today conducted a field inspection at Bhubaneswar Unit-2 Market Building to check whether COVID19 guidelines are being followed or not in busy market places. The...

Cuttack: In an unfortunate turn of events, a car fell into a drain in Kalyannagar area of Cuttack today. According to sources, there were 2-3 persons inside the car, which fell into the drain after...