Bhandara: As many as ten newborn babies died after a fire broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit of Bhandara District Civil Hospital in Maharashtra in the wee hours on Saturday, said doctors. The...

Washington: The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the world to a standstill. Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis from around the globe on Saturday. The total cases of global coronavirus crossed 88.8 million,...

Ahmedabad: Madhavsinh Solanki, the former foreign minister and Congress veteran who had also served as Chief Minister of Gujarat for four terms, passed away in Gandhinagar on early Saturday morning, Congress leaders said. He was...

New Delhi: The Covid-19 tally in India climbed to 1,04,31,639 with 18,222 new cases in a day, while 1,00,56,651 people have recovered so far pushing the national recovery rate to 96.41 percent on Saturday, according...

Aurangabad: Amidst a bird flu scare in some parts of the country, as many as 900 hens have died at a poultry farm in Murumba village in Parbhani district of Maharashtra, a senior official said...

Sydney: India left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja has suffered a nasty blow to his left thumb and taken for scans to ascertain the damage to his bowling hand. He is unlikely to bowl in the Australian...

New Delhi: All-women cockpit crew will operate Air India’s inaugural San Francisco-Bengaluru flight on Saturday, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. The Air India flight will fly on Saturday over the North Pole, taking...

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s on Saturday hit 45 million followed on Twitter. The actor celebrated the milestone with a throwback picture taken after his accident on the set of his 1983 release, Coolie. Taking to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik owns assets worth around Rs 64.98 crore as on March 31, 2020, an increase of over Rs 71 lakh (approx) as compared to the previous year. As per the...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Salil Panigrahi, a native of Odisha and the founder and Managing Director of Atmosphere Hotels & Resorts, has been conferred with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians....

Cuttack: Commissionerate Police on Sunday conducted raids at sand ghat along Mahanadi River near Paika Sahi in Gopalpur area of Cuttack district and detained 11 persons for their alleged involvement in illegal sand lifting from...

Athagarh: The Dhabaleswar Temple, one of the major Shiva shrines of Odisha, situated in Athagarh area of Cuttack district reopened its doors for all devotees on Monday after a long Covid-19-induced gap of nine months....

Nabarangpur: A day after an under-construction bridge over Negi River collapsed in Nabarangpur district leaving one labourer dead and four others severely injured, the superintendent engineer visited the mishap site for inspection and attributed the...

Bhubaneswar: After getting respite from cold wave for the past few days, the minimum temperature is set to dip again across the State. The Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar on Sunday said the minimum temperature...

Degree colleges, universities, technical and other professional institutions in Odisha reopened today for final year students of UG, PG and diploma programmes of 2020-21 academic year. The institutions were closed since the last nine months...

Bhubaneswar: Apart from its medical expertise, the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhubaneswar has proved its mettle once again for promoting cleanliness, hygiene and creating sustainable practices in public health facilities by...

Bhubaneswar: A day after receiving Covid-19 vaccine Covishield from Serum Institute of India in Pune, the first consignment of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin dispatched from Hyderabad landed at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in the capital...

Bhubaneswar: Petrol prices hit a record high in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday after the state-owned fuel retailers hiked the rates following a five-day hiatus. A customer has to shell out Rs 85.09 for one litre of...

Bhubaneswar: A couple allegedly abused and brutally thrashed a customer after the latter claimed the gold chain he bought from their jewellery showroom was of substandard quality. The incident occurred at Khandagiri Bari under Bharatpur...

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar said that fog- shallow to moderate- will occur in several parts of Odisha for the next two days. This will be accompanied by decrease in night temperature during...