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Actress Rashmika Mandana also considered as the ‘National Crush’ was recently spotted by the shutterbugs at Mumbai airport. Adorable camaraderie was evident as the actress was spotted interacting with the paparazzi. The actress also blew a kiss to the cameras, as she left the airport premises.

Sallu alias Yakub Khan, who is the close aide of escaped gangster Hyder, surrendered before the Chauliaganj Police on Monday. As per reports, Sallu used to meet Hyder, when the gangster was undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. Reports suggest that, after surrendering, Sallu agreed to cooperate with the police in the manhunt to nab Hyder, who escaped from police custody on Saturday (April 10) while he was undergoing treatment at the Cuttack hospital. Meanwhile, police are still clueless about the whereabouts of Hyder even after 36 hours of his escape.

  Alleging the ruling-BJD of attacking its party workers during the campaigning for the upcoming bypoll in Pipili, the state-BJP moved the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Monday. The BJP accused the BJD of attacking some saffron party workers in Sahajpur Panchayat in Pipili. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra came down hard on the BJD alleging that the ruling-party and the state government are protecting those with a criminal background.

  The Station Master of Nayagarh Railway Station was allegedly attacked and his office was ransacked by some miscreants on Sunday (April 11). The official was allegedly attacked for prohibiting consumption of alcohol on station premises. As per sources, station master Sanjay Pradhan noticed a group of 8-10 people consuming alcohol and chit-chatting on the station premises and stopped them from doing so, citing it to be illegal. However, the group allegedly turned violent and attacked him. They overpowered Pradhan and beat him black and blue leaving him seriously injured. Later, they terrorized the other railway staff present at the spot. Before leaving the station, they ransacked property inside offices and also set fire to some equipment at the railway station. After receiving a formal complaint, police launched an investigation into the matter.

At a time when a new wave of Coronavirus is sweeping the country, congregation of lakhs of devotees at Kumbh Mela is alarming. On the occasion of the second 'shahi snaan' during Kumbh Mela, lakhs of devotees took a holi dip in River Ganga at Har Ki Pauri in Uttarakhand's Haridwar on Monday (April 12). With the chants of 'Har Har Mahadev' and 'Ganga maiya ki jai', devotees along with sadhus of various akharas took the holi dip & performed pujas. Despite rising COVID19 cases, Haridwar is jam-packed with pilgrims for Kumbh Mela. With such huge congregation of devotees social distancing during the 'shahi snan' went for a toss. Police said it is difficult to ensure social distancing with such heavy crowd.

Chhattisgarh has been experiencing the worst outbreak of COVID19 with new infections and fatalities rising sharply. The death toll has been so high that its crematoriums are choking with dead bodies.

  Amid the resurgence in Covid19 cases in Odisha, the State government is putting more restrictions in place to contain the spread of the virus. The Directorate of Medical Education & Training (DMET) Odisha has asked people to avail telemedicine facilities from home to avoid crowding at the hospitals amid the rise in Covid cases. The State Health Department has asked the superintendents of Medical Colleges, directors of Capital Hospital, RGH Rourkela, CDMOs and PHOs of all districts to strictly follow the Covid protocols meant for healthcare institutions which were issued in March and May 2020.

A 14-foot long king cobra was rescued from Asanbani village in Garadihi Panchayat under Nilagiri Block of Balasore on Monday (April 12). The snake was spotted in the kitchen of a villager triggering panic among the residents of the village. Later, the villagers called the snake rescue team which rescued the reptile. The snake has been kept on medical observation and will be released into the forest.

Amid the high-voltage campaigning for the Pipili bypoll, the Assembly constituency was brought under a thick security blanket. As many as three companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) along with 29 platoons of Odisha Special Armed Police (OSAP) and one platoon of Swift Action Force have been deployed in the constituency. The voting for the bypoll is scheduled to be held on  April 17.  

  In a major revelation in the mysterious death of Rama Devi Women’s University girl Jharaphula, Jajpur police on Monday claimed that she was murdered. Police said that Jharaphula was murdered and the second accused in the case has been arrested. According to police, Jharaphula Nayak, a student of Rama Devi (RD) Women’s University was reportedly murdered by her boyfriend Rakesh Swain. Rakesh, the main accused in the murder case, was arrested by police a few days after the body of the Jharaphula was found dumped on roadside. Jajpur superintendent of police (SP) Rahul PR said the second accused, identified as Amaresh Rout was arrested for his involvement in the murder conspiracy.

A video of a rescued snake trying to cool itself down with water in Phulbani town of Odisha has gone viral. The snake, which was rescued by a snake catcher, was later released into a safe area.

In a shocking incident, a private school teacher was detained on Monday for allegedly attempting to rape a girl student in a hotel room at Madhupatana in Cuttack city. The accused has been identified as Bijay Nayak. As per reports, the teacher lured the student to the hotel room on the pretext to help her in her exam preparations and then allegedly tried to assault her.

As India faces a surge in Covid-19 cases and reports of vaccine shortage, Russian COVID-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’ has been recommended for approval for emergency use in the country. The recommendation for approval has been given by an expert panel of India's central drug authority. The decision comes after the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI)'s Subject Expert Committee (SEC) met on Monday (April 12) to take up Sputnik V application for Emergency Use Authorisation in India. Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company, Dr Reddy's Laboratories has sought approval for using of the Sputnik V vaccine which currently is in the Phase III clinical trials in India. As per the DCGI panel, the vaccine would be imported from Russia for emergency use in the country. For wide use in the country, the vaccine will still need the approval of the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI). After DCGI's approval, Sputnik-V will become the third vaccine after Serum Institute of India's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin to be used in India. Sputnik V has demonstrated an efficacy rate of 91.6 per cent in the interim analysis of phase III clinical trials, which included data of 19,866 volunteers in Russia.

Odisha recorded another big surge in the Covid-19 daily cases with the detection of 1784 new positives in the last 24 hours. The new surge has taken the active case count to beyond 10,000. Two persons, one from Bhadrak and one from Bolangir, have succumbed to coronavirus in the past 24 hours. Odisha continues to witness surge in Covid-19 infection numbers. 1784 new positive cases detected in Odisha in last 24 hours. 1035 cases in QUARANTINE, 749 LOCAL CONTACT cases. 1 death reported from Bhadrak, 1 from Bolangir. NUAPADA tops list with 303 n-CoV cases, Sundargarh 241 cases, Khordha 201 cases, Sambalpur 114 cases, Bolangir 91 cases, Bargarh 87 cases, Ganjam 80 cases, Balasore 72 cases, Kalahandi 68 cases, Nabarangpur 67 cases, Cuttack 59 cases. ACTIVE Covid-19 cases in Odisha rise To 10503. 1930 persons have died of n-CoV in Odisha. Total corona positive cases so far in Odisha at 3,53,086. Total recoveries at 3,40,600.

Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra, 5T secretary VK Pandian and Works department secretary Krishan Kumar visited Balasore on Tuesday to review various developmental works and the Covid19 situation in the district.