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Bollywood star Govinda and his wife Sunita Ahuja were spotted at Mumbai airport recently. The couple posed for the photographers as they made their way through the gates

Capital city Bhubaneswar celebrated its 73rd Foundation Day today. Odisha Assembly Speaker Surjya Narayan Patra, Minister Raghunandan Das, and Senior Congress leader Suresh Routray among many others paid floral tributes at the foundation stone plaque of the city today

Several parts of Odisha are expected to witness rainfall and thunderstorm activity in the coming days, according to the predictions of the regional center of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar. As per the Day 1 forecast valid till morning 8:30 tomorrow, light to moderate rain or thundershower is likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kandhamal, Nayagarh, Khurda, Puri, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore and Bhadrak in the next 24 hours. IMD has also issued a yellow warning on account of expected thunderstorm and lightning during the same perirod for the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kandhamal, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj. For the subsequent 24 hours, the Met center has predicted light to moderate rain or thundershower at a few places over the districts Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi Rayagada, Nuapada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kandhamal, Bolangir, Sonepur, Boudh and Angul. Apart from this, IMD has also said that heavy rainfall is likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur during this period for which an yellow warning has been issued.

Ever heard of the Rasputin Challenge ? If you are an avid social media user, then there is all probability that you might have come across several videos of people taking up the Rasputin Challenge. In this challenge, people are sharing videos where they are dancing to the tunes of Boney M’s 1978 hit Euro-disco track ‘Rasputin’.

With Covid19 cases rising, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday issued restrictions for Pana Sankranti celebrations on April 14. As per the guidelines issued, large-scale puja and pana offering will not be allowed in temples. Pana Sankranti rituals will be observed with a minimum number of servitors and priests. There will be no pana distribution or celebration in public places.

With the shortage of Covid-19 vaccines in state, the vaccination drive was halted in 11 districts on Tuesday. Odisha Health Director Bijay Panigrahi said that the vaccination drive has been halted in 11 districts of Jajpur, Bhadrak, Puri, Nayagarh, Subarnapur, Gajapati, Boudh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Dhenkanal and Koraput due to shortage of vaccines.

Campaigning for the bypoll to Pipili Assembly Constituency on April 17 hit fever pitch on Tuesday with BJP heavyweights Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and party’s National Spokesperson Sambit Patra holding rallies for party candidate Ashrit Pattanayak. Dharmendra Pradhan kicked off a road show from Uttara square and addressed public gatherings at Dandamukundapur, Satasankha and Pattanaikia.

With India witnessing a massive surge in COVID-19 cases daily, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday (April 13) requested the Centre to consider cancelling CBSE Board exams for classes 10 and 12. Addressing a press conference Kejriwal said that the national capital has registered 13,500 cases in 24 hours. Citing that the second wave of the pandemic is very dangerous Kejriwal requested to the Centre to cancel CBSE examinations.

In a huge spike, Odisha's daily Covid-19 cases breached the 2000-mark with the State recording 2267 new positives in the last 24 hours.. Three persons, one from Bolangir, one from Jajpur, and one from Ganjam, have succumbed to coronavirus in the past 24 hours. BIG SPIKE recorded in Odisha! Daily Covid-19 cases breach 2000-mark in Odisha. 2267 n-CoV positive cases reported in Odisha in last 24 hours. 1314 cases in QUARANTINE, 953 LOCAL CONTACT cases. 1 death reported from Jajpur, 1 from Bolangir, 1 from Ganjam. Death toll in Odisha mounts to 1933. In last 24 hours, SUNDARGARH reports maximum 458 Covid-19 cases. 348 new cases in Khordha, 120 cases each in Bargarh & Sambalpur. 117 positive cases in Cuttack, 104 cases each in Nabarangpur & Nuapada. Bolangir reports 93 new cases, Ganjam & Puri report 70 cases each. ACTIVE Covid-19 cases in Odisha rise To 12244. Total corona positive cases so far in Odisha at 3,55,353. Total recoveries at 3,41,123.

With Covid-19 cases exploding in Odisha, protests by college students also intensified over demands to conduct the exams in online mode. In view of the worsening situation, the Biju Patnaik University Of Technology (BPUT) on Tuesday rescheduled the odd semester (regular/back) examinations for the academic session 2020-21. As per an official notification of the BPUT, the exams will commence from May 7 in online mode. BPUT said that the schedule will be notified in due course. BPUT has further asked all the colleges to upload the photographs, e-mail IDs and mobile numbers of all registered students on the web portal www.bputevaluation.com from April 15, 2021. The portal will remain open till 5PM of April 19, 2021. In another development, the Odisha Skill Development And Technical Education Department has decided to conduct the Semester and Mid-Semester examinations of all technical universities and autonomous engineering colleges in online mode until the situation improves. Since, the examination process for the 1st, 3rd and 5th semesters of Diploma students has already started in all centres and will be concluded by April 21, 2021, the State government has allowed them to conclude the same in offline mode. However, State Council for Technical Education & Vocational Training in Bhubaneswar will be conducting the further semester and mid-semester examinations in online mode until further orders.  

Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra informed on Wednesday that a second COVID hospital with 250 general beds and 50 ICU beds will be set up at the newly constructed medicine ward of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla within 10 days.

Amid claims of vaccine shortage in Odisha, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday lashed out at Odisha Health Secretary Pradipta Mohapatra. The Union Minister has blamed the health secretary for giving flames to the debate over shortage of vaccine in Odisha. The minister requested Health Secretary not to create such crisis in the state. Dharmendra Pradhan said that there is no dearth of vaccine in the state and mentioned that 2-3 more vaccines are also on verge of rollout soon. Once they are approved, vaccines will be available in more quantity, the minister has said.

Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank today announced that the CBSE Class X board exams will be cancelled in view of the current COVID19 pandemic situation. Class XII board exams have been postponed.

This is a special crab which the Devgns love and ordered specifically, mentions Saroja Choudhury while prepping a giant blue crab. Business has become busier these days for Saroja Choudhury, thanks to her entrepreneurial venture Rosy’s Kitchen, which is putting Odia dishes on the plates of Bollywood bigwigs

Following the shocking escape of dreaded criminal Hyder, more and more questions are being raised over the role of police, jail and hospital authorities. Addressing a press conference, senior BJP leader, Prakash Mishra said that some top and influential person is involved in the matter or else such an escape plan cannot be executed.