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Cuttack: Dissatisfied with the progress made by police in the sensational double murder case in Banki, Congress party workers on Saturday called for a 12-hour bandh in the town. Normal life was hit due to the dawn to dusk bandh as Congress activists burnt tyres and blocked Banki-Cuttack-Baideswar-Kalapathar road and other parts of the region. […]

San Francisco: A Google employee in Switzerland was tested positive for the new coronavirus (COVID-19) on Saturday, as tech giants like Amazon announced travel restrictions for employees amid growing fears of a pandemic. According to a report in the NPR, the Google employee was in its Zurich office “for a limited time” before showing COVID-19 […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the fast rising cases of Covid-19 infection in Odisha, the inter-State bus transportation will be suspended from today i.e. April 19. However, passenger bus movement would be allowed…

Islamabad: A coalition comprising digital media giants Facebook, Google and Twitter (among others) have spoken out against the new regulations approved by the Pakistani government for social media, threatening to suspend services in the country if the rules were not revised, it was reported. In a letter to Prime Minster Imran Khan earlier this month, […]

Hyderabad: AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday wondered why police were conducting flag-marches only at Charminar. “Why only at Charminar, why not in front of Secunderabad Railway Station or at Hi Tech City, maybe in front of a US Software company?,” tweeted Owaisi in reply to a post from Hyderabad City Police’s […]

Nia Sharma is once again at the top with her new serial “Naagin 4” topping the TRP last week. The actress known for her versatility has managed to win the hearts of the audience with her performance in the Ekta Kapoor’s serial. The Indian supernatural fantasy thriller produced under the banner of Balaji Telefilms is […]

Bhubaneswar: Despite a plethora of housing and welfare schemes introduced by the Centre and the State government, several families in Odisha continue to spend sleepless nights under the open sky. For Jatani Singh of Aanlakuda village under Suliapada block in Mayurbhanj district, neither the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) nor has Odisha’s Biju Pucca […]

Balasore: While it is claimed that efforts are on to improve the education system in Odisha with massive inflow of funds and adequate planning, the reality doesn’t seem matching the argument when we look at a school in Balasore district where the lives of students are at stake. Around 100 students of Choudhurykuda Primary School […]

Tehran: An Iranian lawmaker said the countrys Parliament was considering whether to suspend sessions due to the outbreak of the COVID-19, as authorities predict a surge in infections in the upcoming week. Spokesman for the Iranian Parliament’s presiding board Asadollah Abbasi said on Friday that Health Minister Saeed Namaki had written to Parliament Speaker Ali […]

Mumbai: Senior IPS officer Param Bir Singh has been appointed the new Commissioner of Police for Mumbai, an official communique said here on Saturday. He will take over from incumbent Sanjay Barve, whose second extended tenure expired on Saturday. Singh, an Indian Police Service officer of the 1988 batch, is presently Maharashtra’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) […]

Thiruvananthapuram: The state of Kerala, which has led the country in several areas, has added one more feather to its wings, as the state Assembly is now turned into an e-Assembly. “The members (140) can have an online chat with me, when the session is live, even though I will not entertain it,” said Kerala […]

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has slammed the Arvind Kejriwal government for giving sanction for prosecution of former JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar in a 2016 sedition case. Chidambaram called the Delhi government “ill-informed”. “Delhi Government is no less ill-informed than the central government in its understanding of sedition […]

Melbourne: The Indian eves continued their stellar form in the ongoing Women’s T20 World Cup as they registered a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in what was their final group game at the Junction Oval on Saturday. Radha Yadav and Shafali Verma were the star performers for India, who finished the group stage at the […]

New Delhi: The situation in northeast Delhi was peaceful Saturday morning with residents gradually coming to terms with the damage in communal riots in the area earlier this week. Security personnel have been conducting flag marches and holding regular consultations with locals to assuage their fears. They are also urging residents to not pay attention […]

Bhubaneswar: Do you have any important bank-related works this forthcoming month? If yes, then you must plan your visit for transactions much in advance as banks in several parts of the country will have fewer working days in March. Apart from national holidays, the working days and holidays will vary from state to state on […]