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Bhubaneswar: Renowned sand artist from Odisha, Sudarsan Pattnaik’s recent sand art expressing solidarity with China’s fight against coronavirus has garnered worldwide appreciation. Patnaik’s sand art, “Fight Against Coronavirus, We Stand With China’ was acclaimed by many, including Chinese Ambassador, Sun Weidong and the Director-General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The Chinese Ambassador appreciated Pattnaik for […]

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party swept the Delhi Assembly polls with 62 seats, five less than in 2015, as per the final results announced by the Election Commission on Tuesday night. The opposition BJP got eight seats — up from three in 2015, while the Congress remained at zero. The victory of the AAP […]

Moscow: Russia is open to dialogue with the US if its interests are taken into account and Washington stops interfering in its internal affairs, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday. “Refusal of cooperation and of partnership in some areas has become the norm in Washington,” Ryabkov was quoted by RIA Novosti news […]

Washington:  US President Donald Trump has said that he is looking forward to his first visit to India later this month and indicated that the two countries may sign a trade deal. At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump is slated to travel to India on February 24 and 25. In addition to […]

Bhadrak: A pilgrimage trip turned into a nightmare for nearly 50 people from Uttar Pradesh, after their bus en route to Puri collided with a paddy-laden truck near Bhadrak in the early hours on Wednesday, killing two persons and leaving at least 40 others injured. According to reports, the bus was carrying the pilgrims from […]

Bhubaneswar: National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) chairperson, Bhagwan Lal Sahni on Tuesday came down heavily on Odisha government for not reserving 27 percent quota for the people of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the State. The NCBC chief’s comments came after he met several OBC representatives from the State. “It is unfortunate that […]

Beijing: The death toll in China’s novel coronavirus outbreak has gone up to 1,113 with 97 new fatalities reported mostly in the worst-affected Hubei province while the confirmed cases of infection jumped to 44,653, health officials said on Wednesday. The country’s National Health Commission said it received reports of 2,015 new confirmed cases and 97 […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik continues to lead the rich ministers list in Odisha while State Panchayati Raj Minister Pratap Jena’s net worth grew be a whopping 4.5 crore in a single year, a statement of assets of all Cabinet ministers of the State which was issued by the Chief Minister’s Office on Tuesday stated. […]

Yash is all set to dominate the box office once again with KGF Chapter 2. While the makers are yet to release the teaser of KGF 2, new clips of Rocky Bhai with the lady who issued death warrant against him in the first part of KGF, is making rounds on social media. Director Prashanth […]

Mumbai: Actress Neha Dhupia and actor Shahid Kapoor’s wife Mira Rajput will launch a short distance walkathon for pregnant women here on February 23. This one-kilometre walk is organised with the purpose to inspire moms-to-be to take #BiglittleSteps towards a whole new world of becoming a mother. The Bio-Oil Pregathon focuses on encouraging them to […]

San Francisco: South Korean tech giant Samsung has launched its second smartphone with a foldable display dubbed as Galaxy Z Flip at the company’s Unpacked 2020 event in San Francisco, California. The device has been priced at $1,380 (roughly Rs 98,400) and will be available in limited quantities in mirror purple and mirror black, starting […]

The trio of Sara Ali Khan, Kartik Aaryan and Imtiaz Ali had a lot of fun filming their upcoming movie “Love Aaj Kal 2” and it is quite evident from their interviews and BTS pictures and videos. Recently, Sara shared a picture in which she is trying her hands at driving a bike and her […]

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt fell in love during the shooting of their upcoming movie “Brahmastra” directed by Ayan Mukherjee. Since the time they have made their relationship official, rumours and speculations about their marriage have been making rounds. By the end of last year, strong rumours about the couple getting married by the end […]

“Indian Idol 11” has been in news for its extremely talented contestants as well as for its judges, their comments and controversies surrounding them. The first controversy struck the show when Anu Malik had to step down yet again as the judge after charges of sexual abuse surfaced against him. Even though the music director […]

London: Young people who spend too much time sitting still are at an increased risk of depression, researchers have warned. The study, published in the journal Lancet Psychiatry, found that an additional 60 minutes of light activity (such as walking or doing chores) daily at age 12 was associated with a 10 per cent reduction […]