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Washington: In yet another grim milestone, the total number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed the 70 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.59 million, as per the data revealed by Johns Hopkins University. The University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) on Saturday revealed that the current global caseload […]

Cuttack: Keen contest for several key posts appears to be on cards as the interim elections to all bar associations affiliated to the Odisha State Bar Council (OSBC) kick started across the State on Saturday morning. The polling process for the elections, which are being held to form the annual executive body of the bar […]

Bhubaneswar: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has announced to provide relief to the employers and employees of the establishments covered under the EPF & MP Act, 1952 distressed by Lockdown to prevent spread of COVID-19 and other disruptions due to the pandemic. The reduction in statutory rate of contributions from 12% to 10% for wage […]

New York: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have approved the emergency use of the country’s first Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for people aged 16 years and older. “The FDA’s authorisation for emergency use of the first Covid-19 vaccine is a significant milestone in battling this devastating pandemic that […]

Nabarangpur: The tall claims of Odisha government of providing quality healthcare seem to be falling flat as non-motorable roads continue to pose a hindrance to the ambulance services in rural belts of the State. In absence of a pucca road, as many as three patients of Patakhalia area under Chandahandi block of Nabarangpur district reportedly […]

New Delhi: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) authorities have cancelled 1,63,042 registrations in the month of October and November this year due to non-filing of GSTR-3B returns for more than six months, sources in the Department of Revenue said. In one month of its nationwide drive against GST fake invoice frauds, the Directorate General […]

New Delhi: The COVID-19 positive cases in India climbed to 98.26 lakh with 30,006 new cases in the last 24 hours, while 93,24,328 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 94.88 per cent on Saturday, as per the data revealed by Union health ministry on Saturday. The total coronavirus cases mounted […]

Nayagarh: At a time when the mysterious kidnapping and murder of five-year-old girl ‘Pari’ in Nayagarh has created shockwaves in Odisha, another girl from the district has reportedly gone missing. As per reports, the three-year-old girl was last seen playing near her house at Dadhipatna village under Ranpur block in the district on Friday afternoon. […]

Bhubaneswar: As talks with the Government regarding the three farm reform laws proved to be ‘inconclusive’, the farmers’ organisations have now intensified the agitation and taken over the toll plazas across the country as part of their ongoing protest. The farmers have conquered almost all the toll plazas in the country today, as decided by […]

The famous choreographer and director Remo D’Souza was yesterday admitted to Kokilaben Ambani Hospital after he suffered a heart attack. The Race 3 director underwent angioplasty and is now stable. According to reports he is not in ICU  and is recovering well. Mumbai: Choreographer and director Remo D'souza admitted to a hospital after suffering a […]

Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha are now in the grip of cold wave conditions with mercury dropping below 12 degree Celsius in two places in the past 24 hours. As per the latest data shared by India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar, Phulbani recorded lowest minimum temperature of 9.5 degree Celsius. Apart from […]

Famous choreographer Punit Pathak married his girlfriend Nidhi Moony Singh yesterday. Apart from the bride and bridegroom, it was The Kapil Sharma Show’s Bharti Singh who stole the limelight at the wedding. She along with her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa rocked the dance floor along with Punit and enthralled the guests. Rather the  Indian queen of […]

Nuapada: Two members of a marriage party were killed and six others sustained critical injuries in a major road mishap near Timanpur in Nuapada district on late Friday night. The accident occurred when a group of people were returning after attending a marriage function in Haladimunda village in the district. Sources said at least eight […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has hopes to elicit many vital information about a series of ATM loots across the state from the two key accused in the PNB ATM loot case whose custody has been obtained from the Vizag police. Samarjyot Singh who hails from Punjab and Zafar Sadiq a native of Kerala had been […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 335 people were tested positive for Covid-19 in Odisha in the last 24 hours while four patients died while undergoing treatment at various hospitals during the period, as per the data revealed by the State Health department. With the fresh cases, the total coronavirus tally in the State rose to 323364 […]