News from Odisha

Kendrapara: Forest officials have seized 10 kilogram of deer meat and arrested a poacher in Kansaradiha forest in the district on Tuesday. Thirty two-year-old Sunil Paramanik was arrested with the raw meat and nylon nets used to ensnare wild animals, a forest official said. “Paramanik is part of a gang of poachers active in the […]

New York: Parents, if your kids throw attitude and do not listen to you despite repeated warnings at home, it is time to check the quality of their food as microbiome in the gut plays a key role in deciding kids’ behaviour, a novel study has found. The study of early school-aged children (in the […]

London: The wreckage of the Titanic will now be protected under a “momentous” treaty between the US and UK governments, 107 years after the mammoth ship hit an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean on its maiden voyage. The international agreement gives the governments power to grant or deny licences […]

Gajapati: Srikakulam Police recently busted a major gang allegedly involved in the manufacture and circulation of fake currency notes. Out of the five accused, three persons have been identified as residents from Paralakhemundi in Gajapati district of Odisha. According to reports, fake notes in Rs 50 and Rs 200 denominations with a face value of […]

By Sandeep Sahu The impending hanging of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case has got the human rights lobby back in business. Calls for sparing the four convicts the death sentence, though muted at the moment, is beginning to gather momentum – as they typically do when anyone is about to be executed. Senior […]

Bhubaneswar: An official of the horticulture department was arrested on Tuesday on the charge of acting as a conduit for IAS officer Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya who is in jail for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a private company, officials said. Police arrested Pitabas Pradhan who joined as a data entry operator […]

Berhampur: A 65-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant near a forest in Ganjam district on Tuesday. Alu Laccheya was working in a farm along with another man near Changudidei hill at Nimapalli village under Digapahandi forest range when the tusker reached the site and attacked him, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Berhampur, […]

Bhubaneswar: Since the day Odisha Cabinet passed a resolution to move Centre to conduct an enumeration of socially and educationally backward classes (SEBC) and other backward castes (OBC), the issue has heated up the State politics with the Opposition accusing the government of playing caste-based political gimmick to garner votes. As per reports, the Central […]

Bhubaneswar: The Birla School of Management of Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar  conducted an International Conference on “Global Digital Economy – Management Challenges and Opportunity” on 15-16 April 2021 in collaboration…

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to make an investigative assessment of the present state of affairs on the tiger and elephant corridors from Similipal Tiger Reserve of Mayurbhanj district to Satkosia Tiger Reserve of Angul district, an 11-day Corridor Walk covering a distance of about 400 kms ended today. Save Elephant Foundation Trust, an organisation working […]

Bhubaneswar: The UGC- National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) for December 2020 cycle (May 2021) has been postponed in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, announced Union Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal on Tuesday.…

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Tuesday directed the Centre and Hockey India to allow Hockey Odisha to participate in the upcoming senior national championships for men and women. While the men’s championship will be held in Jhansi from January 25, the women’s event will be held in Kollam from January 30, Hockey Odisha general […]

Nora Fatehi’s dance number titled ‘Garmi’ from the movie Street Dancer 3D seems to be on the path of breaking several records. The rap song in which Nora is seen twerking on the dance floor has already crossed 9.68 crore views on YouTube. Composed and penned by Badshah, the song begins with the disclaimer- ‘Caution: […]

Cuttack: Even after a month since an elderly couple from Beleswar area of Cuttack was murdered, the Commissionerate Police is yet to get any clue in the case following which family of the victim has announced Rs 50,000 cash reward for information on the culprits. “My parents had no enmity with anyone so I am […]

Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of Odisha government’s announcement to make traffic rules stricter from March 1 in a bid to reduce the number of accidents, as many as eight people died today in separate road accidents across several districts of Odisha. In Sambalpur, four persons were killed while six others were injured after a […]