News from Odisha

Puri: A former engineer who was found begging on Puri Badadanda and eventually hogged the headlines, returned to his family on Sunday. Girija Shankar Mishra, who by profession is an engineer and even worked in a multinational company, but resorted to begging, suddenly became a sensation after his identity and family background was revealed on […]

New Delhi: To mark the 30th anniversary of the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley, filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra held a special screening of his upcoming movie “Shikara: The Untold Story Of Kashmiri Pandits” for Kashmiri Pandits on Sunday here. The special screening of about 30 minutes was attended by over 200 Kashmiri Pandits,including […]

Islamabad/Lahore: Succumbing to Islamists’ demands, Pakistan’s Imran Khan-led government on Tuesday decided to introduce a resolution in Parliament to expel the French ambassador and quash all criminal cases filed against…

Bengaluru: Team India captain Virat Kohli has said that using K.L. Rahul as a wicketkeeper-batsman adds to the balance of the team, thus hinting that the Karnataka batsman may be used in the same role in the five-match T20I series in New Zealand. Rahul was forced to keep wickets in the just concluded three-ODI series […]

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in the capital city of Odisha has added another feather to its hat, with the take-off of Bhubaneswar-Surat-Bhubaneswar direct flight service this morning. As per reports, the flight operations set up by the PSU Carrier Air India to connect Bhubaneswar with the textile hub of Gujarat, Surat will […]

Mumbai: Market benchmarks Sensex and Nifty opened at record peaks on Monday tracking strong quarterly results by index heavyweights Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank. After rallying over 300 points to hit a fresh lifetime high of 42,273.87, the 30-share BSE index pared gains to trade 31.32 points or 0.07 per cent higher at 41,976.69. Similarly, […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: The attack on a Sikh businessman in the city a few days ago in the presence of policemen manning a PCR van that had arrived following his SOS call has not done any good to the image of the men in khaki. In fact, the incident, which has since acquired a […]

Bhubaneswar: Thick patches of fog will shroud coastal and interior districts of Odisha on January 22 and 23, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) regional centre in Bhubaneswar informed on Monday. “There are chances of dense fog in some coastal and interior pockets like Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Cuttack, Puri, Nayagarh, Sundergarh, Kandhamal, […]

Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor are currently promoting their upcoming movie together “Street Dancer 3D” very aggressively. The couple along with the entire gang of the flick including Prabhu Deva, Remo D’Souza, Raghav, Puneet Pathak, Dharmesh, Nora Fatehi and Salman was a part of “The Kapil Sharma Show” that aired on 19th Jan. Since the […]

‘The Kapil Sharma Show’ is the promotion pad for most of the Bollywood movies. Almost, all the big celebrities having a new release come on this reality show for promoting their flicks. However, there are times when there are no promotions and the show simply calls a few personalities just for entertainment and helping the […]

Balasore: Police unearthed a cricket betting racket by raiding a betting den at Garage Bazaar area in Jaleswar of the district last night. As per reports, the racket was active during the last One Day International(ODI) Cricket match of the series between India and Australia at Bengaluru. The raid was conducted by a team of […]

New Delhi: Reaching out to students in their own language, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed 200 of them during a “Pariksha Pe Charcha” and said his conversations with them will be “#withoutfilter.” Assuring students of his complete focus, Modi said they could speak to him openly. “Speak to me hashtag without filter,” he […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a plea seeking an immediate stay on Electoral Bond Scheme. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant asked the Election Commission to file a response within two weeks. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the NGO, sought […]

Mumbai: “Bigg Boss 13” contestants Asim Riaz and Siddharth Shukla have managed to grab eyeballs once again with the promo clip of a testosterone-filled fight in the upcoming episode of the reality show. In the promo clip of the show, Siddharth is seen getting into a heated argument with Asim, who is the “sanchalak” (coordinator) […]

This year a lot of new pairs are expected to grace the big screen of Bollywood. Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt, Kartik Aaryan-Sara Ali Khan, Varun Dhawan-Sara Ali Khan, Ishaan Khatter –Ananya Panday, Kiara Advani –Kartik Aaryan and many such new pairs are going to be introduced this year. And one such unexpected pair can be that […]