News from Odisha

New York: Parents, please take note. Researchers have revealed that kids with elevated exposure to early life stress in the home and increased prenatal exposure to air pollution exhibited heightened symptoms of attention and thought problems. Early life stress is common in youth from disadvantaged backgrounds who also often live in areas with greater exposure […]

Bhubaneswar: India men’s hockey team will take on world No.3 the Netherlands in the FIH Pro League with an eye on the Tokyo Olympics here on Saturday. This will be India’s debut in the FIH Pro League after having missed the first edition. India will play Netherlands in two matches in their opening tie at […]

Bhubaneswar: The Twin City Police Commissionerate on Friday filed a chargesheet at SDJM court against three accused in connection with the brutal attack on Parvinder Pal Singh, a Sikh businessman. The chargesheet has been filed against one Deepak Jena, who is reportedly the nephew of a former BJD corporator, his associates Sankar Rout and Deepak […]

New Delhi: A video clip of a fierce territorial fight between two wild tigers, replete with blood-curdling roars from the beasts, in a forest in central India has wowed Twitterati. Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan shared the clip and wrote: “Territorial fight between two full grown #tigers. Listen with headphones. The powerful roar and […]

New Delhi: The Delhi court has asked Tihar jail authorities whether the Nirbhaya case convicts have been informed about the rejection of their mercy plea by the President of India. Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora sought response from the jail authorities and has adjourned the matter for 4.30 p.m. on Friday. The court’s observations […]

Chennai: Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam on Friday accused superstar Rajinikanth of “uttering a blatant lie” in connection with a 1971 rally held by social reformer Periyar, demanded his apology and also filed a police complaint, seeking action against him. DVK president Kolathur Mani, in a statement, alleged that the actor uttered a “blatant lie that the […]

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today met the members of the executive body of News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) in New Delhi. During the meeting, the NBF represented by President Arnab Goswami, Vice Presidents Jagi Mangat Panda and Sanjive Narain, and Secretary-General R Jai Krishna handed over a recommendation to the Finance Minister requesting […]

New Delhi: Aadhaar will be required for getting benefits under a central government scheme for providing financial assistance to family members of victims of violence perpetrated by terrorists or Naxals, and communal riots. In a notification, the Union Home Ministry said an eligible beneficiary desirous of receiving the benefit under the ‘Central Scheme for Assistance […]

Eindhoven (The Netherlands): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand on Friday crashed through the defences of Jeffery Xiong of United States to score his first victory in the Tata Steel Masters Chess tournament that moved to the iconic Eindhoven Soccer Stadium for a day. The change of venue as part of the ‘chess-on-tour’ turned out to […]

Rajkot: Senior opener Shikhar Dhawan joined the list of injured players after Pat Cummins bouncer hit him on the rib cage while batting in the second ODI between India and Australia here on Friday. “Shikhar Dhawan got hit on the rib-cage on his right side. He will not be taking the field today. Yuzvendra Chahal […]

Mumbai: Sara Ali Khan and Kartik Aaryan will be romancing each other in Imtiaz Ali’s “Love Aaj Kal” but their off-screen equation was the centre of attention at a press conference here with reporters asking about their Valentine’s Day plans. Rumours of a romance started when Sara, during an episode of “Koffee with Karan”, said […]

New Delhi: The Nirbhaya convicts will now be hanged to death at Delhi’s Tihar Jail at 6 a.m. on February 1. Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora on Friday issued fresh death warrants against the four convicts in the case after being informed by Tihar Jail authorities that the mercy plea of convict Mukesh has […]

New Delhi: A senior official of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi was summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday to lodge a strong protest and share serious concerns about the recent cases of abduction of minor girls belonging to the minority Hindu community of Pakistan. Sources in Islamabad said that two […]

Mumbai: Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna shared a quirky picture post on social media to mark their 19th wedding anniversary. Akshay took to Instagram to share a picture where he is seen in his scary Pakshirajan avatar from the movie “2.0”, trying to plant a bite on wife Twinkle’s cheek. Rather than look scared, she […]

Washington: Instead of habitats made of metal and glass, NASA is exploring technologies that could grow structures out of fungi to become our future homes in the stars, and perhaps lead to more sustainable ways of living on Earth as well. Creating a livable home for future astronauts means doing more than growing a roof […]