News from Odisha

Hamilton: India defeated New Zealand in the third T20 International via Super Over to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series here on Wednesday. India posted a competitive 179 for five at Seddon Park after being sent into bat. Opener Rohit Sharma top-scored for India with a 65-run knock while skipper Virat Kohli […]

The Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC) has released a fresh notification for engagement of Act Apprentices in Eastern Railway for the year 2019-20. Applications for the positions can be submitted online, only, by March 13, 2020. Online Applications are invited from eligible candidates who are Indian Nationals for engagement / training as Act Apprentices under the […]

By Srinibash Samal Saraswati Puja or Basant Panchami or Sri Panchami is celebrated on the Shukla Paksha Panchami in the lunar month Magha. In Rigveda, Saraswati is a river as well as the personification of the goddess of Learning. In the post-Vedic periods, She began to lose Her status as a river and became increasingly […]

The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) State Engineering Services Exam recently announced a vacancy of 692 Assistant Engineer posts. Interested and eligible candidates must apply for the positions now to avoid last hour rush. The last date to submit application is January 30, 2020. Candidates must note that the applications found without requisite information […]

Vijay Deverakonda, who will soon be making his bollywood debut in ‘Liger’, has already many projects in his kitty. The Arjun Reddy star had earlier announced his next big project…

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has identified 6,000 acres of land across the Union territory for potential investors who will take part in the J&K Global Investors Summit in April, officials said on Wednesday. Forty thousand of the total 50,000 kanals of land have been identified in the Jammu region as against 10,000 in […]

Bhubaneswar: With the Union Cabinet on Friday having vetted the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2020, India has joined a select group of 67 countries across the world where the upper gestation limit for medical terminated pregnancy is 24 weeks. At present the length of pregnancy termination period is restricted to 20 weeks under […]

Melbourne: World No. 1 Rafael Nadal was stopped at a checkpoint by a security person who asked the 19-time Grand Slam winner to show his accreditation. Nadal was training outside and not carrying his accreditation and it needed a colleague of the security official to intervene and familiarise his colleague with the great Spaniard. Nadal […]

Mumbai: Bollywood actress Adah Sharma looked hot in a stunning red off-shoulder gown. She looked stunning in a bright red off-shoulder gown with a thigh-high slit. The actress was last seen in “Commando 3”, a 2019 action thriller film directed by Aditya Datt. It is the third installment of the popular “Commando” franchise. The film […]

Hamilton: Rohit Sharma hit two sixes off the last two balls of the Super Over to take India to a series win over New Zealand in Hamilton. India needed 10 to win off the last two balls and Rohit sent Tim Southee over long-on and long-off to get India over the line. This was India’s […]

New Delhi: A day after passenger carriers IndiGo and Air India barred stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for allegedly portraying “unacceptable behaviour” on one of the former’s flights, other airlines SpiceJet and GoAir followed suit. Accordingly, SpiceJet tweeted: “SpiceJet has decided to suspend Mr Kunal Kamra from flying with the airline till further notice.” SpiceJet has […]

New Delhi: Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case, filed mercy petition before President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday, his lawyer said. Advocate A P Singh, who represents Vinay, said he has filed the mercy petition with the President House and has got a receiving on it. “I […]

New Delhi: The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Wednesday launched two police-related, citizen-centric services on the Crime and CCTNS platform which will help people in searching for missing persons and generating vehicle NOC (No Objection Certificates). It is the first time that these services — ‘Missing Person Search’ and ‘Generate Vehicle NOC’ — are […]

New Delhi: Kobe Bryant’s fans all over the globe are joining to honour him in a different way. A petition to change the NBA logo image to a silhouette of Bryant has now got more than two million signatures. It all started after a fan of Nick M. started an initiative to pay tribute to […]

Bhubaneswar: The new wave of Coronavirus pandemic continues to batter Odisha with yet another record surge in positive cases. The State witnessed a massive spike of 4761 Covid cases in…