News from Odisha

Mumbai: Actress Dia Mirza says her “Thappad” co-star Taapsee Pannu is a fierce lioness. “It is my endeavour to be a part of human stories that reflect the truth and compel us to think and possibly even bring positive change. ‘Thappad’ is one such film, a very powerful one,” said Dia. Praising Taapsee, she said: […]

Bargarh: Amid resentment over shifting of Bargarh district headquarters hospital(DHH) to its new campus at Tukurla under Bhatli block, senior BJP leader and party MP from the constituency, Suresh Pujari on Sunday shot off a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while demanding him to convert the old DHH building into a City Hospital. Raking […]

Dar es Salaam: At least 20 worshippers were killed and 16 others injured in a stampede at a church service at a stadium in Tanzania, police said on Sunday. A group of worshippers packed a stadium in Moshi, a town at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, on Saturday evening and the stampede occurred as they […]

Rourkela: Tension prevailed at Kuanrmunda in Sundergarh district on Sunday after some local villagers stormed into a nearby field where a privately owned Ferro-alloys company was reportedly setting up its plant. As per the reports, Sri Mahavir Ferro Alloys, a privately owned company was provided land by the government at Kuanrmunda near Rourkela to set […]

San Francisco: Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos will now fight a family battle as Michael Sanchez, brother of his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, has filed a lawsuit against him, alleging that the world’s richest man defamed him by saying that Michael leaked intimate photos and texts to the National Enquirer. In January 2019, the National […]

Rourkela: Three employees of a toll plaza in Sundergarh district were arrested on Sunday for allegedly refusing to allow the State Labour minister Sushant Singh’s car to pass through the toll gate last night. According to sources, the incident took place at around 2 am on Saturday night when Singh was on his way to […]

New Delhi: People will remember this date – 02/02/2020 – not just for India’s unprecedented 5-0 series whitewash against New Zealand in T20I cricket. Sunday’s date is also a rare palindrome that has not happened over 900 years. Palindromes, which refer to words, phrases or a sequence of numbers that can be read the same […]

Berhampur: Two persons were arrested here on Sunday for allegedly duping at least 50 youths on the pretext of providing them teaching jobs at a state-run institute, police said. The main accused Rabindra Behera (39) and his associate Arun Behera (40) cheated the unemployed youths by alluring them with teaching jobs at government-run Regional Institute […]

Actor-comedian Kapil Sharma is not only known for his sense of humour and comic timing but has also earned a massive number of fans through his hosting style. There might be a few contenders of Kapil when it comes to adjudge the best host of an Indian show but recently, one of the evergreen stars […]

Puri: Raising serious concern on the safety of passengers ferrying across Chilika, yet another boat capsized in the lake on Sunday. The boat ferrying as many as 17 passengers capsized in the waters of the brackish lagoon but fortunately they narrowly escaped the jaws of death as all of them were rescued safely. As per […]

New Delhi/Beijing: The Central government on Sunday temporarily banned the e-visa entry of Chinese and other foreign nationals into India in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. In a tweet posted by the Indian embassy in Beijing, the government said, “Due to certain current developments, travel to India on e-visas stands temporarily suspended […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Sunday imposed new traffic regulations to decongest the highly busy Rajmahal square and Bapuji Nagar area in the Smart City. According to a new traffic advisory communicated through a public notice from the Commissionerate Police, no vehicles will be allowed to park on the service road from Kalpana to Rajmahal […]

Mount Maunganui: Stand-in India skipper Rohit Sharma did not take the field after injuring his calf while batting in the fifth T20 against New Zealand but teammate K Rahul Sunday said that “he should be fine in a couple of days”. Rahul captained the side in Rohit’s absence. Virat Kohli was rested the final game […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Sunday ordered shifting of Delhi Police’s DCP, South East, Chinmoy Biswal whose charge includes Shaheen Bagh, the scene of anti-CAA protests since the past 50 days. The poll panel’s move to shift Biswal, a 2008 batch IPS officer, comes following two incidents of civilian firing, over the past two-three […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Union Budget 2020 offered taxpayers the option to choose between the existing income tax regime and a new system, the dual income tax system seems to have created confusion for individuals. Experts opined that though Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has brought new lower personal income tax regime and introduced two options […]