News from Odisha

Bhubaneswar: While the Biju Janata Dal(BJD) is all set to celebrate Biju Jayanti (birth anniversary of former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik) and 20 years of its governance in Odisha on March 5, it has fuelled speculations of encouraging ‘Brand Naveen’ by using ex-CM Biju Patnaik’s legacy. According to sources, the regional party is planning […]

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released a recruitment notification inviting online applications for multiple vacancies. While the online application process has already begun, the last date to apply is February 27. UPSC has announced a total of vacancy of 52 for different positions. The UPSC recruitment 2020 will be done to fill the positions of […]

Melbourne: Legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar will face an over from Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry during Sunday’s Big Appeal double-header at the Junction Oval. While Australia women will take on England in a must-win encounter in the ongoing triangular series, Perry and her teammates will be on hand for the celebrity-laden Bushfire match, a 10-overs-per-side […]

Beijing: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus outbreak in China has increased to 811, authorities said on Sunday, while the number of confirmed cases have crossed 37,000. Chinese health authorities said it received reports of 2,656 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 89 deaths on Saturday from 31 provincial-level regions and the […]

Rourkela: We had left for Banaras in Uttar Pradesh to work in a brick kiln, but were tortured and made to work at gunpoint, said Jitu Oram, one of the labourers who managed to return Odisha. Oram’s statements speak volumes about the mental agony and suffering he underwent along with eight other labouers from Gopabandhupali […]

New Delhi: The Central government has appointed Mahmood Ahmed, Deputy Director-General of the Licensing Finance Assessment (LFA), Department of Telecom as its nominee director on the board of MTNL, a PSU under the ministry. He has been appointed for a three-year period or till the period of superannuation, an official order said. As part of […]

Bangkok: The gunman who killed 25 people in a shooting spree at a shopping mall in Thailand’s Nakhon Ratchasima was killed by the police on Sunday, a senior police official said. The news was confirmed by National Police chief Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda, The Nation newspaper reported. The gunman, Jakraphanth Thomma, a junior officer, was […]

An FIR has been registered against film actor Raveena Tandon, the crush of Baahubali star Prabhas, and director Farah Khan and television personality and The Kapil Sharma Show cast, Bharti Singh. As per reports, the FIR has been lodged in Mankapur police station in Nagpur for allegedly hurting sentiments of a community by using a […]

Bhubaneswar: Think twice before littering waste next time you visit a railway station as you might end up in coughing up higher penalty for the violation. As per the notification of East Coast Railway (ECoR), the existing penalties for violation of cleanliness rules have been revised across all three divisions- Khurda Road, Waltair and Sambalpur. […]

Sonepur: Forest department officials on Saturday arrested two more persons for their alleged involvement in the 2019 elephant poaching case in Sonepur. The accused have been identified as Suresh Karna and Kalia Karna of Meghanand village in the district. Moreover, two tusks weighing nearly 3 kg have also been recovered from their possession. According to […]

Jajpur: A 27-year-old man has been arrested in Jajpur district for allegedly uploading obscene photographs of his former girlfriend on the social media, police said on Sunday. The accused, a resident of Kantigadia-Malandapur village, was arrested on Saturday based on a complaint lodged by a 23-year-old woman with Panikoili police station, an officer said. As […]

Thiruvananthapuram: One of the tallest Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders in the country, ideologue, author and founder of Bharatheeya Vichara Kendram (BVK) P. Parameswaran breathed his last at his friend’s residence in Kerala’s Palakkad district on Saturday midnight, according to an RSS leader. He was 93 and was resting at his friends’ place after undergoing […]

New Delhi: The Department of Telecom (DoT) has amended the unified access services license to defer payments of the spectrum auction instalments due for 2020-21 and 2021-22, operationalising the committee of secretaries’ decision to allow a two-year moratorium. “The licensee may opt to defer the spectrum auction instalment due for 2020-21 and 2021-22, either for […]

Cuttack: Suspected coronavirus patient in Odisha has tested negative and has been discharged from a state-run hospital in Cuttack, authorities of the medical institution said on Sunday. Earlier, two medical students admitted to the hospital had also tested negative, they said. The remaining patient, who was admitted to the coronavirus isolation special ward of the […]

New Delhi: In a major judgement, the Supreme Court has said that there is “no fundamental right which inheres in an individual to claim reservation in promotions”, and also no court can order a state government to provide for reservation to SC/STs. A bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta said, “In view […]