News from Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Thursday reported its first swine flu case of the year after a resident of Dhenkanal district tested positive for the virus, officials said. The patient is under treatment at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack, they said. The person tested positive for the H1N1 virus and has become the first confirmed […]

Chennai: Income Tax searches in premises linked to various Tamil film personalities in Tamil Nadu has led to ‘concealment’ of income estimated to be in excess of Rs 300 crore and top actor Vijay’s investments and remuneration are being probed, the department said on Thursday. A film production house and the residence of Vijay were […]

Pune: The construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya will commence either on Ram Navmi or Akshaya Tritiya in April, Swami Govind Devgiri Maharaj, a trustee of Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust said here on Thursday. The exact date, however, will be finalised in the first meeting of the Trust, he said. Swami Devgiri Maharaj […]

Sambalpur: In order to curb the illegal narcotics business in the State, Odisha police on Thursday decided to act tough against drug traffickers by confiscating their property. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Director General of Police (DGP) Abhay in Sambalpur today. Abhay asked senior officials to confiscate property of criminals […]

Mumbai: After leaving benchmark interest rates unchanged in the second consecutive policy review, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said the central bank has many other instruments to address the sluggishness the economy, not just interest rates. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its sixth bi-monthly monetary policy pegged GDP growth for FY21 at […]

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday said all evacuees from Wuhan, China, have tested negative for novel coronavirus. “All 645 evacuees from Wuhan have tested negative,” said the Health Ministry in a statement released on Thursday. In addition, 510 samples have been tested by ICMR (Indian Council of Medical […]

New Delhi/Islamabad: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan, who was responsible for shooting Malala Yousafzai and carrying out the Peshawar Army school terror attack, has escaped from an Army jail in Pakistan. In an audio recording released on Thursday and shared via an online private messaging platform, Ehsanullah claimed that he has succeeded in escaping […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a strong defence of NPR saying the country’s population register was being updated with demographic information for better targeting of government’s welfare schemes. He accused Opposition parties such as the Congress of misleading people on the National Population Register (NPR) for their “narrow vote bank politics”. […]

Beijing: Chinese doctor Li Wenliang, one of the eight whistle-blowers who warned other medics of the coronavirus outbreak but were reprimanded by the police, died of the epidemic on Thursday, official media reported. Li, a 34-year-old doctor who tried to warn other medics of the epidemic, died of coronavirus on Thursday in Wuhan, the state-run […]

Bhubaneswar: The cadets of Odisha Remount and Veterinary (R and V) Squadron, bettered their performance by displaying their skills and mastery in horsemanship at the Republic Day Camp (RDC) held in New Delhi recently and won four medals from 16 events this year. The four medals which the Bhubaneswar R and V NCC Squadron won […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha School and Mass Education (S&ME) Minister Samir Dash on Thursday hinted at stern action against officials while asserting that question papers of annual matriculation examination will not go viral this year. Exuding confidence, Dash said that question papers of the annual high school certificate examination conducted by Board of Secondary Education (BSE) will […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU) on Thursday announced to suspend its ongoing power disconnection drive for a temporary period. At a presser, CESU CEO Arun Bothra informed that a 10-day relaxation will be given to the defaulters to clear their pending electricity dues. “As of now, CESU has decided to suspend the disconnection […]

Srinagar: Amid reports of stay on the release of Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s directorial “Shikara”, the filmmaker’s production company on Thursday tweeted that it will hit the screens on February 7 as planned. The film is set against the backdrop of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus from the Kashmir Valley in late 1989 and early 1990, in […]

Bhubaneswar: Destiny’s cruel hand seems to have cast a giant shadow over the family of Constable Manoj Kumar Behera who lost his life in the Pulwama terror attack last year. Even as 12 months have elapsed since the Odia jawan achieved martyrdom, his parents are struggling to eke out a living. Reason, Manoj’s wife Elilata […]

New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar has thrown his weight behind the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup which aims to break the record for the highest attendance at a women’s sports event in the final that will be held at the colossal Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Australia. “Sport is a great equalizer! The Women’s @T20WorldCup […]