News from Odisha

Nabarangpur: One of the two minor girls who went missing from Pakhanaguda village in Raighar block of the district a few days ago was found dead in an abandoned well near the village on Thursday. The girl identified as Panchabati (9), daughter of Mahadev Tiwary of the village had gone missing since February 4 along […]

Beijing: The Death toll in China’s novel coronavirus epidemic has climbed to 636 with 73 mortalities on Thursday, while the total number of confirmed cases crossed 31,000, Chinese health officials said on Friday. Hubei province and its provincial capital Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus outbreak, reported 69 deaths on Thursday while Jilin, Henan, Guangdong […]

Athens: Greek Olympic shooting champion Anna Korakaki will be the first-ever woman to start the Olympic torch relay, the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) has announced. The committee has unanimously decided that Korakaki will be the first torchbearer during the Olympic Flame Lighting ceremony for the Tokyo Olympic Games on March 12 at the ancient Olympia, […]

Koraput: The district police here on Thursday suspended and arrested a police Sub Inspector on charges of accepting bribe from the kin of an accident victim, Koraput SP Mukesh Kumar Bhamoo informed at a presser. According to police sources, one Debendra Tanti of Mulasura village under Ambaguda police outpost limits was killed in an accident […]

London: Our Facebook or Instagram friends implicitly influence our eating habits as social media users are more likely to eat fruit and vegetables — or snack on junk food — if they think their friends do the same, say researchers. The research by the UK-based Aston University’s School of Life and Health Sciences found that […]

Puri: As many as 30 families residing in Kurupal village under Krushnaprasad block of Puri district continued their dharna in front of Krushnaprasad tehsil office today to show grievances over their social ostracization from the village for some political reasons since 2019 general polls. Though members of the ostracised families tried negotiating with the villagers […]

New Delhi: In its ninth consecutive cut in MCLR by a bank in the current fiscal, India’s top lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday announced a cut in the retail fixed deposits or FD rates effective from February 10. The reduction in MCLR by the bank comes a day after the RBI left […]

Bhubaneswar: Moderate to heavy rainfall lashed parts of Odisha on due to a low-pressure area over Bay of Bengal, disrupting normal life to much extent. Bhubaneswar Regional Meteorological Centre has predicted that the gloomy weather will persist in most places while partly cloudy sky will be seen in the other. What’s more concerning is that […]

Sydney: Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on Friday picked Australian Marnus Labuschagne as the player who most reminds him of himself, calling the fast-rising batsman a special talent with impeccable footwork. Here to coach a side at Sunday’s charity fundraiser for the devastating bushfires in Australia, Tendulkar was asked to name the player who he […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear on February 11 the Centre’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s verdict that had dismissed its petition against the stay on the execution of the four Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case convicts. A bench headed by Justice R Bhanumathi did not heed to […]

Beijing: The genome sequence of the novel coronavirus strain separated from pangolins was 99 per cent identical to that from infected people, indicating that the scaly mammal may be an intermediate host of the deadly virus, a study has found. The study was led by the South China Agricultural University, reports Xinhua news agency. According […]

New York: A natural compound found in cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage, kale, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts can help control non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), new research has found. The research, published in the journal Hepatology, suggests that this natural compound called indole may lead to new treatments or preventive measures for fatty liver disease. […]

San Francisco: Streaming giant Netflix is finally doing away with the annoying feature that autoplayed previews when users scrolled through the video streaming platforms content. The company will also let users turn off the autoplay feature that starts the next episode of a show they are watching. People can choose to disable autoplay in two […]

Rourkela: The district police on Friday detained 3 suspects including a noted businessman on charges of conspiring to kill ex-councillor Ashesh Mohanty alias Bulu by hurling bombs at him in Basanti Colony area of the Steel City last night. Police sources said, Bulu was returning home in a two-wheeler at around 9 pm when two […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: The rise of BJP as the main opposition party in Odisha has not surprised anyone but most political observers have sought to attribute this to the steep decline in Congress’s fortunes in the state.  The argument is that BJP’s vote share has risen almost in direct proportion to the fall in […]