News from Odisha

Berhampur: A video of a youth being thrashed with a cricket bat over parking dispute at Panda colony under Baidyanathpur Police limits in Berhampur has gone viral on social media. Though the incident occurred on January 28, the matter came to light after the CCTV footage of the incident went viral on social media recently. […]

New Delhi: The Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday urged the Supreme Court to lay down a law in the execution of death sentence, as the convicts in the Nirbhaya case were making a mockery of the process. The Supreme Court posted the Centre’s plea to February 11 when the one-week time given by the […]

Bhubaneswar: Two Odisha MLAs- Kishore Mohanty and Santosh Singh Saluja on Friday expressed concern over the selection of examination centres for the upcoming Plus II examination to be conducted by Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha. Both the MLAs, who are also members of the examination committee of the Council, raised doubts over the […]

New Delhi: The situation over the novel coronavirus is under control in the country and is being regularly monitored by the Prime Minister’s Office, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Cabinet Secretary on a daily basis,” Health Secretary Preeti Sudan said on Friday while chairing a video conference with officials. […]

New Delhi: Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani got emotional while watching filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s “Shikara: The Untold Story Of Kashmiri Pandits” here. In a video clip gone viral, the political veteran is seen trying to hold back his tears as the film ends, even as Chopra comes up, kneels down beside […]

Cuttack: From overflowing drains to poor sanitation, the residents of Cuttack are now grappling with numerous problems after the dissolution of the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) council. Though Housing and Urban Development department had earlier directed to set up ward offices to resolve grievances of people in several municipal corporations and NACs, the initiative has […]

Mumbai: Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor have never been very open about discussing their reported relationship in the media, but fans have always been curious for updates. The latest unconfirmed reports on the Bollywood couple suggest they are looking forward to locking a wedding date in December. The buzz has reportedly been triggered off by […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to help transgenders, one of the most marginalized sections of the society, to live a life of respect, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has roped in a special squad to collect pending holding tax from defaulters in the smart city. Earlier, BMC had signed an agreement with  Swikruti Self Help Group (SHG) […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday approved the amended policy for long-term ore linkage to industries through the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC). The state government amended the policy to attract investment in mechanised ore evacuation system of the OMC, Chief Secretary A K Tripathy told reporters following a Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister […]

Bhubaneswar: A standing committee of the Odisha Assembly on Friday advised the Western Electricity Supply Company of Odisha (WESCO) to refrain from going ahead with its proposed power supply disconnection drive and collect the pending dues from defaulting consumers in instalments. The suggestions of the standing committee carry significance as the WESCO authorities have decided […]

Kolkata: Basketball great Kobe Bryant’s shocking death shook Viswanathan Anand like everyone else, but the fact that he breathed his last along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, is what made the tragedy unimaginable to the chess legend. Kobe and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among the nine people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas […]

New Delhi: Sanskrit may be used as an additional language apart from the existing languages for signboards at railway stations in Uttarakhand, railways said in a statement on Friday. It also denied reports that Urdu was being replaced with Sanskrit from the existing signboards at railway stations in the hill-state. “It is being clarified that […]

London:  An international team of scientists has identified a protein which is strongly linked age-related macular degeneration, the commonest cause of blindness in developed countries. The protein, called FHR4, was found by the team to be present at higher levels in the blood of patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) compared to individuals of a […]

New Delhi: India had offered to evacuate people from all the neighbouring countries while bringing back Indian students from the Chinese city of Wuhan in the wake of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha on Friday. The minister said that seven Maldives nationals chose to avail the offer […]

Beijing: From disinfection and street patrols to food and medicine delivery in quarantine wards, robots were being deployed at the front lines to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has claimed hundreds of lives in China. More than 30 disinfection robots designed and produced by a Shanghai-based enterprise have entered major hospitals in […]