News from Odisha

Puri: Taking serious note of the untimely Rath Yatra conducted by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Mumbai recently, the Puri Srimandir Administration on Sunday warned to take legal action against ISKCON if it continues to conduct the untimely car festival. According to reports, a meeting regarding the issue was held at the […]

New Delhi: India on Sunday flatly rejected UN chief Antonio Guterres’s offer of mediation on Kashmir and said the real issue needed to be addressed is to vacate territories “illegally and forcibly” occupied by Pakistan. The assertion by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) came after Guterres said in Islamabad that he was concerned over […]

Beijing: China reported 105 new deaths due to the new coronavirus on Monday, pushing the overall death toll to 1,770, as officials announced stringent measures such as closing non-essential public venues and traffic restrictions to control the epidemic in the worst-hit Hubei province. The National Health Commission said 2,048 new cases of the virus have […]

Bhubaneswar: Ex-MLA Anup Sai’s driver who was arrested by the Chhattisgarh police on Saturday for his alleged involvement in the murder of a woman and her minor daughter in 2016, confessed to have committed the crime and revealed crucial details during interrogation. The driver, Burdhan Toppo revealed that two Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) were used […]

Kendrapara: The Odisha Lokayukta has registered 272 cases this year of which 56 has been disposed of till now, according to its chairman Justice Ajit Singh. He urged people to directly approach the Lokayukta with complaints of corruption against any public servant. “In 2020, we registered 272 cases of which 56 have been disposed of […]

New Delhi: With the government coming down heavily on telcos after the Supreme Court’s rap, Bharti Airtel on Monday said it has paid Rs 10,000 crore to the telecom department towards statutory dues. The company said it will make payment of balance amount after self-assessment exercise. “The…amount of Rs 10,000 crore has been paid on […]

New Delhi: “To cast aspersions on women based on gender is, in fact, an affront to the entire Army where men and women serve as equal soldiers,” said the court in a significant judgement on Monday. The top court ruled that women officers should get permanent commission (PC) in the Army and emphasized on the […]

Karan Johar has taken Dharma Productions to a new height. The production house started by his father Yash Johar is now giving a tough competition to the leading film producing companies in India and also has now gone international after collaborating with Netflix and Amazon Prime on the webspace. The celebrated host, reality show judge, […]

Kartik Aaryan and Sara Ali Khan’s “Love Aaj Kal 2” released on 14 February got a decent start at the box-office although it was not liked much by the young viewers. While some called this Imtiaz Ali’s venture lacking anything new and original, most of the audience thought that Randeep Hooda and the music were […]

New Delhi:  India is looking at setting up a separate theatre command for Jammu and Kashmir, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat said on Monday. The air defence command is to be rolled out by the beginning of next year and the Peninsula command by the end of 2021, Gen Rawat told a […]

Bhubaneswar: The death of the minor girl who reportedly fell off the terrace of her apartment in BJB Nagar area on Sunday remains shrouded in mystery. Initial reports claimed the girl identified as a Class VIII student of a private school in Bhubaneswar fell off the terrace of her building after losing balance which led […]

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) with the presence of over 2,500 delegates from 111 countries in this Gujarat city. Modi opened it through video conference, the first time the […]

Mumbai: Kangana Ranaut’s first look as an Air Force pilot in her upcoming flick “Tejas” has taken the internet by storm. On Monday morning, Ronnie Screwvala’s production house RSVP movies shared Kangana Ranaut’s first look from “Tejas” on Twitter where she can be seen posing in front of a fighter jet. In the movie, Kangana […]

Dubai: India’s KL Rahul maintained his second spot whereas skipper Virat Kohli moved down to the 10th spot in the latest ICC T20I rankings for batsmen released on Monday. Rahul was in great form in the five-match T20I series against New Zealand which India won 5-0. He had scored 224 runs at an average of […]

London: Researchers have developed a smart jumpsuit or a garment that accurately measures the spontaneous and voluntary movement of infants from the age of five months – data that can help in assessing abnormal neurological development, among other things. The assessment of spontaneous and voluntary movements is part of the neurological examination of infants. Previously, […]