News from Odisha

Bhubaneswar: For the State Energy Department, the Golanthra electrocution tragedy has been the latest in its overflowing cup of woes. After emerging as the number one killer of elephants in Odisha, the toll of 10 human lives at Golanthra puts the glare on the lackadaisical approach of the Energy Department. The preliminary inquiry report on […]

New Delhi: The Government on Monday introduced the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020 in the Lok Sabha which seeks to confer the status of institution of national importance to a cluster of Ayurveda institutions in Gujarat Ayurveda University campus in Jamnagar. The three institutes which would be clubbed are Institute of […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: With flames of protest erupting in Odisha over the untimely Rath Yatra organised by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on the occasion of Basant Panchami in Mumbai, Yudhistir Govinda Das, national director of communications, ISKCON (New Delhi) has finally released a statement mentioning that the chariot fest of the Holy Trinity is […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after a girl student was injured in a firing incident on Monday, Commissionerate Police termed it to be a case of accidental firing. Moreover, the cops arrested victim’s male friend Ashish Nayak in connection with the incident. Commissionerate Police informed that the accused Ashish Nayak has criminal antecedents and he was with the […]

Sydney: Combining three assays together, researchers have developed a new way to spot melanoma skin cancer cells circulating in the blood that could provide a new avenue for cancer diagnosis and therapies. With the new approach, the researchers raised detection rates to 72 per cent which is higher than using one test, said the study […]

Dhaka: Bangladesh captain Akbar Ali battled the pain of losing his elder sister while steering his team to the U-19 World Cup triumph, the tragedy far outweighing the challenges thrown at him by his adversaries on the ground. Sunday’s title triumph in Potchefstroom, South Africa was Bangladesh’s first in an ICC tournament. At the forefront […]

London: Ireland’s Indian-origin Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has suffered a bruising general election as his liberal-conservative Fine Gael party took a battering in the face of an unprecedented surge in the fortunes of the nationalist party Sinn Fein. As the poll results poured in overnight on Sunday, Varadkar’s party was pushed down to third place […]

Potchefstroom: India’s under-19 cricket team manager Anil Patel says the ICC has taken a serious view of the aggressive celebrations by Bangladesh players after their World Cup triumph and will be reviewing the footage of the final game’s “last few minutes” here. Some Bangladeshi players got carried away while celebrating their historic three-wicket win over […]

Mumbai: “Bigg Boss 13” is just a few days away from its finale, and Asim Riaz has Hollywood star John Cena rooting for his victory. After posting a picture of Asim on Instagram a few days ago without any caption, Cena has now once again shared a picture of the “Bigg Boss” contestant. This time, […]

Bhubaneswar: After a brief spell of rain across Odisha, cold wave conditions returned to the state on Monday, with the MeT department forecasting similar weather to prevail in the next two days. Cold wave conditions are likely to prevail in parts of Angul, Balasore, Sonepur, Jharsuguda, Bolangir and Sambalpur districts, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) […]

Pune: Aditya Mehta beat multiple-time world champion Pankaj Advani 6-2 to win the National Snooker Championship here. Karnataka’s Vidya Pillai edged past Amee Kamani of Madhya Pradesh 3-2 (41-68, 57 -35, 37-61, 69-50, 87-05) to defend her senior ladies snooker title in the women’s snooker final. Representing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) in the clash, […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutional validity of the SC/ST Amendment Act 2018 and emphasised that citizens should foster fraternity among all sections of the community without reducing it to a ritualistic formality. Citing marginalisation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the apex court said, “It is to address problems of […]

Bhubaneswar: A US-based foundation has decided to finance the MBBS studies of a poor fatherless girl from Odisha, who was coached in ‘Zindagi’ programme run by a non-governmental organisation here, in a medical college in the state, an office-bearer of the NGO said on Monday. The scholarship was awarded by California’s ‘Saloni Heart Foundation’ to […]

Bhubaneswar: Involvement of students in organised crimes seems to be on the rise in Odisha. This was evident after the Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch on Monday arrested a student of a private college for his alleged involvement in illegal arms trade. The accused, who disclosed his name as Shanu Poddar from […]

Mumbai:  Pictures of model and former “Bigg Boss” contestant Lopamudra Raut in black bikini, which are doing the rounds of the net, are giving fitness goals to many.   A while back, Lopa posted a couple of images in which she can be seen flaunting her figure. The indoor shoot was done in Delhi. She […]