News from Odisha

Beijing: China’s National Health Commission (NHC) on Sunday said that 9,419 coronavirus patients have been cured even as the death from the virus has risen to 1,665 and the number of confirmed cases has reached 68,500. So far, 529,418 people have been identified as having had close contact with infected patients and 58,764 people are […]

Bengaluru: Just before the singles finals of the Bengaluru Open, tennis legend Leander Paes who is on his swan song and played his last ATP event on Indian soil on Saturday, was given a rousing farewell at the KSLTA Stadium with former Olympians and sports internationals felicitating the country’s tennis icon. There were athletes who […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government’s flagship skill development initiative ‘Skilled In Odisha’ seems to have failed to ensure sustained employability of trained youths and eradicate unemployment from the State. The situation is evident from the statement of State Skill Development and Technical Education minister Premananda Nayak. According to the minister’s speech in the State Assembly recently, the […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Arvind Kejriwal on taking oath as Delhi chief minister and extended him best wishes for a fruitful tenure. Kejriwal, along with his cabinet colleagues Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai, Imran Hussain, Rajendra Pal Gautam and Kailash Gahlot were administered the oath of office and secrecy […]

Cuttack: Odisha Cricket Association on Sunday announced to award cash prizes for players, coach and other staff of the State cricket team if it secures the final berth in the ongoing Ranji Trophy season. Odisha stormed into the quarter finals of the Ranji season after 3 years of absence from the elite domestic cricket tournament […]

Bhubaneswar: Acknowledging the delay in distribution of free Textbooks to class-10 SC/ST students in the State, Odisha School and Mass Education Minister, Samir Dash on Sunday assured to take strict action after a probe in connection with the incident. After the matter came to limelight following a report by OTV, Dash said, “There must have […]

New Delhi: Lord Shiva had a seat reserved for Him for the first time ever on a train, the Kashi Mahakal Express that links three Jyotirlingas in two states and was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday from Varanasi. After embarking upon the novel idea, the Railways authorities are further mulling if […]

Bhubaneswar: A constable working in the Special Security Battalion of the Commissionerate Police was thrashed by a girl in full public view for allegedly misbehaving with her in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. The accused constable, identified as Pramod Behera, was detained by police after the incident and subsequently placed under suspension. According to sources, the incident […]

Kolkata: Three persons including an engineer were killed and three others injured when an under-construction bridge on Farakka barrage collapsed in Baishnabnagar of West Bengal’s Malda district on Sunday night, officials said. However, Congress MLA Moinul Haq claimed four people had died. Several labourers trapped beneath the rubble have been rescued after the bridge being […]

Karachi: An unknown poisonous gas leaked from a container at a port in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi killing at least five people, while 70 others fainted, the police said. Deputy Inspector General of Police of South Karachi Sharjeel Kharal told media that the gas leaked when workers were unloading a chemical loaded container from […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as all the academic institutions including hostels have been closed from today due to the unprecedented Corona pandemic resurgence, Odisha government has made it mandatory for presence of…

Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex plummeted 883 points on Monday following a massive across-the-board selloff as mounting COVID-19 cases spooked domestic investors. After crashing over 1,469 points in early trade, the…

Berhampur: After the Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU), the Southern Electricity Supply Company (SOUTHCO) and North Eastern Electricity Supply Company of Odisha Limited (NESCO) have started power disconnection drive in their respective jurisdictions. SOUTHCO, as per its earlier announcement, began drive on Sunday to cut electricity connection of people who have not cleared their pending […]

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 […]