News from Odisha

New Delhi: Women in entrepreneurship can generate transformational employment in India and generate 150-170 million jobs, which is more than 25 per cent of the new jobs required for the entire working-age population by 2030, a new report said on Tuesday. A joint report by Bain & Company and Google titled “Women Entrepreneurship in India […]

New Delhi: A new survey report on Tuesday said that India will see the lowest salary increase in a decade this year and even the real estate and transport sector — the top national job generators — will witness lowest pay hikes in 2020. The sharpest drop in pay hikes was projected in the auto […]

The Reserve Bank of India has released an advertisement for Engagement of Medical Consultant (MC) in the Bank on Contract Basis with ‘Fixed Hourly Remuneration’. “Applications are invited from eligible candidates for preparing a panel of 14 posts of Part-time Bank’s Medical Consultant (MC) on purely contract basis, with fixed hourly remuneration for the dispensaries […]

Bengaluru: A second Kambala racer has emerged faster than Srinivas Gowda, the jockey hogging limelight across the country for ‘eclipsing’ Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt’s 100m record. “Nishant Shetty hailing from Bajagoli Jogibettu village broke Gowda’s record at Venoor Kambala (buffalo race). He covered 100m in just 9.51 seconds,” said a Kambala organiser. Bolt currently […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the novel coronavirus scare across the globe, a microbiology report of a patient admitted to AMRI Hospitals in Bhubaneswar has caused a lot of chaos in the capital city. Reason, the report shows the patient is having coronavirus traces in his body. As soon as the report set social media platforms ablaze, the […]

Puri: Ahead of the world famous Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath this year, the second batch of timber, which will be used for the construction of gigantic chariots, reached the…

Bhubaneswar: The annual high school certificate (HSC) examinations conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) commenced in Odisha today. This year, altogether 5, 60, 905 students are appearing the exam at 2,888 centres across the State. The gates of the examination centres were opened at 9.20 AM and examinees were allowed to enter the […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking strong cognizance of the reports with regard to absence of teaching and non-teaching staff from colleges without prior intimation or approval of the Principal, the State Higher Education department has issued a notice stating that henceforth such disorderliness would result in loss of pay as per ‘No Work No Pay’ principle. In a […]

Bhubaneswar: Pramod Kumar Sai, the elder brother of arrested ex-MLA Anup Sai, has filed a defamation complaint at Brajarajnagar Police Station in Jharsuguda accusing media houses and web channels in Odisha of spreading false and fabricated news in connection with the MLA’s arrest over his alleged involvement in the brutal murder of one Kalpana Das […]

Rayagada: The by-election to the post of president of Rayagada Zilla Parishad will be conducted today with the BJP likely to abstain from the voting process. The by-election was necessitated following the death of incumbent president of Rayagada Zilla Parishad, Purusottam Gamang in a road mishap on December 24, 2019. According to sources, the State […]

Beijing: The death toll from the coronavirus epidemic in China crossed the 2,000-mark on Wednesday with the death of 136 more people, while the overall confirmed cases climbed to 74,185, authorities said. The National Health Commission said in its daily report that 2,004 people had died of the disease known as COVID-19. NHC said 1,749 […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he is “saving the big deal” with India for later and he “does not know” if it will be done before the presidential election in November, clearly indicating that a major bilateral trade deal during his visit to Delhi next week might not be on the cards. “We […]

Ranveer Singh starrer 83 has been in limelight ever since its announcement. After release of Ranveer’s look in the film as Kapil Dev, excitement of fans who were eagerly waiting for Deepika’s appearance in the movie reached crescendo following the release of first look of the actress as Romi Dev in which she can be […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government on Tuesday recommended the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) to hike the compensation amount for cases of electrocution deaths and injuries to people. Addressing the Assembly on Tuesday, State Energy Minister Dibyashankar Mishra said that the government has recommended a compensation of Rs 4 Lakh as ex-gratia to the kin of […]

Bhubaneswar: A young Odia engineer stranded in a cruise ship at Yokohama port in Japan for the last 17 days amid coronavirus outbreak, has requested the government to help him return home. The engineer, Shivasis Nayak hails from Berhampur in Odisha and was working in the ship. The ship ‘Diamond Princess’, with some 3,700 passengers […]