News from Odisha

Berhampur: The family members of Shivasis Nayak, an engineer from Odisha, breathed a sigh of relief following his safe return to India today after remaining stranded for few weeks on board a Coronavirus-hit cruise ship off Japan coast. Nayak, who hails from Berhampur, along with 118 Indians and five foreigners were evacuated from the ship […]

Melbourne: India continued their winning run, beating New Zealand by four runs in a last-ball thriller of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup here on Thursday. With this win, India becomes the first team to qualify for the semifinal. Invited to bat, India posted a below-par 133 for eight against New Zealand in the crucial […]

Bigg Boss 13 is now behind the curtains. Although it was Sidharth Shukla who was declared the winner, other prominent contestants like Asim Riaz, Paras Chhabra, Aarti Singh, Mahira Sharma, Shenhaz Gill, and Rashami Desai hogged a lot of limelight and have become very famous. Similar to the banter and affection between Shehnaz and Sidharth, […]

New Delhi: A Congress delegation, including party chief Sonia Gandhi, on Thursday, urged President Ram Nath Kovind to call for Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation over his alleged “abdication of duty” during the communal violence in Delhi and remind the Centre of its “raj dharma.” The delegation, including former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of […]

Gurugram: Samsung on Thursday announced an additional bonus of upto Rs 5,000 on the Galaxy S20 series in exchange of old smartphones. In terms of pricing, the Galaxy S20 smartphone in India will cost Rs 66,999, while the S20+ is priced Rs 73,999 and the Galaxy S20 Ultra at Rs 92,999. Potential consumers pre-booking the […]

Bhubaneswar: The 24th meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council, comprising States of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal will be held in Bhubaneswar tomorrow. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the crucial meeting while Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik will attend the meeting as Vice-Chairman and host. Chief Minister of Bihar – Nitish Kumar, West […]

Cuttack: They cannot hear or speak, but their arts speak a lot about the amazing artistic talent they possess. Meet the two siblings-Sriharsh Sukla and Sidharth Sukla-from Cuttack who defied all odds and carved their path from mediocrity to international fame by creating wonderful paintings. Suffering from hearing and speech impairments since birth, the two […]

New Delhi: Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell took to social media on Wednesday to announce his engagement with his longtime Indian girlfriend Vini Raman. Maxwell and Vini shared pictures on their respective Instagram accounts to announce the big news to their fans with Vini writing, “Last week my favourite person asked me to marry him.” View […]

Mumbai: Kartik Aaryan’s “favourite cricketer” Jemimah Rodrigues shook a leg on the song “Haan main galat” from his latest release “Love Aaj Kal”, and the young actor is simply loving it. Kartik took to Instagram and shared a video of Rodrigues dancing to the beats of the number. In the clip, the cricketer can be […]

Dhenkanal: An elderly woman lost vision in one of her eyes due to alleged medical negligence after undergoing surgery at Sarbeswar Memorial Eye Hospital situated near Kantanali Bypass in Dhenakanl district on the advice of two social workers. The matter came to the fore after the 89-year-old woman identified as Dhala Bewa of Badabilasahi village […]

Kendrapara: A headmaster of a government-run primary school in Rajnagar block of Odishas Kendrapara district was placed under suspension on Thursday for alleged irregularities in the mid-day meal scheme, an official said. Maheswar Pradhan, the head of Kushailo primary school, was found to have allegedly inflated the students’ attendance to misappropriate the noon meal ration, […]

Balasore/Nuapada: Summer is still a few days away, but the drinking water problems have returned to many villages across Odisha sparking resentment. Be it near a tube well or pond, the sight of long queues of women with pots on their head greets one in many places. While in some villages the problem is just […]

Bhubaneswar: While claiming that the BJP and the BJD share political ties, Congress today took a jibe at the ruling party in Odisha saying “If people are with you (BJD) and they have voted you to power, there’s no need to fear or run after others.” Just ahead of Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to […]

Bhubaneswar: After an extended relaxation of 6 months, motorists will now have to be more cautious as Odisha Transport Department is gearing up for strict enforcement of new MV Act guidelines from March 1. State Transport Minister, Padmanabha Behera on Thursday informed that as the deadline for relaxation period is nearing, efforts will be initiated […]

New Delhi: Announcing Rs 10 lakh each as compensation to the families of those killed in violence in northeast Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday asserted that any AAP member found guilty of involvement should get double the punishment prescribed in law. The Chief Minister appealed that no politics should however be done over […]