News from Odisha

New Delhi: Two players from Odisha- Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas have found place in 24-member Indian Men’s Hockey Team for the FIH Pro League matches against Australia. Manpreet Singh will lead the Indian squad for the FIH Pro League matches scheduled to take place on February 21 and 22 at the Kalinga Stadium in […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari walked into the history books on Tuesday, when he tabled an electronic budget in the State Assembly. Hailing the historic moment, FM Pujari claimed that this e-budget exercise has saved a massive 1000 trees. The FM did deserve applause for initiating many transparent reforms in budget making and presentation. […]

Mumbai: Actresses Bhumi Pednekar and Kiara Advani showed their bold avatar in a new calendar shoot. Celebrity photographer Dabboo Ratnani has unveiled the latest edition of his celebrity calendar. Bhumi also took to social media to post the photo in which she is posing on the bathtub sans clothes. She captioned it: “July 2020 #dabbooratnanicalendar.” […]

Bhawanipatna: A hardcore Maoist carrying a reward of Rs 4 lakh on his head surrendered before the police in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Tuesday. Kesab Veladi (27) of Chhattisgarh, who had joined the CPI (Maoist) in 2009 and was involved in many crimes, surrendered before the police, Kalahandi Superintendent of Police, B Ganagadhar said. Veladi […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP leader Bishnu Charan Sethi took everyone by surprise in the Assembly on Tuesday, as he broke into a song during the Zero Hour to highlight the plight of lawmakers who were yet to be allotted government quarters in the state capital. Sethi, the BJP deputy leader in the Assembly, said “many MLAs have […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday made a fresh push for electoral reforms with the government, including making paid news and false affidavits electoral offences. In a meeting with Legislative Secretary G Narayan Raju, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and fellow Commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra also discussed linking of voters list or […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Monday issued traffic advisory ahead of the Ashokastami Car Festival of Shree Lingaraj which will be observed in Bhubaneswar tomorrow. In a tweet, the Twin…

Bhubaneswar: Despite an estimated drop in State’s share in Central taxes, Odisha on Tuesday presented a budget of Rs 1.50 lakh crore for the financial year 2020-21 as compared Rs 1.35 lakh crore for the year 2019-20. While presenting the first paperless budget in Odisha Assembly, State Finance minister Niranjan Pujari informed that Odisha’s total […]

New Delhi: Sunil Kumar on Tuesday overpowered Azat Salidinov of Kyrgyzstan 5-0 in the 87kg summit bout to win India’s first Greco-Roman gold medal in Asian Wrestling Championships in 27 years. Entering the gold medal bout after a come-from-behind victory in the semifinal, Kumar comprehensively defeated his opponent in the final of 87kg category at […]

Bolangir: In yet another incident of sheer ‘medical negligence’ in Odisha, a three-year-old girl was allegedly prescribed medicines meant for a 55-year-old person at Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital in Bolangir. As per sources, the pathology report of the minor girl got exchanged in the hospital following which the doctor prescribed medicines for the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has made elaborate security arrangements to thwart malpractice, question paper leak and prevent any other lapses during the Class X Matric examination which will begin from tomorrow. To avoid question paper leak, the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha (BSE) has reportedly adopted a multi-tier protection system for question-cum-answer papers which will be […]

Bhubaneswar: Agriculture continues to remain the focus area of Odisha government as it proposed an outlay of Rs.19,408 crore for the sector in the 2020-21 State budget which was presented by Finance minister Niranjan Pujari in Odisha Assembly on Tuesday. The outlay is an addition to the existing Rs.12,000 crore which is invested through extra […]

Attention candidates, the last date to apply for the Short Service Commission (SSC) Technical grade is here. Interested and eligible candidates must submit applications for the positions in Indian Army today as February 20 is the deadline to apply. “Applications have been sought from eligible unmarried Male and unmarried Female Engineering Graduates and also from […]

Mumbai: The 2008 Mumbai terror strikes that took place on 26/11 were originally planned for September 27 that year and the Lashkar-e-Taiba wanted terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, who was the only one to be nabbed alive, was supposed to have a Hindu identity. Moreover, the absconder Indian mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar had plans to […]

Bhubaneswar: Chhattisgarh Police on Tuesday started probe to ascertain more information from the travel records of arrested ex-MLA Anup Sai as multiple police teams from the neighbouring State are now on the job to collect more evidence in the sensational 2016 double murder case. According to police, Sai along with his driver Burdhan Toppo were […]