News from Odisha

New Delhi: Hockey captains Manpreet Singh and Rani Rampal were on Tuesday nominated for Dhruv Batra Player of the Year award in male and female category respectively by Hockey India for its third Annual Awards scheduled on March 8. A total prize money of Rs 1.30 crore along with trophies will be awarded to hockey […]

Paradip: At a time when already there is a worldwide concern over the coronavirus outbreak, two suspected cases were reported in Paradip forcing the entire State machinery to swing into action. An Uttar Pradesh-based couple, working as crew members in a ship docked at Paradip port on March 1, is suspected to have infected with […]

New Delhi: Government has collected over Rs 7.52 lakh crore as direct taxes till January 31 of the current fiscal, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. According to the Revised Estimate (RE), target for collection of direct taxes for the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, at Rs 11.70 lakh crore. “The total […]

Bhubaneswar: Beware if you are planning to host marriage or any other function at a hotel or any other venue as miscreants posing as guests might turn up as party spoilers. In one such incident, a miscreant looted gold ornaments worth lakhs of rupees from a hotel where a wedding reception was being hosted by […]

Lausanne (Switzerland): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board on Tuesday expressed its full commitment to the success of the Olympic Games in Tokyo to be held between July 24 to August 9 this year. The IOC board heard a report on all the measures taken so far to address the coronavirus situation, which was […]

New Delhi: Senior diplomat Sanjay Kumar Panda has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to Turkey, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday. Panda, a 1991 Indian Foreign Service officer, is presently Consul General, Consulate General of India, San Francisco. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the MEA said. Panda’s appointment to […]

New Delhi: Revenue Secretary A B P Pandey was on Tuesday designated as the finance secretary, according to a Personnel Ministry order. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved designating Pandey, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, as finance secretary, it said. The vacancy was necessitated following the superannuation of Rajiv Kumar, […]

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Bolangir, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo on Tuesday accused two women Congress MPs of assaulting her during the Lok Sabha proceedings amidst the on-going ruckus in the House for the past two days. In her formal complaint lodged with Speaker Om Birla, Sangeeta Kumari alleged, “I […]

Mumbai: Kajol, Shruti Hassan and Neena Kulkarni — actresses belonging to different generations — have worked together in the short film “Devi”. They insist that real empowerment will happen when women unite and share sisterhood, and catfight becomes an outdated concept. For Shruti, sisterhood is an important aspect of empowerment. “I think the sisterhood is […]

New Delhi: Union Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said that a new security ink has been developed to weed out fake passports and counterfeit currency. The formulation can be used to check the authenticity of various official documents such as passports, government documents, tamper evident labels and identity cards. In a written reply to a […]

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday issued light to moderate rainfall warning for several districts of Odisha in the next 24 hours. Duty Officer at Regional Meteorlogical Centre, Amin Sadar informed that ‘yellow warning’ has also been issued for several parts of Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Jajpur, Cuttack, Kandhamal, Nayagarh and Keonjhar. “Several parts […]

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has said that all visas issued to nationals of Italy, Iran, South Korea and Japan, on or before March 3, and who have not yet entered India, stand suspended with immediate effect. Those required to travel to India due to compelling reasons, may seek fresh visas […]

New Delhi: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Tuesday urged all private radio and TV channels to give “adequate publicity” to the travel advisory issued by the Health Ministry in the wake of coronavirus outbreak in China and its spread in some other countries. The Health Ministry issued the travel advisory on Tuesday — a […]

Mumbai: There is no threat to the Indian Premier League due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, said BCCI President Sourav Ganguly. He also asserted that the South Africa series is on as per the schedule and there is no threat. The three-match series is beginning with the first ODI on March 12 at Dharamsala. “Nothing […]

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition parties in Odisha are irked over Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s decision to identify and distribute ‘eligibility cards’ and ‘land right certificates’ to all the beneficiaries of Biju Pucca Ghar in rural and Jaga Mission in urban areas respectively. As per reports, the eligibility cards will be given to the beneficiaries on the […]