News from Odisha

New Delhi: Hailing the role of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in shaping India a modern nation-state, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday hit out at the Narendra Modi-led Central government, saying “nationalism” and the slogan of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ are being misused to construct a militant and purely emotional idea of India. […]

Bhubaneswar: India bounced back in style to beat title holders Australia 3-1 via a shoot-out in the second match of the two-leg FIH Pro League match here on Saturday. Both the teams were locked 2-2 at the end of regulation time at the Kalinga Stadium. India converted two penalty corners through Rupinder Pal Singh (25th […]

Bhubaneswar: After reports of question paper leak on the first day of the annual High School Certificate (HSC) examinations, serious lapses were again reported from some examination centres across Odisha on Saturday. During the English paper examination, police had a faceoff with some guardians who were allegedly helping students in malpractice at Biribolei Janata Government […]

New Delhi: Ravi Dahiya impressed with a gold-winning effort at the Asian Wrestling Championship but India’s biggest Olympic medal hope Bajrang Punia looked good until he ran into Japanese Takuto Otoguro in his final here on Saturday. In a strong show by the home wrestlers, four of them reached the finals but only Ravi stood […]

Bhubaneswar: Times have changed with cinema and with it the narrative which used to happen in film halls has also become different due to digital invasion but this digitalisation is a win-win situation for all as it has kept everyone happy apart from ushering in realism in the cinema, illustrious Bollywood actor Ali Fazal said […]

Nabarangpur: The tall claims of Odisha government on Mo Sarkar and call for transparency and no-corruption seem to have gone up in smoke in departments like road and transport where a few months ago, the government took a no-tolerance approach in crushing thousands of middlemen and agents on charges of looting people. A viral video […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said that the Centre is working together with states to protect lives and livelihoods. In a tweet, the Minister said that she…

Jharsuguda: Family members of arrested ex-MLA from Odisha Anup Sai have threatened to commit mass suicide as they fear danger to their lives especially after series of notices sent to them for appearance before Raigarh police probing the Hamirpur double murder case under which Sai has been booked. Demanding CBI inquiry of the double murder […]

Angul: Despite 73 years after Indian Independence, there are countless areas in Odisha which are yet to get proper electricity connection and it is especially more shocking when many villages none other than in Angul district, ‘the power generator’ in the State continue to grapple with acute dearth of electricity. According to sources, around 70 […]

Baripada: Science and superstition continue to go hand-in-hand in most part of the country. A case in point is a recent report from Mayurbhanj district in Odisha where a toddler was reportedly ‘forced’ to marry a dog to ward off bad luck. While many call it superstition, people of the tribal ‘Ho’ community cry tradition. […]

Beijing: Ninety-seven more people died in China due to coronavirus, taking the death toll to 2,442, officials said on Sunday, as a team of WHO experts visited the worst-affected Wuhan city in Hubei province. By the end of Saturday, a total of 2,442 people had died of the disease and 76,936 confirmed cases of novel […]

Sambalpur/ Bolangir: Protesting a recent Supreme Court ruling stating that States were not bound to provide reservations in promotion and appointments in public employment, a 12-hour bandh is being observed in several parts of Odisha including Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Bolangir on Sunday. The agitation is part of ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by Bhim Army against the […]

Bhubaneswar: Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued heavy rainfall alert for several parts of Odisha, especially coastal districts. As per the latest forecast, heavy rainfall is likely to occur in several parts of Puri, Cuttack, Khurda, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Jagatsinghpur districts on February 25. Gauranga Charan Behera, duty officer at Regional Meteorological Centre in […]

New Delhi: Financially sound non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies (HFCs) may be next in line to be permitted extension of the date of commencement of commercial operations (DCCO) of project loans for commercial real estate by another one year without downgrading the asset classification. Official sources said that the Reserve Bank of […]

New Delhi: In the wake of the unabated resurgence of new Covid-19 cases in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday declared a six-day lockdown starting from…