News from Odisha

Lucknow: Getting hundred per cent marks in examinations is no mean feat but Divyanshi Jain of Lucknow has done the impossible. She has scored 600 marks out of 600 in the CBSE class 12 examinations. “For me, it is unbelievable and the result is yet to sink in. I am delighted and surprised at the […]

Cuttack: Cancer patients in Odisha are now left on the mercy of God as the state’s only government cancer hospital -Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre (AHRCC) in Cuttack has reportedly stopped admitting patients amid rise in COVID19 infection. As per Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC), out of the total 248 COVID- 19 cases that were reported […]

Bhubaneswar: The fate of nearly nine lakh sal trees in Uchabali, Gandhalpada and Kalimati areas of Guali panchayat under Joda block of Keonjhar district now hangs in balance. Not only Keonjhar, precious green cover in Sundergarh district is likely to be lost as the process of auction of 10 green-field mineral blocks in these two […]

Stoking a potential controversy, embattled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Monday claimed that the “real” Ayodhya lies in Nepal, not in India and that Lord Ram was born in Thori in southern Nepal.

Hyderabad: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a software tool for enforcement of quarantine, which will be implemented in partnership with the Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA), an industry body of software professionals. Both the organisations on Monday signed an agreement to implement the automated management of the software. The pilot for […]

Washington: Asserting that the “Chinese predatory world view” has no place in the 21st century, the Trump administration, in a major policy decision on Monday, categorically rejected the territorial claims made by Beijing in South China Sea, stating that it has no legal grounds to unilaterally impose its will on the region. “The world will […]

Bhubaneswar: The Union Transport Ministry has approved a pedestrian underpass on Bhadrak-Balasore National Highway-16 section at Goudani Pokhari and a foot over bridge (FOB) and culvert at Agria village under Balasore-Baripada-Jharpokharia section of National Highway-18. Informing the development, Union MoS (MSME) Pratap Sarangi thanked Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari for approving the projects. […]

Bhubaneswar: Many districts of Odisha will experience heavy rainfall for three days starting from today, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Regional Centre at Bhubaneswar said. The weather department has issued Yellow Warning for Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Boudh, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj and Dhenkanal districts with prediction of heavy rainfall today. Besides, thunderstorm with lightning […]

Washington: The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has surpassed the 13 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 572,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Tuesday morning, the total number of cases stood at 13,070,097, while the fatalities rose to 572,411, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha added 543 new cases of Covid-19 taking the case tally to 14280 while the virus death toll mounted to 74 with four more fatalities in the last 24 hours. According to the State health department, three out of four deceased were male and one was female. The deceased were identified as a 71-year-old […]

New Delhi: India recorded a spike of more than 28,000 cases for the second consecutive day in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 9,06,752 cases with a death total of 23,727, the Health Ministry’s data stated on Tuesday. India crossed nine lakh mark from eight lakh within three days. India had crossed the […]

Nayagarh: Deep in the woods of Sankhajodi forest reserve under Ranpur Division in Nayagarh, remains of a temple which is a reminiscent of Shaiva tradition with rich history and architecture of ancient Odisha has now come to limelight. No one knows much about its history of inception, but folklore says ‘Gangeswar’ temple dedicated to Lord […]

Sundergarh: The worrying trends of coronavirus infections among the frontline workers including doctors, health workers and police personnel continue to stoke concerns in Odisha with as many as 36 police personnel testing positive for the virus in Sundergarh on Tuesday. According to the information shared by Sundergarh district Collector, among the 52 new Covid-19 positive […]

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will announce the results of Class 10 examinations tomorrow (July 15). Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank took to Twitter to confirm the news. “My dear Children, Parents, and Teachers, the results of class X CBSE board examinations will be announced tomorrow. I wish all […]

New Delhi:  In a move to minimise the revenge killing of wild animals due to human-wildlife conflicts, the state governments and Union Territories (UTs) have been advised to make swift payments of ex-gratia to the victims, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said. In a letter, the ministry has urged the state governments […]