News from Odisha

New Delhi: The Union health ministry on Thursday issued a revised SOP for conducting examinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, removing the provision that allowed symptomatic candidates who insist on taking an exam to do so in isolation. According to the revised document, in regular course, a symptomatic candidate should be referred to the nearest health […]

Bhubaneswar:  The National Testing Agency (NTA) is likely to announce the JEE Main 2020 result today. Candidates can check their results by visiting the official website jeemain.nta.nic.in. How To Check Result Step 1:  Visit jeemain.nta.nic.in and then click on the link ‘View Result/Scorecard’ Step 2: Enter your application number and date of birth Step 3: […]

New Delhi: Naagin 3 actor Zuber K. Khan, who plays the central role in Nyaay: The Justice, a film reportedly inspired by the life of Sushant Singh Rajput, says the script of the film might change a bit after the arrest of Rhea Chakraborty, the girlfriend of the late star. Also, while there were no […]

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped the 28 million mark, while the deaths have increased to over 908,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Friday morning, the total number of cases stood at 28,054,396 and the fatalities rose to 908,017, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) […]

New Delhi: Noting that the current situation at their border is not in the interest of either side, India and China have agreed on a five-point roadmap including quick disengagement of troops and avoiding any action that could escalate tensions for resolving the four-month-long face-off in eastern Ladakh. As the two countries reached the agreement […]

New Delhi: India on Friday recorded an unprecedented rise in single-day spike both in number of fresh cases and deaths in 24 hours. There were 96,551 new infections reported that took the total tally to 45,62,414, the Union Health Ministry data revealed. There were 1,209 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, which is also […]

New Delhi: A group of students who returned to Delhi from their hometowns on September 1, residing in the Capital’s Mata Kasturba hostel have alleged they were ill-treated by the hostel management. The hostel is run by the Harijan Sewak Sangh in North Delhi’s Kingsway Camp neighbourhood. A lot of students are struggling to get […]

Bargarh: The district administration has decided to close down the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) for three days from Thursday after some doctors and nurses tested positive for novel coronavirus. According to sources, the Bargarh Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) Dr Arun Kumar Patra has urged the infected doctors and medical staff to undergo self-isolation and […]

Bhubaneswar: The death toll due to COVID-19 in Odisha surged past 600 mark on Friday after the State reported 14 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 605. On the other hand, the cumulative coronavirus cases in the State went up to 1,43,117 after 3,996 new virus cases were detected in a […]

Sonepur: In a shocking incident, four miscreants allegedly hacked five members including three women of a family with sharp weapons in Siali village under Dunguripali police limits of the district…

A few weeks ago when Om Raut announced Adipurush with Prabhas fans were wondering about the actress playing the female lead. Until now speculations indicated that Kiara Advani will be playing the lead female role as Sita. However, the latest news is that the makers of Adipurush are keen to rope in Anushka Sharma for […]

Kolkata: Parties cutting across the political divide in West Bengal on Thursday evoked Bengali sub-nationalism, asserting that the “vilification campaign” against actor Rhea Chakraborty “proved” Bengalis are a soft target of the BJP, which is looking to cash in on this narrative ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls. Bengali sub-nationalism is also slowly emerging as […]

Mumbai: A Mumbai Special Court on Friday rejected the bail applications of actress Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik and four others accused in the drugs case filed by Narcotics Control Bureau, advocate Satish Maneshinde said. All the six accused are likely to move the Bombay High Court shortly for bail. Until further relief, Rhea — […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti Minister Tukuni Sahu on Friday said that she has tested positive for COVID-19. Sahu became the fifth minister in the state to be infected by coronavirus. Earlier, Rural Development Minister Susant Singh, Higher Education Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo, Textile Minister Padmini Dian and Tourism Minister J […]

Bhubaneswar: With less than 24 hours left for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2020, to be held tomorrow, preparations have reached the final stage to conduct the national-level entrance test while abiding by the required COVID-19 safety guidelines. In Bhubaneswar, the examination will be conducted at 31 centres and as many as 15,000 […]