News from Odisha

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally raced past 52 lakh with 96,424 people testing positive in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease rose to 41,12,551 on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 52,14,677, while the death toll climbed to 84,372 with […]

Kangana Ranaut late night yesterday in her tweet said that she does not like to pick up fights. However, she is following Lord Krishna who said that if someone is asking for a fight you should not deny it. In her tweet, the actress wrote, “I may come across as a very ladaku person but […]

Cuttack: Sallu alias Yakub Khan, a close aide of notorious gangster Sheikh  Hyder who staged a dramatic escape from his guarded ward in a leading hospital in the city on…

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has issued a notification mentioning that normal functioning of the HC shall continue to remain suspended till October 9, 2020. The stay orders which were passed earlier will be in force. However, the functioning of the Subordinate Courts and Tribunals shall continue as per the arrangement made in the order […]

New Delhi: Pakistan-based globally banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), the front organisation of banned Lashkar-e-Taiba, is using gaming applications to brainwash youngsters to take up jihad against India, contrary to their claims of educating youths on Prophet Mohammed’s teachings through apps, intelligence agencies have flagged. “Through JuD’s gaming apps, the Lashkar-e-Taiba has conspired to spread jihad in […]

Nayagarh: The Station Master at the Nayagarh railway station sustained multiple injuries after he was allegedly beaten up by a group of miscreants late on Sunday night. The Station Master,…

Varanasi: A study conducted by top genetic experts has revealed that Indians should be thankful to their genes for tiding over the Covid pandemic with a relatively lesser mortality rate as compared to the US and European nations. A team comprising distinguished genetic experts from six institutions, led by Prof Gyaneshwer Chaubey of the Banaras […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw another single-day spike of 4000-plus COVID-19 cases as 4,180 more people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. With this, the State’s coronavirus tally reached 171341 on Friday, informed I&PR department. The state had reported its biggest daily spike of 4,270 coronavirus cases on September 15. As per the […]

Bhubaneswar: The School and Mass Education department today published the first phase cut-off list for admission into Plus-II courses in different institutions across Odisha. With 89 percent, Ravenshaw Junior College in Cuttack has the highest cut-off mark for admission into +2 science stream followed by 88.6 percent in BJB College, Bhubaneswar and 86.67 percent Nilakantha Nagar […]

Bhubaneswar: Expediting investigation into the multi-crore chit fund scams in Odisha, officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today raided the residence of former minister and BJD leader Debi Mishra in Bhubaneswar in connection with the Seashore chit fund scam. Mishra said the sleuths had come for questioning and also sought documents in this […]

Kochi: Dancing to the tunes of 1970s Boney M classic ‘Rasputin’, Janaki and Naveen, two medical students from Kerala’s Thrissur Medical College, have shaken the social media for more reasons…

New Delhi: WhatsApp is reportedly working on to adding another layer of security via biometric scanning support that will help users secure new sessions on the platform on the Web. According to WABetainfo, a website that tracks WhatsApp in Beta, the mobile messaging platform has dedicated a team to work on making the entire browser […]

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Friday passed two Bills — the Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020. Replying during the discussion on the Bills, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said, “The Ordinance was necessitated as Parliament was not in session.” The Minister said that Yoga and Naturopathy […]

It’s that time of the year when India is glued to the television for four months. Yes! Bigg Boss 14 is here and just like every season the buzz around the BB 14 is huge. From ugly spats, politics to romance that goes on within the house, every season has levelled up from the last […]

Alia Bhatt and Ayushmann Khurrana are now the brand ambassadors of JSW Paints. The company will release its marketing campaign soon with the slogan ‘Har Rang Har Kisi Ka’. The target of the campaign is to encourage Indians to embrace every color. The marketing campaign will most probably start airing during the IPL 2020. This […]