News from Odisha

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday suggested that the CBSE declare the results of compartment examination expeditiously and asked the UGC to ensure that students get admission in colleges saying these are exceptional times. The top court asked CBSE and UGC to work in tandem to ensure that the careers of two lakh students giving […]

Bhubaneswar: Two nonagenarian COVID-19 patients have been cured of the highly infectious disease in Odisha, bringing cheers to the medical fraternity in the eastern state. The two patients — Satchidananda Mohanty and Dhirendranath Das — both aged 91, were admitted to dedicated COVID-19 hospitals in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar respectively. Both the men were admitted to […]

New Delhi: A record 1,01,468 patients recovered from COVID-19 in a single day in India, pushing the cumulative recoveries to nearly 45 lakh and the recovery rate to 80.86 per cent, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday. India’s total COVID-19 recoveries have surged to 44,97,867, with 79 per cent of these being reported from nine […]

Dubai: A brilliant half-century from debutant Devdutt Padikkal followed by some class spin bowling from Yujvendra Chahal helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 10 runs in their opening game of the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Monday evening. The RCB first posted 163/5 in their […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the rising COVID-19 cases are giving jitters to many across Odisha, the curve seems to be flattening in the Smart City, said Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner, Prem Chandra Chaudhary on Tuesday. “COVID-19 scenario in Bhubaneswar is now on plateau mode. As per studies across the world, there is usually […]

The Narendra Modi government has recently introduced 20 new disciplines for Central government jobs under the sports quota. Union Minister of State (IC) for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju informed about the same in a written reply in Lok Sabha today. The details of the newly introduced/included 20 sports disciplines for Central government jobs […]

Deepika Padukone is in real trouble. Yesterday a leading news source revealed her chat with Karishma Prakash from KWAN Talent Agency. Allegedly in this chat, the actress is demanding Karishma to arrange some Hash for her through Amit. The Whatsapp chat is from October 28, 2017, when the actress joined a few leading Bollywood celebrities […]

Sharjah: After an impressive outing in their IPL campaign opener against reigning champions Mumbai Indians (MI), the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will be up against the 2008 champions Rajasthan Royals in their second game of the season at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. For the Steve Smith-captained Royals, this will […]

The madness of IPL has begun and the crickets lovers have something to cheer in this scary pandemic. As all the Kohli fans are celebrating RCB’s victory over arch-rivals SRH, Mayur Jumani, a musician, congratulated the team in his own way when he dropped a Kohli mashup on his social media. The video went viral […]

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday sent six suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists to four-day custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). On September 19, the NIA had busted an inter-state terror module sponsored by the Al-Qaeda from Pakistan. Six alleged terrorists were arrested from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, and three from Kerala’s Ernakulum district. Six […]

Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Tuesday announced the University Grants Commission (UGC) Guidelines on Academic Calendar for the 1st year of Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate Students of the Universities for the Session 2020-21 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Commission at its meeting held on September 21 approved the UGC Guidelines on […]

Mumbai: Actress Huma Qureshi on Tuesday afternoon released a statement after allegedly being named by actress Payal Ghosh in her sexual harassment allegation against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap. Payal reportedly named Huma along with two other Bollywood actresses during a recent interview, alleging that these actresses have provided sexual favors to Anurag Kashyap. Huma, who made […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of the sudden surge of Covid-19 cases in Odisha, the State Government has decided to take strong measures to keep the pandemic at bay. In a bid…

New Delhi: The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which has provisions to remove items like cereals, pulses, oilseeds, edible oil, onions and potatoes from the list of essential commodities was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. The Lok Sabha has already passed the Bill which will replace the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 promulgated […]

Bhubaneswar: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Successful conducted the flight test of ABHYAS – High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) from the Interim Test Range, Balasore in Odisha on Tuesday. During the trials, two demonstrator vehicles were successfully test flown. The vehicle can be used as target for evaluation of various missile systems. Abhyas is […]