News from Odisha

Puri: Sevayats of Lord Jagannath Temple in the holy town on Tuesday staged a protest alleging Odisha government of not showing any sincerity in opening the 12th-century shrine for devotees. The servitors argued that despite the Centre allowing relaxations for reopening of religious shrines in a restricted manner under the unlocking process, the State Government […]

Mumbai: Brutally targeted from various quarters after the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, the Mumbai Police has now decided to hit back at the invisible army of social media trolls on various platforms, an official said here on Tuesday. Cyber Cell Deputy Commissioner of Police Rashmi Karandikar said that several social media account […]

Bhubaneswar: The contentious Odisha Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was passed in Odisha Assembly on Tuesday amid protest by the Opposition parties. While senior Congress leader Narasingha Mishra termed the Bill as ‘draconian’, BJP members boycotted the discussion on the matter in the House today. #BREAKING#Odisha Universities Amendment Bill passed in State Assembly amid uproar by […]

Abu Dhabi: Rajasthan Royals may need to rejig their Indian line-up slightly when they try to pull their IPL campaign out of the current rot against a supremely confident Mumbai Indians here on Tuesday. Starting with a bang at Sharjah on a conducive batting surface, Royals have suddenly hit a slump on bigger grounds of […]

Kapil Sharma also came under the scanner of the social media when SSR fans demanded the ban of The Kapil Sharma Show because Superstar Salman Khan is one of its producers. Salman has been among several Bollywood celebrities who have faced the ire of the netizens since the nepotism debate has unfolded following Sushant Singh […]

Kalahandi: Bodies of a woman and a youth were recovered from a forest near Salebheta village of Kalahandi district on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as Bobby Parabhoe and Lingaraji Majhi. Bobby, who happens to be a married woman, was reportedly missing for past few days. Her husband M. Prabhoe had lodged a police […]

Berhampur: As many as three employees and an engineer sustained serious injuries in an explosion in a steam pipe at Grasim Industries Ltd here on Tuesday morning. All the injured were rushed to MKCG Hospital. Later one of them was shifted to Bhubaneswar after his condition worsened. Irate over the incident, other employees staged a […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will take a final call on the reopening of schools after reviewing the COVID-19 situation by October end, said School and Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash, on Tuesday. Dash told reporters that the Centre has already left the decision on States to come up with necessary safety guidelines for reopening of […]

Mumbai: A Mumbai Special Court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik till October 20 in a drug related case that came up while investigating the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, officials said here. The siblings were presented before the Special NDPS Court as their judicial custody […]

New Delhi: Globally, the percentage of attacked ICS (industrial control system) computers in the second half of 2020 was 33.4 per cent, said a new report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky.…

Ganjam: At a time when coronavirus was spreading its tentacles thick and fast in Odisha, a team from Kukudakhandi area in Ganjam district led by local BDO came up with a short movie ‘Corona Tu Pherija’ (Go Back Corona) to raise awareness on the lethal disease and its likely impact on the humans. The Odia […]

Toronto: Seasonal influenza vaccine development and mass production may lead to future efforts targeted at developing and evaluating vaccine strategies for Covid-19, say researchers. In the study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the research team evaluated whether existing flu trial networks could offer primary and secondary prevention strategies for patients […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday termed the Hathras incident horrible, shocking and extraordinary as it sought an affidavit from the Uttar Pradesh government on three aspects: how the family and witnesses are being protected; has the family chosen a lawyer to assist them in the matter and what is the scope of the […]

Hathras (UP): The Yogi Adityanath government has deployed round-the-clock security outside the house of the Hathras victim. The family sought security from the government. Hathras Superintendent of Police Vineet Jaiswal said that two women sub-inspectors and six women constables have been stationed at the victim’s house. “Two security personnel have been deployed for the security […]

Sambalpur: Researchers at Sambalpur University in Odisha have developed a millet-based cake premix that has nutritional and therapeutic value, and received a patent for their invention, an official of the…