News from Odisha

Pakistan’s telecommunication authorities blocked TikTok on Friday, saying the Chinese app has failed to comply with the government’s instructions for “development of an effective mechanism for proactive moderation of unlawful online content,” according to a press release issued by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). PTA added that this step was taken after the authority received a […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will announce the names of its candidates for the ensuing by-elections to Tirtol and Balasore Sadar Assembly constituencies within next two days. Informing the same, BJP general secretary, Prithviraj Harichandan said a list of three candidates from each constituency has been sent to the party headquarters. […]

Sharjah: Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Friday won the toss and chose to bowl against Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. RR restricted DC at 184 runs in the first innings of the 23rd IPL 2020 match. RR could manage to score only 184 runs at a loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Minister of State (Home), Dibya Shankar Mishra, on Friday wrote to the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai requesting to advise BJP’s Bhubaneswar MP, Aparajita Sarangi to refrain from violating COVID guidelines and endangering lives of people. Citing a video showing Sarangi celebrating her birthday with her supporters, Mishra stated, […]

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha witnessing a steep rise in the number of daily COVID cases, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now increased surveillance mechanism at railway station with the help…

Nuapada: A contractor sustained injuries allegedly in firing inside the office premises of the Rural Development Executive Engineer in Khariar of Nuapada district on Friday. The injured contractor has been identified as Pawan Kumar Agarwal. Though the exact reason behind the firing is still unclear, three persons who hail from Kantabanji and Khariar have been […]

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday announced the result for class 12 compartment examination with 59.43 per cent of the candidates clearing the exam. “Class 12 compartment result has been announced as planned by October 10, to enable students apply for further studies in the current academic year. The result […]

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Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s total number of recoveries from Covid-19 touched 220388 on Saturday with discharge of 3404 more patients in the last 24 hours. The maximum number of 602 patients were recovered from Khordha district, 374 from Cuttack, 289 from Puri, 148 from Balasore, 130 from Mayurbhanj, 130 from Sambalpur, 116 from Keonjhar, 107 from Bargarh, […]

Bhubaneswar: Indian Railways has decided to introduce two more weekly special trains from Bhubaneswar to Delhi in view of the upcoming festive season. While Bhubaneswar-Anand Vihar (02813) via Angul-Sambalpur City-Jharsuguda-Rourkela will be introduced from October 17, Duronto Express will start operations from October 21. The Bhubaneswar-Anand Vihar train will depart from Bhubaneswar every Saturday at […]

Mumbai: Superstar Salman Khan has resumed shooting for his much-anticipated action drama, Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai, and the makers have shared a sneak peek into the filming of a celebratory song. The behind-the-scenes video was posted on the official Twitter account of Salman Khan Films. It features Salman and his co-star Disha Patani along […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday approved five industrial projects to the tune of Rs 1851.96 crore in the metal and metal downstream and cement sectors. The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) headed by Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy accorded in-principle approval to the five industrial projects. These investments are further expected to render […]

Khurda: A female elephant that was found dead in Malipada area of Khordha forest range was pregnant, revealed the post-mortem report. A team of doctors from Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) confirmed the pregnancy after conducting the post-mortem today. The team also took out the still-born calf from the body of the elephant. […]

Bhubaneswar: Lambasting the Odisha government, Congress party’s A Chellakumar said that there is no democracy in the State. In a press conference in Bhubaneswar on Friday, the Odisha in-charge of the Congress party said, “Handful bureaucrats have taken over the administration to fulfill their self-interests.” “No public representative gets to meet the Chief Minister. Even […]

Mumbai: Author and former actress Twinkle Khanna has revealed why she has no interest in returning to acting. This clarification of Twinkle will certainly shut the mouth of rumour-mongers who keep on spreading that actor-husband Akshay is the reason for which the actress had maintained a distance from the industry for many years as an […]