News from Odisha

Actor-turned-politician Nusrat Jahan time and again has found herself at the target of the trolls. Recently, she was once again at the receiving end of threats on social media after she posted a photograph posing as Goddess Durga in traditional attire. The Bengali actor, who had left for London to shoot for an upcoming film […]

Bhubaneswar: With 271 new COVID19 positive cases getting detected in the last 24 hours, the total cases in the city rose to 24,735 according to the data shared by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Of the fresh cases, a whopping 203 were local contact cases while the remaining 68 were quarantine cases, the civic body […]

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is one couple that keeps a low profile. But whenever they are together the couple never fails to attract attention. A couple of years ago when Abhishek appeared on the stage of the Zee Cine Awards for dancing, little did the audience know that he will drag his wife […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday lauded as ‘good petition’ a PIL that sought equal protection for transgenders against sexual crimes under the IPC in the absence of specific penal provisions and sought a response from the Centre. A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde and comprising Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian […]

Rourkela: Unidentified miscreants looted Rs 2 lakh from a motorcycle dickey near Canara Bank at Uditnagar in the Steel City on Monday. According to sources, Paramjeet Singh, a staffer at the Beldihi petrol pump had gone to deposit the cash in State Bank of India (SBI) Uditnagar branch. However, since the bank was crowded, he […]

Cuttack: The Cuttack Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate (SJDM) court on Monday issued a notice to BJD MP Anubhav Mohanty in connection with the domestic violence case filed by his wife & Ollywood actress Varsha Priyadarshani. The SJDM court has directed Mohanty to file his reply in connection with the case. The next hearing on the matter […]

New Delhi: For the first time, the Election Commission has given nod to arrange postal ballot facility for voters above 80 years of age and Persons with Disability (PwD) categories in the upcoming Bihar elections. The poll panel’s announcement came ahead of the nomination process for the first phase of elections in 71 constituencies, spread […]

Bhubaneswar: With the intensification of depression over West-central Bay of Bengal into a deep pression, India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar on Monday issued heavy rainfall alert for several districts of Odisha. As per the latest weather bulletin, the system is is very likely to move west-north-westwards and cross north Andhra Pradesh coast […]

Over the years as an Odia, you tend to realize that there are two things that bind Odias across the globe – the debate over Rasagolla and the songs of Akshaya Mohanty. Today marks the 86th birth anniversary of the singing legend Akshaya Mohanty who revamped the Odia music industry with his contemporary compositions which […]

Stockholm: Two American economists won the Nobel Prize on Monday for improving the theory of how auctions work and inventing new and better auction formats that are now woven into many parts of the economy. The discoveries of Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson have benefitted sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world, the […]

Jagatsinghpur: A day after being nominated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for Tirtol by-election, Rajkishore Behera filed his nomination papers at the office of the additional collector on Monday. Jagatsinghpur district BJP President, Satyabrat Mohapatra accompanied Behera during the nomination filing. With the COVID19 restrictions in place, the whole affair was concluded in a rather sedate […]

New Delhi: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday tested negative for Covid-19. Naidu has been under home quarantine after he was diagnosed with coronavirus or Covid-19 on September 29. Related Story: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Tests Positive For COVID-19 As per the RT-PCR test conducted by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) […]

Bhubaneswar: Days after the explosion at the petrol pump in the Capital city, videos of the refilling work in progress just prior to the blast at the site have surfaced. Satya Nayak, a native of Ganjam district, who succumbed to the injuries he sustained in the mishap, reportedly shot several videos of the refilling work […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned for next week a PIL seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput’s former manager, Disha Salian, as the concerned lawyer could not appear online. The case has been adjourned twice due to technical glitches. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after locals moved the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) over the problems faced by them due to rise in the number of cremations at the crematorium in Satyanagar, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday informed that two more crematoriums will soon come up in the city. BMC Commissioner, Prem Chandra Chaudhary admitted that […]