News from Odisha

New Delhi: Oil marketing companies (OMC) kept petrol and diesel prices unchanged for the 12th straight day across the four metro cities on Sunday. In the national capital, petrol was…

New Delhi: With a single day spike of 74,383 new cases, including 918 deaths, India on Sunday crossed the 70-lakh-mark with a total of 70,53,806 so far. Out of these, 8,67,496 are active cases; 60,77,976 cured/discharged/migrated cases and 1,08,334 succumbed to the pandemic, said the latest data released by the Ministry of Health and Family […]

Ghaziabad: An AYUSH doctors’ body on Saturday welcomed the government’s COVID-19 treatment protocol based on ayurveda and yoga as it asserted that ayurveda is an age-old, well-established science and “not a placebo”, days after the Indian Medical Association (IMA) criticised the Centre’s move. The Integrated Medical Association (AYUSH) said the government’s new protocol will help […]

Jajpur: A couple was killed while their eight-year-old daughter was critically injured after a motorcycle they were riding was hit by a speeding truck near Neulpur on NH-16 under Dharmasala…

Puri: Two people lost their lives and as many as fourteen others received injuries in a clash between two families over a trivial incident at Dimirisena village under Brahmagiri Police Limit here on Sunday. Seven of the injured are reported to be critical. The deceased have been identified as Suria Bhoi and Kalia Bhoi. According […]

Bhubaneswar: The existing well marked Low Pressure area over east-central and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression and lies centered over west-central Bay of Bengal, said the India Meteorological Department on Sunday. The depression is likely to concentrate into a deep depression by tomorrow and cross north Andhra Pradesh coast during […]

New Delhi: In a year where all plans were marred by the coronavirus pandemic, K-pop sensation BTS found a way to connect with and enthral thousands of their fans around the globe through their ‘Map of the Soul ON:E’ online concert. The first part of the fully virtual show was livestreamed from Seoul on Saturday, […]

Berhampur: The death toll in Grasim Industries Ltd steam pipe explosion mounted to two after an engineer succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. Earlier on October 9, a helper also died during treatment in the capital city. Notably, three employees and an engineer had sustained serious injuries […]

New Delhi: Google has introduced breakout rooms in its video conferencing app Meet to divide participants into smaller groups during video calls and have more engaged distance communication. Google will let you make up to 100 breakout rooms during a single call. With the feature, teachers and educators will be able to break their classes […]

Malaika Arora returned to India’s Best Dancer yesterday after taking a break for a couple of weeks. In her place, Nora Fatehi judged a couple of episodes along with regular judges Terence Lewis and Geeta Kapoor. Everyone including the host Bharti Singh and Harsh Limbaachiyaa as well as the contestants welcomed Malaika back. Incidentally, the […]

Bhubaneswar: Covid-19 cases continued to show a declining trend in Odisha with 2546 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. This is State’s lowest number of fresh infections in over last month and a half. New Corona cases stood at 2239 on August 17, the lowest as compared to the latest figures of fresh cases […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the central SVAMITVA scheme would make those living in rural India ‘Atmanirbhar’, or self-reliant. “We will make sure that property cards reach every village in the country,” said Modi while addressing the nation during the launch of physical distribution of property cards under the ‘Survey […]

Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, was on Sunday fined Rs 12 lakh for slow over-rate in the match against Delhi Capital (DC), which the three-time Indian…

New Delhi: Online shopping is likely to get a new boost in the coming festival season, as around 51 per cent consumers are likely to shop online during the period, according to a recent survey. In the 2019 survey of ‘LocalCircles’, only 27 per cent of those planning festive spending had indicated using ecommerce sites […]

Bigg Boss 14 seniors Sidharth Shukla, Gauahar Khan, and Hina Khan have an interesting task in their hands this week. They have to sell the contestants as products and the one who convinces the guests on the show will be the winner. The makers released the promo of the upcoming episode showing how the seniors […]