News from Odisha

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday fixed the number of retail outlets that will be allowed to procure and sale Favipiravir Tablets to be used for treatment of home-quarantined Covid-19 patients in the State. “In view of the increasing trend of COVID-19 positive cases in the State and corresponding increase in home quarantined patients, Government […]

Sharjah: Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 23rd IPL 2020 match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday failed to chase the target of 185 runs against Delhi Capitals (DC). DC won by 46 runs dismissing all the 10 wickets of RR in 19.4 overs. RR could score only 138 runs. RR won the toss and […]

Jammu: Pakistan on Friday fired with small arms to target Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Devender Anand said, “At about 5.30 p.m. on Friday, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms in Shahpur, Kirni and Qasba sectors of the […]

San Francisco: As the US presidential election inches closer, Twitter on Friday said it will add additional warnings and restrictions on tweets with a misleading information label from US political figures (including candidates and campaign accounts), US-based accounts with more than 100,000 followers, or that obtain significant engagement. Twitter said that people must tap through […]

Abu Dhabi: The ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season has almost reached its half-way mark and the KL Rahul-led Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) are yet to find winning ways. The bottom-of the-table team will now be up against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Saturday in what could be called a ‘must-win’ game if they want […]

Dubai: Three-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have been off-colour so far in the ongoing season. They will now be up against arch-rivals Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Both sides have some great weapons in their armoury; the two have been inconsistent in the ongoing edition. While CSK sit at the sixth […]

Sharjah: Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Shreyas Iyer hailed his team mates for their performance after they recorded a 46-run win over Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Friday. This was DC’s third consecutive win in the IPL and it came despite the fact that they scored the lowest ever score by a team batting first this season […]

Puri: The Sea Beach Police Station on Friday registered a case against BJD’s Satyabadi MLA Umakanta Samantaray for attending the funeral of MLA Pradeep Maharathy at Puri Swargadwar last Sunday despite having been tested positive for Covid-19 a couple of days earlier. A case has been lodged under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 269 (unlawfully […]

New Delhi: Instagram has emerged as the most preferred social media platform among the Indian youth while YouTube garnered most attention amid pandemic, with 98 per cent of those surveyed installed it in their phones followed by Netflix and Amazon Prime, a new report said on Friday. Although the survey size was small (1154 respondents), […]