News from Odisha

New Delhi: Depression over the Bay of Bengal will bring heavy rains on Friday to the northeastern states of Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Assam and Meghalaya, the Cyclone Warning Division of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The IMD said the depression is very likely to cross West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh coasts between Sagar […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has lambasted Naveen-led BJD government while kicking off his campaign today for the upcoming by-polls in Tirtol assembly constituency. During a virtual rally from the party headquarters here, Pradhan alleged that the state government only makes promises prior to the elections but has failed to fulfill any of them. “So […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the BJP announced free Covid-19 vaccination for all in Bihar as part of its election manifesto; the announcement has heated up politics in Odisha. Ruling-BJD legislator Arabinda Dhali reacted sharply at BJP’s announcement and said it is ‘appalling’ that a vaccine to fight the pandemic is being made a poll agenda. […]

Baripada: A man was arrested by Badasahi Police in Mayurbhanj district for allegedly killing his five-year-old son to death after smashing him on a stone on Friday. According to reports, the accused, Chepa Dehury from Beladunguri village woke up this morning and looked for his wife and daughter. Unable to find them, he got agitated […]

Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is probing actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death told the Bombay High Court on Friday that it had not leaked any information related to the case to the media. Hearing PILs about “media trial” in the case, the court remarked that the media has become “polarised” and it […]

Bhubaneswar: The southwest monsoon will finally start retreating from some parts of Odisha in the next two days, informed India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar on Friday. The Met department further informed that the monsoon will fully retreat from the entire State in the subsequent two days. Conditions becoming favourable for withdrawal of […]

Hyderabad: Telugu superstar Prabhas turned 41 on Friday, and the makers of his upcoming release, Radhe Shyam, unveiled a musical motion poster of the film. Titled “Beats of Radhe Shyam”, the clip features a train ride that depicts animated versions of Salim-Anarkali and Devadas-Paro before showing Prabhas romancing his co-star Pooja Hegde. Sharing the poster […]

New Delhi: Convalescent plasma therapy, which uses the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients as a potential treatment, has shown limited effect in reducing the progression to severe disease or death in a trial conducted in India, scientists say. The study, published on Thursday in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), involved 464 adults with moderate COVID-19 […]

Bhubaneswar: With an anticipation that Covid-19 vaccine may soon be available, the Odisha government has asked officials of the Women & Child Development department and Mission Shakti along with the concerned medical associations in the State for creation of a database of all health care workers (HCW) and anganwadi workers for Covid-19 vaccination. In a […]

Mumbai: In a shockingly blatant move against the Republic Media Network, Mumbai Police has filed an FIR against the entire editorial team of the network, revealed Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. All 1000 employees of the network have been booked by the Mumbai Police, including top editors of the Network on charges of defamation and inciting “disaffection” […]

Cuttack: Nothing is impossible for those who will and dare; and no obstacle is strong enough to prevent them from succeeding. Son of a betel shop owner from Cuttack district of Odisha is perhaps the best example. A resident of Shankarpur village in Tangi area, Subhasish Behera has now landed himself a seat to pursue […]

Bhubaneswar: The polling officials and the central security forces deployed for the conduct of by-elections have been brought under the purview of the COVID19 compensation scheme if they lose their lives to the virus during the conduct of elections. As per a notification issued by the Election Commission, the family of the polling officials and […]

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Friday announced an immediate relief package of Rs 10,000 crore for the victims of the recent floods that hit large parts of western Maharashtra and Marathwada, claiming around 50 lives. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that the amount will be disbursed by Diwali to provide succour to the flood-hit people […]

Sharjah: Mumbai Indians (MI) won the toss and chose to bowl against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Sharjah International Stadium on Friday in the 41st match of Indian Premier League (IPL). CSK with a horrific start in today’s match, scored 114 runs at a loss of 9 wickets. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du […]

New Delhi: The Central government on Friday said that it borrowed and transferred Rs 6,000 crore as first tranche to 16 states on account of GST compensation under the special borrowing window. The Centre has evolved a special borrowing window to address the shortfall in the GST collection during the year 2020-2021. In all, 21 […]