News from Odisha

Balasore: A day before the by-polls, two persons sustained critical injuries after being allegedly attacked by a group of miscreants at Chandipur area here in the district on Monday. According to sources, miscreants from a particular political party attacked another group with weapons leaving two critically injured. The injured were initially admitted to Balasore hospital […]

Manila: At least 10 people were killed and more than 390,000 others were displaced after typhoon Goni, the strongest to hit the Philippines this year so far, slammed the country’s main island of Luzon, authorities said on Monday. The Office of Civil Defence (OCD) in Bicol, one of the hardest-hit southernmost regions of Luzon, said […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) Abhay inaugurated another Cyber Police Station at the Cyber Complex here on Monday. After the inauguration of the station, the total number of Cyber Police Stations in the state has increased to four. According to police sources, the Cyber Police Station located at Cuttack will be operated from […]

Geneva: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), announced that he was self-quarantining after he was “identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for Covid-19”. Taking to Twitter on Monday morning, he said: “I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for Covid-19. I […]

Dubai: Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah of Mumbai Indians continue to lead the respective batting and bowling charts following the conclusion of 54 matches in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Rahul managed 29 runs against Chennai Super Kings during Kings XI’s crushing nine-wicket defeat and in the […]

Keonjhar: A face off erupted between the cops and villagers of Hayarpur village under Barbil police station of Keonjhar district on Sunday while the latter attempted to disrupt the construction of pipeline work of a steel plant here. Two police personnel including Barbil police station Sub-Inspector (SI) Abhimanyu Das sustained injuries in the scuffle. Das […]

Bhadrak: The Basudevpur police here has arrested two members of a gang on charges of their alleged involvement in a money-doubling fraud. The arrestees have been identified as Priyaranjan Nayak of Mahanga area in Cuttack and Bijaya Das from Derabish in Kendrapara district. As per reports, the duo used to target innocent victims asking them […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal on Monday announced that he and his wife have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The news was shared on his official Twitter handle which mentioned: “Hon’ble Governor and first lady have tested corona positive.” He has also advised all those who have come in close contact with him […]

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone’s manager Karishma Prakash, who is being probed by the Narcotics Control Bureau in a drugs-related case in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, has been “untraceable” after she was summoned by the NCB for questioning, officials said on Monday. “It is true that Prakash has gone untraceable after being summoned […]

New Delhi: With a fresh spike of 45,230 coronavirus infections and 496 deaths in 24 hours, India’s tally on Monday rose to 82,29,313 said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Out of the total Covid-19 cases, 5,61,908 are currently active, 75,44,798 have been discharged, while 1,22,607 lost the battle against the pandemic. While […]

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah recently completed 3000 episodes. To celebrate this milestone India’s Best Dancer invited the entire team of TMKOC on its weekend episodes. While all the dancers presented various characters from the show on Sony SAB, one particular performance by Rutuja Junnarkar became the major highlight of the weekend. Along with her […]

Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 curve is seeing a steady rise over the last few days in Odisha. The State has reported 1389 new cases and nine deaths in a 24-hour period which pushed the coronavirus infection tally to 293214. The death toll has climbed to 1340 after today’s surge. Of the fresh cases, 798 are from […]

Houston: The novel coronavirus is accumulating genetic mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious, according to a study involving more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients in the US. The research, published in the journal mBIO, however, did not find that these mutations have made the virus deadlier or changed clinical outcomes. The researchers […]

Dubai: Kolkata Knight Riders team members on Monday extended wishes to their franchise owner and Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan on his 55th birthday. In a video uploaded on KKR’s social media handles, KKR players shared memories of their first meeting with Shah Rukh, favourite SRK dance moves and also their wishes for the iconic […]

Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani appeared on The Kapil Sharma Show recently to promote their upcoming movie Laxmii. Incidentally, it was the 25th time Akshay was appearing on the comedy show. Hence, most of the actors brought some gifts for Khiladi Kumar to celebrate his silver jubilee on The Kapil Sharma Show. Chandan Prabhakar aka […]