News from Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The site in-charge of Sarua studio in Khordha, Anirudhha Panda, who was forcibly picked up by police in the middle of the night before he was put on arrest, has been granted bail by the Additional District Judge Court (2) on Tuesday. Panda was woken up from his sleep at around 3.30 am on […]

Jajpur: Three persons were arrested after brown sugar worth over Rs 3 lakh was seized in the district on Tuesday by the Excise Department officials. As per reports, acting on a tip-off, a team of the Excise Department raided a house in the Chuna Bhati area and seized 31 gram of brown sugar. Those arrested […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is all set to introduce, on a pilot basis in Mayurbhanj district, fish products in the Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) in order to reduce malnutrition. The Women and Child Development Department and WorldFish on Tuesday signed an MoU in a virtual ceremony for piloting of inclusion of fish and fish-based products in the […]

Bhubaneswar: The counting of votes for two assembly constituencies in Odisha– Balasore Sadar and Tirtol concluded on Tuesday with the ruling-BJD emerging victorious in both the seats.  However, the Election Commission is yet to make a formal announcement in this regard. In Tirtol, BJD’s Bijaya Shankar Das won the by-polls by a margin of 41703 […]

Bhubaneswar: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, under the Ministry of Coal, Government of India, is inviting applications from eligible candidates for the posts of Medical Executives…

Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal in Odisha has won bypolls to the two assembly seats in the State. While the ruling party once again won the Tirtol seat, it snatched the Balasore Sadar seat from the BJP. BJD’s Swarup Kumar Das won the Balasore seat by a margin of  13351 votes from BJP’s Manas […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday revised COVID-19 guidelines for marriage and funeral in the Capital city. As per the revised guidelines, BMC has restricted the number to 100 persons in marriage functions and 50 in funeral rites in the Smart city. The new guidelines will come into effect from November 25. The […]

Dubai: Mumbai Indians (MI) won the final match of the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) against Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Dubai International Stadium on Tuesday. MI beat DC by 5 wickets chasing the target score of 157 runs at loss of 5 wickets with 8 balls left. Mumbai won the IPL title for the […]

Bhubaneswar:  At a time when the daily cases of coronavirus are declining significantly in Odisha, the 90 per cent effectiveness of Pfizer’s vaccine has brought hopes that the global health crisis may end soon. US drug-maker Pfizer has released preliminary data from late-stage human trials of the Covid-19 vaccine it developed with German biotech firm […]

Patna: A stellar performance by the BJP enabled the ruling NDA to attain a simple majority in the Bihar assembly notwithstanding a sharp fall in the tally of the JD(U) headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, according to final results announced early Wednesday. The saffron party, which had contested 110 seats, won 72 and was […]

Sonepur: A minor boy died while his uncle suffered critical injuries after being electrocuted by a live wire laid on the roadside to hunt wild boars near Silati village under Binika Police limits in Sonepur district. The deceased Trilochan Sathua is a 17-year-old from Salepali village under Bheden block in Bargarh district. His uncle, Manoj […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has become a power surplus state as it has been making significant strides towards green energy generation, officials said on Tuesday. The average annual power demand of the state comes around 3,200 MW, while GRIDCO is all set to generate around 4,300 MW of electricity during 2020-21 fiscal, its managing director Trilochan Panda […]

Burla: Two brothers were killed and two of their family members were critically injured after some miscreants attacked them late on Tuesday night at Central Line area here in Sambalpur district. Though the exact reason behind the clash has not yet been ascertained, previous enmity is suspected to be the cause of the attack. “ […]

United Nations: UN Undersecretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix has tested positive for coronavirus, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. Dujarric told reporters at the regular noon briefing on Tuesday that the diagnosis was made while Lacroix was in Portugal, where he was scheduled to attend a meeting on Security Council Resolution […]

Bengaluru: Researchers at the renowned Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in this tech city are developing vaccines to treat Covid-19 and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), an official said on Tuesday. “The researchers have developed a heat-tolerant Covid-19 vaccine candidate and a rapid method to identify specific regions on the HIV envelope protein that are targeted […]