News from Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has approved a proposal to repromulgate an ordinance on agricultural produce and livestock marketing to attract private investors in the segment. Such a move of the ruling BJD is a shift from its earlier position to oppose the farm sector reforms introduced by the Centre. The Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing […]

New Delhi: Covid-19 cases are rising again the world over. Seven of the 10 most affected countries currently have reported surge in cases in the past seven days. Alone the US reported over 1.4 lakh new cases a day. The seven countries out of the 10 most affected currently where cases are rising include the […]

Bhubaneswar: Students in schools will learn and sing ‘Bande Utkal Janani’ as the Odisha government has decided to include the State anthem in the syllabus. A notification has been issued in this regard after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik passed an order on the same. In a tweet, the Information and Public Relation (I&PR) Department informed […]

San Francisco: A new image of Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max teardown has revealed that it houses a 3,687mAh battery. It also carries the biggest screen ever seen on an iPhone. According to the image, the placement of the motherboard in the iPhone 12 Pro Max is on the left side just like the iPhone […]

Koraput: A fresh row erupted over the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border delineation with residents of four villages on the neighbourhood state’s side imposing a road blockade at Sunabeda village under Potangi block in the district for the last four days. As per reports, some local residents of Andhra Pradesh demolished an information board put up by […]

Bhubaneswar: Just few days after the by-election to two major Assembly seats from Odisha, poll heat is already thick in the air with major parties beginning preparations for selection of candidates for the forthcoming by-election to Pipili Assembly constituency even as a formal notification for the by-poll is yet to be issued by the Election […]

Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream to develop Ayodhya as “Vedic Ramayana City” and it should be the most beautiful city. “Our generation is not only fortunate to see the start of the construction of a Ram temple here but we also attended the […]

Bhubaneswar: Tension continues to ferment among students of Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) over unprecedented delay in the conduct of final semester examination this academic year. As per reports, the students who had enrolled in the professional courses like M.Pharma and MBA besides B.Tech, are yet to get their certificates owing to non-completion of […]

New Delhi: Mumbai Indians (MI) became the most successful Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise on Tuesday when they won their fifth title in the 13-year history of the T20 league, beating Delhi Capitals (DC) in Dubai. It was their first back-to-back title. Former India captain Rahul Dravid on Friday said, the secret of MI string […]

Dhenkanal: In an incident which has crossed all limits of insanity, a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Kharakhari village under Kankadahada police limits of the district. Sources said, body of a girl child was spotted lying in the Maramburu nullah near the daily market of the village today morning. The locals immediately […]

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) is ramping up production of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, aiming to have 100 million doses ready by December for a vaccination drive that could begin across India that same month, Bloomberg reported. If final-stage trial data show that AstraZeneca’s vaccine candidate is giving effective protection from the virus, SII […]

Washington: US poll officials have claimed that the recently-concluded 2020 presidential election was the “most secure in American history”, and rejected President Donald Trump’s ballot fraud allegations, the media reported on Friday. The remarks were part of a joint statement released on Thursday by the Election Infrastructure Government Co-ordinating Council, comprising senior officials from the […]

Cuttack: Malgodown police in the city unearthed yet another big food adulteration unit in the area for the second consecutive day creating horror among consumers who are now flummoxed at discovering how many of their day-to-day food items are in fact laced with toxins. The rampant food adulteration by unscrupulous businessmen in the Silver City […]

New Delhi: National Vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Baijayant Panda has been appointed the State in-charge for Delhi and Assam as the party on Friday released the list of in-charges for all States. National spokesperson and party’s candidate from Puri Lok Sabha constituency Sambit Patra has been entrusted with the charge of Manipur […]

Bolangir: Despite the tall claims of the government on enforcement of strict laws to curb trafficking of migrant labourers to and from Odisha, the illegal activity continues unabated in many parts of the State. Friday night, Bolangir Kantabanji police rescued as many as 56 migrant labourers including 23 women and eight children from Kantabanji station […]