News from Odisha

Bigg Boss 14 contestants are now turning romantic. Be it the Karva Chauth celebration of Rubina Dilaik and Abhinav Shukla or Aly Goni and Jasmin Bhasin’s lovey-dovey vibes, love certainly is in the air for the inmates. The heartfelt proposal from Rahul Vaidya for his girlfriend Disha Parmar on her birthday recently left the viewers […]

Washington: Scientists have found a key factor which may explain why the novel coronavirus predominantly affects adults and older people while seeming to spare younger children, an advance that may lead to the development of new treatment strategies for COVID-19. According to the researchers, including those from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in the […]

New Delhi: Following a resounding victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently concluded Manipur by-elections, party national vice-president Baijayant Jay Panda has turned his attention to Delhi and Assam where he has been appointed as the party’s State in-charge. Speaking to OTV on the new responsibility the party has bestowed on him, […]

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released applications for recruitment against 35 vacancies for various posts including public health specialist Grade- III, assistant professor, tutor, medical officer, staff nurse, and assistant director on its official website. As per the notification released by UPSC, the last date to apply is December 3, 2020. Interested and eligible […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst the rising Covid-19 cases and imposition of restrictions in several parts of the country, the Indian Railways on Friday said that there is no plan to curtail or…

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha seems to be emerging as a major transit and production point for pan-India drug-smuggling cartels if the daily seizure of large quantities of cannabis and other synthetic drugs is any indication. A whopping Rs 4 crore worth ganja have been seized and more than Rs 3 crore worth hemp plant cultivation destroyed in […]

Cuttack: After seizure of huge quantities of adulterated spices from Malgodwn area in last few days, the police raided yet another such unit and seized over 50 quintals of adulterated turmeric and chilli powder from Jagatpur area in the city on Saturday. Labels of branded companies and machines used in the processing of duplicate products […]

Bhubaneswar: In its latest move in announcing a new team of State In-Charges, Bharatiya Janata Party seems to have given a solid footing to Odisha’s role in the party’s ‘Mission East’ policy. Even though the next Assembly election in Odisha remains far away, the saffron party has now turned its attention towards the State by […]

Bhubaneswar: The officials and staff of the School and Mass Education Department will not do any roster arrangement for the month of November as the department has withdrawn its earlier order in this regard. A notification has been issued by the department in this regard. All the staff will attend the office on all working […]

Malkangiri: At a time when security forces continue to intensify their crackdown in the Maoists hit cut-off area of Chitrakonda, the Red Rebels seem to have started targeting people supporting the forces, especially the male members of families. The security forces are strengthening their base in the Naxal-prone Swabhiman Anchal and have so far set […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated ‘Krushak Odisha’, a farmers’ database, Opposition political parties on Saturday accused the ruling-BJD of doing politics on farmers and questioned as to what forced the government to come up with such an idea after 20 years of rule. While the BJP alleged that the ruling-BJD […]

New Delhi: India summoned the Charge d’Affaires of the Pakistan High Commission on Saturday and lodged a strong protest over unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pakistani army in Jammu and Kashmir on the festive occasion of Diwali. The Ministry of External Affairs said it is highly deplorable that Pakistan chose a festive occasion to disrupt peace […]

Bhubaneswar: The number of daily Covid-19 cases in Odisha continued to remain below 1,000 for the third day in a row on Sunday. As many as 753 tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours pushing the total cases to 308659. At least seventeen patients undergoing treatment at various hospitals succumbed to the […]

Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha saw a dip in mercury with at least three places in the State recording 14 degrees Celsius. Daringbadi in Kandhamal district was the coldest in the State recording the lowest temperature of 13 degree Celsius on Saturday, informed the regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). According to the […]

Washington: The total number of Covid-19 cases across the globe has topped 53.8 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,309,780 according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Sunday morning, the total caseload and death toll stood at 53,843,270 and 1,309,784, respectively, revealed the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) in its […]