News from Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday  released the last recommended list for Civil Services (Main) exam 2019. The commission has recommended 89 more candidates to civil services, official source said. Earlier, 829 candidates in order of merit were recommended for appointment to IAS, IFS, IPS and Central Services Group ‘A’ and Group […]

Nayagarh: The prime accused in the sensational rape and murder of a five-year-old Nayagarh girl reiterated on Sunday that he has been falsely implicated in the case and he doesn’t have any role in the ghastly incident. “I have been trapped in the case. The SIT officials have tortured me in the prison. I have […]

Bhubaneswar: The Congress party of Odisha unit on Sunday alleged that Odisha government did not comply with the Supreme Court directive to separate the investigation and Law and Order wings to lessen burden on police. At a press meet, Congress spokesperson Nishikant Mishra alleged that the Odisha government had lied to the apex court that […]

Mumbai: Bollywood actress Rakul Preet Singh has come up with her New Year resolution. The actress shared her New Year Resolution with fans on Instagram, along with a monochrome picture on Monday. In the image, Rakul sports a short bob. “You can’t go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Health and Family Welfare Department on Monday ordered identification of session sites and a five-member team for each session site for COVID-19 vaccination of the healthcare workers. In a letter to the district collectors and commissioner of municipal corporations, additional chief secretary PK Mohapatra said that as per operational guideline of COVID-19 […]

Shimla: With the death toll of migratory water birds rising to 2,401, and almost half of them being endangered bar-headed goose visiting the Pong wetlands, Himachal Pradesh wildlife authorities on Monday said that avian influenza (H5N1) was the cause. The dead included a little white-fronted goose that was visiting the Pong wetlands alone for the […]

As the date for the release of Yash starrer KGF Chapter 2’s teaser is nearing, anticipation among fans is escalating. Fueling up their excitement, filmmaker Prashanth Neel on Monday released a poster of the movie and reminded about the teaser release date and time. Prashant took to Twitter to remind fans that the countdown for […]

Bhubaneswar: Online crime has gone a notch lower and deeper. As if financial fraud was not enough, the scamsters are now eyeing gullible youngsters to extort money by blackmail through social media platforms. And in the era of digital revolution, instances of cyber risk and security threat have also risen manifolds, the latest menace being […]

Bhubaneswar: The outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns and shutdowns have broken the backbone of newspaper industry across the country, especially Odisha, directly posing a threat to the livelihood of many who were dependent on the same for a living. Besides the fear of the virus transmission through paper, the increase in the […]

Bhubaneswar: A couple of days after the Odisha government announced reopening of schools for 10th and 12th standard students from January 8, the Odisha Secondary School Teachers’ Association (OSSTA) has expressed deep concerns over lack of teachers in schools which could pose obstacle in government’s order for a 100-day classroom teaching before the final examinations. […]

Bhadrak: Satyajit Behera from Chandbali is an aspirational story of a boy from rural Odisha realising his dreams through grit and determination on the face of deprivation and adversaries. The meritorious student, son of a farmer at Karanjamala village under Chandabali block in the district, has proved that extreme poverty and lack of facilities can’t […]

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has imposed a new stay-at-home lockdown until at least mid-February to battle through the “critical moment” in the coronavirus pandemic, which has been exacerbated due to a new highly transmissible variant of the deadly virus. Addressing the country in a televised address from Downing Street on Monday night, Johnson […]

Ahmedabad: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday flagged off from L&T’s Hazira plant in Surat district critical components bound for Indian Oil’s MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) plant coming up at the refinery-cum-petrochemical complex at Paradip. During his visit to Surat in Gujarat, the minister flagged off the equipment from the engineering and construction giant Larsen […]

Chilika: The annual bird census at Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon, began today in five ranges under the Chilika wildlife division- Tangi, Balugaon, Rambha, Satapada and Chilika. As many as 21 teams comprising over 111 wildlife officials, experts, volunteers and environmentalists started the headcount exercise which began at 6 am today. While 19 […]

Jajpur: The parents of two-year-old girl ‘Pihu’ who had gone missing since August 9 last year from her village at Madhusudanpur in the district, have warned of a dharna in front of the residence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, if police don’t take the case seriously. The parents and relatives of the minor girl who […]