News from Odisha

Cuttack: Five members of a family, including two children, had a close shave after the car in which they were travelling caught fire near Madhupur village in the district on Monday. The incident occurred in the morning hours when Dillip Biswal, a resident of Purushottampur village in Badachana block of Jajpur district was returning with […]

New Delhi: The success of Vijay Shekhar Sharma-run digital payments leader Paytm in India has reached the US, and a team from Harvard Business School, led by a US Army…

Joe Root’s double ton against India in Chennai Test was indeed a moment of joy for the British cricketers. But when Andrew Flintoff decided to use the moment to take a jibe at Amitabh Bachchan it did not go down well with an Indian user who hit back with a savage reply. Andrew Flintoff and […]

New Delhi: Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram on Monday launched a “Parents Guide” to help young people be safe on the platform. The guide is aimed at helping young people to be safe, by informing parents about all the safety features that exist on the platform. “As the Internet permeates into our lives, especially the lives […]

Chennai: Indian bowlers scythed through the England top half, including picking the vital wicket of Joe Root, but the visitors still extended their overall lead to a formidable 360 runs on the fourth day of the opening Test here on Monday. England were 119 for five at tea after bowling out the hosts for 337 […]

Berhampur: Trouble seems to be mounting for suspended IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak and son Akash with three new fraud cases being registered against them on Monday.

Bhubaneswar: The Centre has included 21 new sports disciplines including ‘Mallakhamb’ and ‘Sepak Takraw’ in the list of sports disciplines which qualify for recruitment of meritorious sports persons to any post in Group ‘C’ in Ministries/Department of Government of India. The new sports disciplines include- Baseball, Cycle Polo, Fencing, Mallakhamb, Net Ball, Pencak Silat, Roll […]

Mumbai: Visa on Monday announced the recipients of its grant programme in India to boost women entrepreneurship globally and empower budding businesswomen. As part of Visa’s first global grant programme in partnership with IFundWomen, Bunko Junko, My Chapter One and MoWo Social Initiatives each received a Rs 7,00,000 grant from Visa and resources from Instamojo […]

New Delhi: Pakistan resorted to 5,133 incidents of ceasefire violations last year in which 46 security force personnel were killed, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday, referring to Pakistani hostilities along the Line of Control and International Border in Jammu and Kashmir. In replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, the defence minister said […]

Ever since Salman Khan has resumed work after his break due to the pandemic, he is on an unstoppable break. Sallu has already wrapped up Radhe: The Most Wanted Bhai, Antim: The Final Truth in a matter of months and is ready to kick off the shoot of Tiger 3. The third installment of the […]

Bhubaneswar: In a latest development, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the deployment of drones for live aerial cinematography of the India Cricket Season in 2021. Earlier, MoCA had received requests from BCCI & […]

Chennai: England set India a daunting 420-run target to win the first Test after scoring 178 in their second innings on day four here on Monday. #INDvENG: India need 420 runs to win the first Test. England are all out for 178. (Pic-BCCI) pic.twitter.com/6xrUIyNpB8 — OTV (@otvnews) February 8, 2021 England found the going tough […]

Dehradun: Eighteen bodies have been recovered and 202 are still missing after the glacier burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, officials said on Monday, as multiple agencies joined hands to rescue at least 30 workers trapped in a tunnel at a power project site. With more bodies being recovered, the death toll touched 18 and could […]

Koraput/Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of BJP on Monday targeted the State government over the ongoing border dispute with Andhra Pradesh and alleged that the locals of Kotia in Koraput district are increasingly siding with Andhra Pradesh after being deprived of basic facilities like road communication, healthcare and education. Addressing a presser, BJP State Vice-President, Balabhadra […]

New Delhi: The ban imposed by the Indian Army on the usage of 89 smartphone applications, including social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, since June last year, has been highly successful. Of the 1.3 million strong Indian Army, only eight personnel were found to have violated the ban. Official sources told IANS that at […]