News from Odisha

Mumbai: India has moved down seven spots in the global home price index to 54th rank in Q3 2020 against 47th in Q3 2019, with a decline of 2.4 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in home prices, international property consultant Knight Frank said in its latest research report — Global House Price Index Q3 2020. According […]

Mumbai: Television actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee has alleged that her close friend, late actress Divya Bhatnagar, was a victim of domestic violence by her husband Gagan Shetty. Devoleena has shared a video on her verified Instagram account late on Thursday where she alleged Gagan Shetty of subjecting Divya to tremendous physical assault and mental harassment while […]

Bhubaneswar: The farmers across Odisha are not able to sell their produce, mostly paddy in mandis and the token system introduced by the State government has compounded their miseries, alleged BJP leader Pradip Purohit on Friday. Though the Centre has fixed Minimum Support Price (MSP) at Rs 1868 per quintal of paddy, the farmers are […]

When the frontline warriors of Mumbai Police were taking care of the city during corona times, it was director Rohit Shetty who stepped forward to ensure that these warriors receive the right treatment and care when needed. Nonetheless, the Mumbai Police in the last few months have appreciated this contribution from the Singham director. Today, […]

New Delhi: The online application for over 2,500 vacancies for India Post Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) recruitment 2020 will close today i.e. December 11. The vacancies are meant for various posts of GDS which includes branch post master (BPM), assistant branch post master (ABPM) and dak sevak in Jharkhand, Punjab and North-East circles. The registration, […]

New Delhi: Star India batsman Rohit Sharma is set to take part in the upcoming four-match Test series against Australia after passing the fitness test at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. It has been learnt that Sharma, who had injured his hamstring during the Indian Premier League (IPL), cleared the fitness test on […]

Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan are ready to become parents again. Recently Kareena opened up about being a mother for the second time and how she wants to name her second child. She also shared how Taimur’s name controversy played a part in this decision. During the latest episode of What Women want, […]

Bhubaneswar: A team of Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) is likely to visit spot to conduct a detailed probe into the mysterious death of engineer Amrut Das, whose mother and brother had recently attempted suicide near Odisha Assembly alleging shoddy police investigation. The father and brother of the deceased engineer on Friday deposed before the […]

Bhubaneswar: Dashing the hopes of women COVID Care Workers who have been disengaged from service, Odisha Health Minister Naba Das on Friday clarified that their employment was purely contractual in nature and so the government is unlikely to reengage them. Das’ comments came after the health condition of some of the protesting woman COVID Care […]

Mumbai: Bollywood actors Ayushmann Khurrana and Kartik Aaryan on Friday introduced the upcoming slate announced by streaming service Eros Now, which will have 46 stories — 33 film premieres and 13 originals in over eight languages. The actors also took to their social media accounts to announce the news. Defining their slate as #KahaaniHarRangKi, the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Lokayukta on Friday directed State Vigilance Directorate to probe into the corruption allegations levelled against Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi who was recently arrested by the Crime Branch for his alleged links with IFS officer Abhay Pathak and his son Akash. The directive came after the anti-corruption watchdog accepted the recommendations of Odisha […]

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been named Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’, for offering “restoration and renewal in a single ticket”. The magazine made the announcement on its Twitter page late Thursday night. Biden and Harris ran in one of the most contentious presidential races in American history, […]

Bhubaneswar: Farmers have nothing to do with the ongoing protests against the new farm reform laws. Moreover, anti-national forces are behind such agitations, said Union Minister Pratap Sarangi on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured that MSP and mandi system will remain and the farmers do not have to worry about it, said the […]

Mumbai: Veteran actor Dharmendra has extended support of the agitating farmers and urged the government to come up with a solution. “I am extremely in pain to see the suffering of my farmer brothers. The government should do something fast,” the actor wrote on Twitter, along with a picture that captures him in a sombre […]

Cuttack: The arrested gangster brothers – Sushil and Sushant Dhalsamant have once again become a major headache for the Commissionerate Police. It appears that the duo notoriously called as D-brothers are still operating their entire crime syndicated from behind the four walls of the prison. Moreover, they seem to be controlling the illegal arms racket […]