News from Odisha

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has sent notices to the University Grants Commission, Centre, Odisha and all other parties to file response in connection with a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of the State government’s decision to promulgate amendment to Odisha Universities Act 1989. The State’s apex court has scheduled January 11, 2021, for […]

Bhubaneswar: After the Odisha government’s nod to open Puri Jagannath and Lingaraj temple amid the pandemic with strict adherence to COVID-19 norms, hopes are high that around 18000 remaining temples in the State will also be opened soon. As the State government has already left the responsibility of taking decision regarding opening of the places […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved a stimulus package of Rs 289.42 crore for MSMEs as COVID assistance, the opposition parties in the State lashed out at the government with the BJP alleging irregularities in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). BJP leader Pradeep Purohit alleged that those […]

Nayagarh: A pall of gloom descended on Budhipatna village in Nayagarh district after the body of three-year-old girl Swati reached the locality on Wednesday. After completion of SNT test at Cuttack, the body of the minor girl was brought to her native village. The minor girl was found dead and her body was recovered from […]

Cuttack: Bidyashree Dash, the wife of deceased social activist Aditya Dash, who attempted suicide by consuming sedatives on Wednesday, said that she does not want to live anymore as she was ‘mentally raped’. The widow of noted motivational speaker consumed sleeping pills in order to take her own life while going live on Facebook earlier […]

Bhubaneswar: With different food safety measures being implemented in the state, Odisha’s ranking in the National Food Safety Index has risen to 13th position for the year 2019-2020, a top government official said on Wednesday. Chief Secretary A K Tripathy said this while chairing the state-level food safety advisory committee meeting which was held on […]

Geneva: A team of 10 international scientists will travel to the Chinese city of Wuhan next month to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. In the early days of the virus, it was traced to a so-called “wet market” in Wuhan, Hubei province, and it was […]

Dhenkanal: Close on the heels of series of missing and subsequent deaths of children in Odisha, a three-year-old boy at Khankira village under Nihal Prasad police limits in Dhenkanal district who went missing on Wednesday, was found dead in a well on Thursday. The body of the minor boy has been recovered from the open […]

Washington: The total number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed the 74 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.64 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood […]

Bhubaneswar: The preparations to reopen Srimandir in Puri from December 23 have begun keeping in mind all the Covid-19 protocols. The 12th century shrine has been closed for the last nine months due to the ongoing pandemic situation. A closed door meeting in this regard was held between Puri district collector Balwant Singh, SP Kanwar […]

Adelaide: India skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in the first Test of the four-match series beginning Thursday at the Adelaide Oval. “We are going to have a bat. It looks a nice wicket, nice and hard. Runs on the board is priceless, more so away from home. Hopefully, […]

Baripada: Police on Thursday claimed to have busted a fake currency racket with arrest of two persons allegedly involved in the crime here in Mayurbhanj district. The accused identified as Rasbihari Rana and Rakhyahari Rana are two brothers. They belong to Bahadagoda of Jharkhand, police said. Police were tipped off about the transaction of Fake […]

New Delhi: Twitter is ending its experiment that encouraged users to quote tweet rather than retweet as the new feature did not go well with the users, the company announced on Thrusday. The micro-blogging platform will no longer automatically show the quote tweet (QT) prompt when users try to retweet on its platform. “Our goal with […]

Bhubaneswar: Sleepless nights, endless tears and the memories of their missing children. Who knows what these families are going through! Seems the only thing that has kept them alive is a rare hope to see their kids back home. Recalling the past horrors that still haunt many, two incidents from Bolangir district have rubbed salt […]

Gajapati: At a time when missing and subsequent deaths of children have triggered a debate on the alleged degrading law and order situation in Odisha, yet another eight-year-old boy has gone missing while he was playing near his house at Kumuti Sahi under Kashinagar NAC of Gajapati district since Wednesday evening. A complaint about the […]