News from Odisha

It is John Abraham’s birthday today. Starting as a model and then venturing into Bollywood with Jism, the superhot hunk has come a long way. Incidentally, he came into movies at a time when models were not very successful as actors. From Dino Morea to Deepak Chopra many tried their hands at acting however could […]

New Delhi: With 24,010 fresh novel Coronavirus infections and 355 deaths in the past 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 99.56 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 94.89 lakh, on Thursday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 99,56,557 […]

New Delhi: Oil marketing companies continued to hold back any change in the retail price of petrol and diesel continuing with their wait and watch stance that has kept the prices of two auto fuels static for the past 10 days. Accordingly, there was no change in retail price of auto fuels on Thursday with […]

New Delhi: In a bid to deliver a richer language experience to millions of its users, Google India on Thursday announced to let people toggle their Search results between English and four additional languages: Tamil, Telugu, Bangla and Marathi. The company said that over the next month, Search will start to show relevant content in […]

Balasore: Panic gripped residents at Lunapahi village in Balasore district after some explosive materials, believed to be parts of a missile that was test-fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, fell in a farmland close to human settlement with a deafening noise on Wednesday night. The impact of the fallen object left 8 […]

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre here has predicted a drop in minimum temperature from the next week onwards. However, foggy and chilly conditions have started to grip many interior areas of the State. On Wednesday, the lowest minimum temperature of 13 degree Celsius was observed in Phulbani, Sundargarh and the picturesque Daringbadi. Next in the […]

In the age of link-ups and break-ups, Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza have been setting couple goals for a decade now. Before tying a knot in 2012 in a grand function that became the talk of the town, the couple dated in secrecy for more than nine years. Yes! Even the paparazzi couldn’t speculate their […]

Bhubaneswar: The daily Covid-19 count in Odisha continued its downward trend on Thursday. As many as 351 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours in the State which pushed the positive tally over 3.25 lakh. Of the fresh cases reported from 27 districts, 203 were related to quarantine while the remaining 148 are […]

Cuttack: The Odisha government on Thursday announced that Corona Warriors including doctors and other frontline health workers will get COVID-19 vaccine free of cost in the State. Informing this development, the State Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Das said that the vaccination against coronavirus is likely to begin from January 2021. While talking to […]

Pooja Gor and Raj Singh Arora maintained their silence on speculations around their split up doing rounds for a long time now. But recently, Pooja broke her silence to confirm that she and Raj have called it quits after a decade of dating. Actress Pooja Gor rose to fame with her soap Mann Kee Awaaz […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Odisha Crime Branch submitted an affidavit to the Orissa High Court mentioning that Pari was raped before being killed, serious allegations have been levelled against senior IPS officer and SIT chief Arun Bothra investigating the abduction and murder of the 5-year-old girl. Sources quoting the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has recommended the Central Government for the compulsory retirement of ‘very corrupt and high-flying’ IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak. “It is for the first time that an All India Services Officer has been recommended by the Odisha Government for compulsory retirement on grounds of corruption,” stated CM Naveen in […]

Malkangiri: In what could be an attempt to make their presence felt in Odisha, armed Maoists axed a contractor to death at Golia area under the Mathili police limits in Malkangiri district on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Sukumar Mandal. As per reports, around 15 to 20 Maoists first thrashed Mandal before slicing […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has taken Akash Pathak on a four-day remand on Thursday to interrogate him into the allegations of Rs 65 lakh fraud levelled by Sky King, a Bhubaneswar-based travel agency. The District and Sessions Court, Khurdha has granted the remand of Pathak. The accused has also filed a bail application in the […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the reopened rail link between Haldibari in India and Chilahati in Bangladesh during the virtual bilateral summit. The rail link has been reopened after 55 years. The railway line from Haldibari (West Bengal) to Chilahati (Bangladesh) has been defunct since […]