News from Odisha

Mumbai: Actress Anushka Sharma and cricket superstar Virat Kohli tied the knot three years ago, and the full version of the song that featured in their wedding video is out now. Anushka and Virat got married in December 2017, but it was only a year later that a video from their wedding was unveiled. Back […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after some serious allegations were levelled against the chief of Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Odisha Crime Branch investigating the abduction and murder of five-year-old girl, Pari, the Odisha unit of BJP has claimed that attempts are on to save Minister Arun Sahoo. State BJP general secretary Golak Mohapatra criticised the State government […]

Bhubaneswar: Already neck deep in trouble over the alleged ‘Tata Motors’ job scam, arrested Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi sought to absolve himself of the charges against him while he was taken for production before the SDJM Court in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. “Wait and watch’ was Panigrahi’s impromptu retort when journalists sought a sound bite from […]

New Delhi: India has pledged a sum of $1 million to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) towards its scientific research budget to ensure an atmosphere of Clean Sport globally, which will allow the global agency to develop innovative anti-doping testing and detection methods. The money will also be used to further strengthen WADA’s independent investigations […]

Bhubaneswar: The virtual interaction between Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and teachers over the upcoming CBSE Class 10, 12 board exams date, which was scheduled to be held today, has been rescheduled for some unknown reasons. Minister Pokhriyal took to his Twitter handle to announce the same. “Teachers, I am looking forward to having […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Crime Branch on Thursday arrested one Sarbeswar Rao, a close aide of arrested Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi in connection with the Tata Motors ‘recruitment fraud.’ Rao’s arrest came after the investigating agency found credible evidence regarding his involvement in the job fraud. He was earlier grilled by the probe agency for several hours […]

Mumbai: Mumbai Police arrested former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) on Thursday in connection with the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam. Romil Ramgarhia, former COO of the BARC, was arrested in the afternoon by a team of Mumbai crime branch, which is probing the TRP case, an […]

Bhubaneswar: Notwithstanding Odisha government going gung-ho over the Ganjam Covid-19 management model to showcase how skilfully the State had controlled the novel Coronavirus pandemic in the State, the bitter home-truth is that Odisha has been ranked lower than the North-eastern states, including Assam, Bihar and UP in the management of Covid-19 pandemic across states in […]

Berhampur: In yet another major loot in the Silk City, miscreants have allegedly decamped with 400 gm of gold ornaments and Rs 1.5 lakh cash from a jewellery shop located at Badabazaar area late last night. As per reports, the miscreants entered the Keshav jewellery shop through the iron ventilator on the fourth floor of […]

Saif Ali Khan’s first look from his upcoming political thriller Tandav is out. Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, the web series also stars Dimple Kapadia, Kumud Mishra, Tigmanshu Dhulia, and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub. The one-minute trailer indicates that the entire series is going to keep the audience glued to their seats. Importantly, it is the […]

Bhubaneswar: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on behalf of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment on Thursday invited applications from eligible candidates for National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities (NFPwD) for the selection year 2020-21. The last date for making online applications is January 17, 2021. Under […]

Adelaide: Virat Kohli’s enduring love affair with Adelaide Oval resulted in a classy 74 but his untimely run-out triggered a batting collapse as India ended the opening day at 233 for 6 against Australia in the first Day/Night Test here on Thursday. Kohli, who looked in complete command, was run out when his deputy Ajinkya […]

Sara Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan are currently promoting their upcoming movie Coolie No. 1 on social media as the latter is in isolation after testing corona positive. Today, the Kedarnath actress shared a short but sweet clip of Varun Dhawan’s transformation into a girl for the upcoming remake. The clip shows the makeup team […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda Yoga and Naturopathy Unani Sidda Homoeopathy) and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports formally recognised yogasana as a competitive sport on Thursday. The announcement was made at a joint press conference held here by the Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju. […]

Balasore: After relaxations in COVID-19 induced lockdown restrictions in the country, a group of girls from Odisha who went to Andhra Pradesh to work in a spinning mill have been allegedly subjected to torture and put under house arrest by middleman. The girls working at Digital Cotton Mill in Kadapa were reportedly beaten whenever they […]