News from Odisha

Dhanush fans woke up to very cool news today as their favorite star is now part of the most expensive Netflix feature film ever made. Titled The Gray Man, it also stars Hollywood biggies, Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling. Importantly Avengers: Endgame’s Russo Brothers will be directing this flick. THE GRAY MAN cast just got […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed all the states to carry out fire safety audit of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals across the country to prevent fire incidents in medical institutions. The apex court also directed dedicated COVID-19 hospitals to take a no objection certificate (NOC) from the fire department within four weeks and said […]

Puri: After almost a nine-month hiatus, the confirmation by Puri district administration on reopening of Jagannath Temple has created an atmosphere of excitement and joy among the devotees across the State. The abode of the Supreme Lord, Puri Srimandir will reopen on December 23, Collector Balwant Singh informed on Friday. The announcement comes days after […]

Very few celebrities managed to stay in the limelight even in the lockdown and Katrina Kaif is one of them. She has been actively sharing a sneak peek of her in-home life and entertaining her fans. From giving a tutorial on washing utensils to struggling with technology, Kat’s never fails to make netizens smile. The […]

Mumbai: Gold and silver prices declined on Friday as traders booked profits after the recent surge in prices. Further, increasing hopes of an economic stimulus from the US government also weighed on the price of gold internationally, which reflected in the domestic market. As the US Congressional Republicans and Democrats try to pass a new […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 358 people were tested positive for Covid-19 while four patients succumbed to the virus in Odisha in the last 24 hours pushing the infection tally to 3,25,505 and death toll to 1,829 in the State on Friday. The new cases were detected from 27 districts of the State. A total of […]

Nabarangpur: A septuagenarian woman from the town willed her three-storey ancestral house, worth over Rs 1 crore, to Lord Jagannath five days prior to her death in an extraordinary gesture of devotion for the Lord of the Universe. Baijayantimala Sahu breathed her last on December 2 after battling cancer for a protracted period. She is […]

Washington: Researchers have now claimed that more and more evidence is coming out that people with Covid-19 are suffering from cognitive effects, such as brain fog and fatigue. The study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, found that that the spike protein, often depicted as the red arms of the virus, can cross the blood-brain […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court issued show-cause notices to stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra and cartoonist Rachita Taneja on Friday for for posting scandalous tweets and cartoons against the top court. Earlier, the Attorney general K.K. Venugopal had already given consent for filing of contempt pleas against Kamra and Taneja. A bench headed by Justice Ashok […]

Dhaka: Recalling India’s role in the 1971 Liberation War, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said “India is our true friend” during a virtual meeting with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. “India helped us in the war of 1971 against Pakistan. Their soldiers sacrificed their lives. Our relation is time-tested,” Hasina said. Speaking at the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today demanded the removal of IPS officer Arun Bothra as the head of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which is investigating the sensational abduction and murder case of a five-year-old Nayagarh girl whose skeletal remains were found days after kidnapping in July this year. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Suspended IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak on Friday filed a petition in the Bhubaneswar Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) Court seeking bail in connection with the fraud allegations levelled against him by Sky King travel agency. A day earlier, Pathak’s son Akash was taken on four-day remand by the Commissionerate Police (CP) for further interrogation […]

Rashmika Mandanna keeps on turning heads with her fabulous fashion and movies. Recently, the actress shared a sequence from an old movie and asked her fans, “Remember this scene, anybody?” The clip shows the actress wearing specs in a typical traditional South Indian attire playing with a fake Veena and a crown on her head. […]

New Delhi: As we approach the beginning of another year, some good news is in store for the central government employees. The employees can start celebrating the New Year 2021 from today itself as they are most likely to take home an increased salary in 2021. The Narendra Modi-led Central government is expected to restore […]

New Delhi: The railways is operating 1,089 mail and express trains as compared to 1,768 trains which used to run before the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said on Friday. Addressing a virtual press conference here, Railway Board Chairman and CEO V. K. Yadav said, “As of now we are operating 1,089 mail and express trains as […]