News from Odisha

Kendrapara: As winter sets in, Bhitarkanika in Odisha’s Kendrapara district is echoing with chirpy cacophony with the arrival of thousands of avian guests to the wetland spots of the National Park. Every year in this season, migratory birds from Siberia, Eastern Europe, China and other continents fly over a thousand mile to take shelter at […]

Violence, abuse, and fights are a part of the Bigg Boss house. Vikas Gupta who entered the Bigg Boss 14 house as a challenger was ousted last night for throwing yet another challenger Arshi Khan in the pool. Arshi kept on provocating the Bigg Boss 11 contestant but he never reacted. He always chose to […]

New York: “In this battle for the soul of America, democracy prevailed,” declared Joseph Robinette Biden after his election as the 46th president of the United States and Kamala Harris made history as the first woman and the first Indian American elected as vice president. The electoral college formally voted them to the offices on […]

The controversial saga of the Kangana Ranaut – Hrithik Roshan feud continues. In another series of events, Hrithik’s FIR against Kangana was transferred to the CIU (Criminal Intelligence Unit) of the Mumbai police and the latter has reacted to the legal move on Twitter. Recently, Hrithik’s FIR was transferred from Cybel Cell to Crime Branch […]

Bhubaneswar: Trouble seems to mounting for Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi who has been arrested on the charges of complicity in the high-profile Tata Motors ‘recruitment fraud’ allegedly in connivance with his would-be son-in-law Akash Pathak. More skeletons are likely to tumble out in the alleged recruitment fraud which has created a political stir in Odisha. […]

The pair of Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande became a household name through their portrayal of Manav and Archana in Ekta Kapoor’s hit serial Pavitra Rishta. They fell in love during the making of this serial and even participated together as independent contestants in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 4. nazdikiyan yaa ho dooriyanbas pyaar […]

Mumbai: By now every season, it is all about evictions and surviving them — at least, that is what Bigg Boss fans used to expect. The ongoing season 14, however, has been different. The drama of elimination is yet to kick in. Instead of people leaving, contestants from past seasons as well as eliminated housemates […]

Malkangiri: Tension ran high at different mandis in Malkangiri and Sambalpur districts on Tuesday with a large number of farmers alleging massive irregularities in the paddy procurement process. Raising slogans against discrepancies in the procurement of paddy crop, hundreds of farmers at MV-72 mandi in Malkangiri demanded intervention of the district administration and State Government […]

London: A new variant of coronavirus has been found which is growing faster in some parts of England, British MPs have been told. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said at least 60 different local authorities had recorded Covid infections caused by the new variant, the BBC reported on Monday. He said the World Health Organization had […]

Understanding High Fashion is not everyone’s cup of tea but sometimes it gets too much for the public to comprehend. Recently, Luxury brand Gucci also stirred up a hullabaloo with a trend that left many saying, ‘But Why?’ It happened so that American-Iranian novelist Porochista Khakpour shared a picture of the ‘upside-down’ cat-eye trend which […]

New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi in his letter to Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury made it clear that no winter session of Parliament will be convened due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the Budget Session is likely to be called in January 2021. Chowdhury, in his letter to Lok […]

The Kapil Sharma Show that aired on Sunday last weekend welcomed IPL cricketers Axar Patel, Nitish Rana, Rahul Mewatiya, and Ravi Bishnoi. It was all fun and masti as Kapil along with his colleagues Kiku Sharda and Krushna Abhishek entertained the guests as well as the audience. Kapil asked each of them about their favorite […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the ongoing protest in Bhubaneswar over demands to regularise the jobs, two Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) workers Tuesday tried to set themselves on fire by pouring kerosene on their bodies at Master Canteen square, close to the protest-site. They were however overpowered by other protesting ANM workers and safely rescued from what could […]

New Delhi: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said its partnership with Jio Platforms will help support millions of small businesses in India. Zuckerberg made the remark during a conversation with Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries at the first Facebook Fuel for India 2020 event. “At Facebook, we are in the business […]

New Delhi: Amid the pandemic, the daily time spent on smartphones has increased by 25 per cent on average in India, a new study claimed on Monday. While 66 per cent of Indians believe smartphone improves their quality of life, nearly 70 per cent of Indians feel that if their smartphone usage continues to increase, […]