News from Odisha

Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases has crossed 75.5 million, while the death toll have surged to more than 1.67 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global Covid-19 caseload stood at 75,588,781 while […]

Cuttack: The ongoing marital discord between actor-turned-MP Anubhav Mohanty and his celebrity wife Varsha Priyadarshini has hit the headlines again after the latter filed a fresh complaint with the police alleging that attempts are being made to defame her. Late last night, the actress lodged a complaint at Purighat Police Station in Cuttack in connection […]

Cuttack: Bodies of a State Bank of India employee and her seven-month-old daughter were found under mysterious circumstances in their house at Shelter chhak late last night. The SBI employee has been identified as Banasmita who was posted at SBI Main Branch at High Court chhak. Though the reason behind the death of the duo […]

Washington: Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell got their first dose of vaccine against the novel coronavirus on Friday. “Today, with confidence in science and at the direction of the Office of the Attending Physician, I received the Covid-19 vaccine,” informed Pelosi in a tweet on […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major development into the investigation of the abduction and murder case of a five-year-old Nayagarh girl, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Saturday picked up one Saroj Sethi from Jadupur village in the district. Sources said the investigation team also took Sethi’s mother and sister reportedly for a health checkup at the […]

India Vs Austalia, in any format, is expected to be a high-voltage game. However, for Indian cricket fans today on the 3rd day of the first Test, the scenes at the Adelaide Oval looked as if the Kohli-led team entered the 22 yards only to surrender to the lethal bowling of the Aussie pacers. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is all set to conduct the board exams 2021. While everyone is searching for the CBSE Class 10, 12 board exam dates, the board has already cleared that an appropriate decision on the conduct of exams will be taken after prior consultations with […]

Moscow: Russia has successfully launched its Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket, delivering 36 satellites from the UK-based OneWeb company into space. The rocket blasted off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in the country’s Far East at 3.26 p.m. on Friday, Xinhua news agency quoted the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos as saying in a statement. The upper stage, […]

Adelaide: Mayank Agarwal became the third fastest Indian batsman to get to 1000 runs in Test cricket. Agarwal reached the landmark in his 19th innings on Saturday at the Adelaide Oval with a flick off the pads towards the deep square leg boundary for four off the bowling of Mitchell Starc. The right-handed opening batsman, […]

Adelaide: India recorded its lowest-ever innings total in their 82-year Test cricket history as they ended at 36 for nine in their second innings by an inspired Australia in the first Test match at the Adelaide Oval here on Saturday. India’s worst before this was 42 against Mike Denness’s England at Lord’s in 1974. Mohammed […]

Pregnancy rumors for Neha Kakkar triggered yesterday after she shared a post with a baby bump on her Instagram. The picture that also showed her husband Rohanpreet Singh accompanying her came with a caption that further fueled the pregnancy rumors. The Saki Saki singer wrote, “#KhyaalRakhyaKar.” Close friends Kapil Sharma and Urvashi Rautela congratulated the […]

New Delhi: India on Saturday recorded 25,152 new coronavirus cases and 347 deaths, taking the total number of infected people since January past the one crore-mark, as per the data revealed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today morning. The country crossed the grim milestone almost eleven months after the first case of […]

Paava Kadhaigal springs a surprise on the Tamil audience with its four stories directed by some of the eminent names in the South Indian movie world. The four sin stories -Thangam (Sudha Kongara Prasad), Oor Iravu (Vetri Maaran), Vaanmagal (Gautham Vasudev Menon), and Love Panna Uttranum (Vignesh Shivan) deal with pride, honor, and complex relationships. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Mercury is going to dip further and the on-going cold wave condition in the State will prevail ahead of the Christmas celebrations, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated on Saturday. The Regional Meteorological office in Bhubaneswar attributed the prevailing cold conditions to the flow of northerly winds sweeping the State. The minimum temperature fell […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Railways on Saturday issued a clarification on media reports that provision of issuing waitlisted tickets will be discontinued. In a statement, the Indian Railways stated that, “Efforts are being made to increase the capacity to make berths available on demand. This would reduce the possibility of passengers getting waitlisted. There is no […]