News from Odisha

Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for December 21-27: ARIES In the first part of the week, you are likely to spend money on luxuries which can shoot up your expenses. Try to curb impulsive purchases. Those involved in legal proceedings are likely to incur expenditure on […]

Cuttack: Police on Saturday evening arrested a minor boy in connection with the sexual abuse and abortion of a college-going minor girl of Narasinghpur area in the district. Reports said, police have kept the minor boy at the office of the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) and interrogating him in connection with the case. He will […]

Adelaide: Right-arm India fast bowler Mohammed Shami is likely to miss the remaining three Tests of the ongoing four-match series against Australia after scans on his bowling hand revealed hairline fracture, it has been learnt. Shami was hit on the right hand just above the wrist on Saturday by a delivery from Australia pacer Pat […]

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new Tier Four of coronavirus restrictions for London and other parts of England to combat an alarming surge in new coronavirus cases linked to a new virulent strain. The planned relaxation of coronavirus rules for Christmas has been scrapped for a large part of southeast England, […]

Bhubaneswar: As per one of the suggestions made in the School Bag Policy 2020 prepared by the Education Ministry, the weight of the school bag should be 10% of the bodyweight of the student carrying it. Official sources said that the weight of Class 1 and 2 student’s bag should be around 1.6 to 2.2 […]

Indian Idol 12 grand premiere kicked off to a great start yesterday with the top 15 contestants giving their best performances in front of judges Neha Kakkar, Vishal Dadlani, and Himesh Reshammiya. Sireesha started the premiere performing on Lata Mangeshkar’s Jiya Jale Jaan Jale from Dil Se.   View this post on Instagram   A […]

Malkangiri: A team of BSF Jawans had a narrow escape when a landmine planted by the Maoists was detected and defused at Swabhiman Anchal in the district on Sunday. The jawans detected the explosives when they were on their way for combing operation in Pipalapadar and Nakmamudi area. Later it was defused by a bomb […]

Mumbai: You might hate her or love her, but you certainly cannot ignore Rakhi Sawant. Controversy’s favourite child is back in the news again, this time as a challenger on the ongoing season 14 of Bigg Boss. Rakhi, who was a contestant on season one of the show, has been there, done it all — […]

Bhubaneswar: Saroj Sethi, who kicked off a major controversy by making cash for crime allegations against SIT chief Arun Bothra in the sensational ‘Pari’ rape and murder case, continued to be interrogated while the investigating agency has reportedly conducted polygraph test of his family members. Sethi’s family members including his mother and sister today informed […]

New Delhi: India’s overall tally increased to 1,00,31,223 with 26,624 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 95.80 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 95.51 per cent, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday. The death toll […]

New Delhi: During the nationwide lockdown in India, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to increased interaction between adults and their teenage wards and has allowed parents more time to monitor them, the experts said on Sunday. According to Debjani Banerjee Faculty- Sociology and Social & Cultural Anthropology( CBSE and IBDP), Shiv Nadar School, Gurugram, while […]

Legendary singer Sukhwinder Singh was the special guest on The Kapil Sharma Show last night. And as expected, he mesmerized the audience, Kapil’s team including Archana Puran Singh with his mellifluous and soulful singing. Sukhiji, as he is popularly called turned the comedy show into a musical concert with his renditions of Ramta Jogi, Nasha […]

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha reported 372 fresh Covid-19 cases taking the total tally to 3,26,233 on Sunday. Of the fresh cases, 214 are from quarantine and 158 are local contact cases, informed Information & Public Relations Department. Angul registered the highest 50 cases followed by Sundargarh (47), Khordha (38), Cuttack (26) and […]

The Broadcast Engineering Consultant India Ltd (BECIL) has released a recruitment notification for the positions of Hospital Attendant Grade III, LDC, UDC and several other posts. Candidates who are interested and eligible can apply for the positions by December 26, 2020. BECIL Recruitment 2020: Posts and Age Limit Details Sanitary Inspector Grade II: 18-25 years, […]

New Delhi: Indian boxers won three gold medals, besides two silver and four bronze, at the recently concluded Cologne Boxing World Cup held in Koln, Germany. “Our Indian boys and girls have won nine medals including three gold, two silver and four bonze medals at the prestigious Cologne Boxing World Cup,” Union Sports Minister Kiren […]