News from Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Thursday reported highest single day spike of 394 new Covid-19 cases after a gap of several months. As per the data shared by I &PR department, a maximum of 70 cases were reported from Khordha district, followed by Kalahandi (43), Nuapada (40), Bargarh (34), Sundergarh (31) and Cuttack (27). It is pertinent […]

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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday advocates for further reforms in the mineral sector to ensure uninterrupted supply of ore to the industries, safeguarding employment and state revenue. Addressing a session through video-link, Patnaik maintained that Odisha has been one of the first states to successfully conduct the auction of mineral blocks in […]

Bhubaneswar: The new in-charge (Prabhari) of Odisha BJP, Daggubati Purandeswari on Wednesday arrived in the State Capital on a three-day Odisha visit to discuss party’s organisational affairs. This is her maiden visit to the State after being appointed as the in-charge of Odisha. She is scheduled to meet the office bearers, party MPs, MLAs and […]

New York: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been named among the world’s 100 most powerful women by Forbes, a list topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the 10th year in a row. Other powerful women include US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Biocon Founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and HCL Enterprise CEO Roshni Nadar Malhotra. The women […]

Mumbai: Renowned for marrying Kathak and Kathakali into a unique form, contemporary Indian dancer Astad Deboo, passed away in Mumbai on Thursday, informed his family. He was 73. “He left us in the early hours of December 10, at his home in Mumbai, after a brief illness, bravely borne,” the family announced on social media. […]

Washington: The global coronavirus cases surged over 68.8 million, while the deaths have risen to more than 1.56 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 68,822,212 and 1,567,706, respectively. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) staff, who have been on dharna for last 13 days at Lower PMG square here demanding regularisation of job, have resorted to road blockade after four staff members of them fell ill on Wednesday night. As many as 15 members among them staged a hunger strike after the government […]

Muzaffarpur: Bollywood actors Sunny Leone and Emraan Hashmi are residents of this north Bihar town and though not married to each other, have a 20-year-old son studying in a college near Muzaffarpur in Bihar. Authorities at the Bhim Rao Ambedkar Bihar University here were flummoxed when screenshot of a BA 2nd year students purported admit […]

Bhubaneswar: Normal life has been thrown out of gear due to dense fog that enveloped several parts of the State on Thursday. The extreme foggy condition especially in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack and interior parts of Odisha has also disrupted the road as well as railway traffic due to poor visibility. Such condition continued till late […]

New Delhi: In a good news for government job aspirants, the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the tentative list of vacancies for the Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) examination for the year 2020. There are a total of 4726 vacancies this year, including 158 vacancies for LDC/JSA/JPA, 3181 for PA/SA, and 7 for DEO […]

Hardik Pandya’s wife Natasa Stankovic today shared a beautiful video clip of herself with their son enjoying nursery rhyme. While Natasa is waving her hand in sync with the rhyme her little one is looking straight ahead somewhere as the famous ‘Ten in the Bed Roll Over’ rhyme keeps on playing in the background.   […]

United Nations: Asserting that vaccination for him is a moral obligation” towards the whole community, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that he intends to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available and he will do so publicly. Of course, I intend to receive the vaccine when it becomes available for me in whatever the […]

Aamir Khan’s eldest son Junaid Khan is all set to make his Bollywood debut. Recently, a lot of reports have hit the town that Arjun Reddy fame Shalini Pandey is robbed in to star oppose Junaid in his debut film. Shalini Pandey shot to fame with her stint in Arjun Reddy opposite Vijay Deverakonda. She […]

Bhubaneswar: Akash Pathak – the son of tainted IFS officer Abhaykant Pathak – who has been accused of defrauding people promising them jobs in Tata Motors Limited (TML), will be taken on a 5-day remand by the State Crime Branch from tomorrow. The SDJM court in Bhubaneswar allowed CB to take Pathak on remand for […]