News from Odisha

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: The Higher Education Department is hopeful that colleges across Odisha would reopen in January 2021. However, a final decision in this regard will be taken by the Odisha government after reviewing all aspects including the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the State, said Secretary, Higher Education Department Saswat Mishra on Thursday. While talking to reporters […]

Andhadhun actor Ayushmann Khurrana shared a short clip of himself nailing highstand like a professional giving a glimpse of the way he keeps himself fit. Importantly, the way he does the handstand within a flip of a second indicates that he does it quite regularly as a part of his gym routine.   View this […]

Nayagarh: The newly appointed Odisha in-charge of BJP, D Purandeswai on Thursday lashed out at the BJD-led State government for ‘protecting’ Agriculture Minister Arun Sahoo whose alleged role in the abduction and killing of five-year-old Nayagarh girl, ‘Pari’, has come under the scanner. During her maiden visit to Odisha following her appointment as the new […]

Mumbai: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday arrested Bollywood makeup artist and hair stylist Suraj Godambe and seized cocaine from his possession in Mumbai, an official said. The NCB, which is conducting a probe into the alleged Bollywood-drugs nexus, apprehended Godambe after a raid, the official said. Godambe is a popular makeup artist and […]

New Delhi: The agitation by the farmers on the Delhi borders since November 26 demanding the revocation of the new agricultural laws continued for the 15th day on Thursday. After rejecting the central government’s proposal to amend the new laws, the parleys of farmer leaders with the Centre seem derailed at the moment and no new […]

Rani Mukherjee and her husband Aditya Chopra did not let the pandemic deter them from celebrating their daughter Adira’s gift birthday. Adira who turned 5 years old this Wednesday celebrated her birthday with the other starkers in the Tinsel town. Just like every year, Rani threw a birthday party for Adira where the other kids […]

Kajal Aggarwal wished her father today happy birthday sharing some sweet moments from her wedding with him. The Singham actress penned, “When pictures speak a 1000 words. We love you, papa. Happiest birthday!” One of the clicks shows Mr. Vinay Aggarwal blessing the couple Kajal and Gautam Kitchlu. In another click, she can be seen […]