News from Odisha

New Delhi: India has pledged a sum of $1 million to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) towards its scientific research budget to ensure an atmosphere of Clean Sport globally, which will allow the global agency to develop innovative anti-doping testing and detection methods. The money will also be used to further strengthen WADA’s independent investigations […]

Bhubaneswar: The virtual interaction between Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and teachers over the upcoming CBSE Class 10, 12 board exams date, which was scheduled to be held today, has been rescheduled for some unknown reasons. Minister Pokhriyal took to his Twitter handle to announce the same. “Teachers, I am looking forward to having […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Crime Branch on Thursday arrested one Sarbeswar Rao, a close aide of arrested Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi in connection with the Tata Motors ‘recruitment fraud.’ Rao’s arrest came after the investigating agency found credible evidence regarding his involvement in the job fraud. He was earlier grilled by the probe agency for several hours […]

Mumbai: Mumbai Police arrested former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) on Thursday in connection with the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam. Romil Ramgarhia, former COO of the BARC, was arrested in the afternoon by a team of Mumbai crime branch, which is probing the TRP case, an […]

Bhubaneswar: Notwithstanding Odisha government going gung-ho over the Ganjam Covid-19 management model to showcase how skilfully the State had controlled the novel Coronavirus pandemic in the State, the bitter home-truth is that Odisha has been ranked lower than the North-eastern states, including Assam, Bihar and UP in the management of Covid-19 pandemic across states in […]

Saif Ali Khan’s first look from his upcoming political thriller Tandav is out. Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, the web series also stars Dimple Kapadia, Kumud Mishra, Tigmanshu Dhulia, and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub. The one-minute trailer indicates that the entire series is going to keep the audience glued to their seats. Importantly, it is the […]

Bhubaneswar: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on behalf of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment on Thursday invited applications from eligible candidates for National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities (NFPwD) for the selection year 2020-21. The last date for making online applications is January 17, 2021. Under […]

Adelaide: Virat Kohli’s enduring love affair with Adelaide Oval resulted in a classy 74 but his untimely run-out triggered a batting collapse as India ended the opening day at 233 for 6 against Australia in the first Day/Night Test here on Thursday. Kohli, who looked in complete command, was run out when his deputy Ajinkya […]

Sara Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan are currently promoting their upcoming movie Coolie No. 1 on social media as the latter is in isolation after testing corona positive. Today, the Kedarnath actress shared a short but sweet clip of Varun Dhawan’s transformation into a girl for the upcoming remake. The clip shows the makeup team […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda Yoga and Naturopathy Unani Sidda Homoeopathy) and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports formally recognised yogasana as a competitive sport on Thursday. The announcement was made at a joint press conference held here by the Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju. […]

The Kapil Sharma Show’s Bharti Singh was spotted outside the home of the famous standup comedian Kapil recently. Paps spotted her leaving Kapil’s house and even interacted with her. Bharti thanked the paparazzi for supporting her and even confirmed that she is returning to The Kapil Sharma Show. During the interaction, Bharti Singh said that […]

Bhubaneswar: The Centre is hoping that the toll income may rise up to Rs 1.34 lakh crore in five years using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that the Government has finalised GPS-based(Global Positioning System) technology toll collection to ensure seamless movement […]

New Delhi: In a big relief to exporters, the government had decided to credit all duty drawback claims made by them within a period of three days. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has instructed all zones under its jurisdiction to immediately take necessary action that will facilitate credit of drawback claims […]

Bhubaneswar: There has been no substantial progress in the on-going investigation by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to nab the ‘real culprit’ involved in the alleged rape and brutal murder of the five-year-old girl from Nayagarh district, observed the Orissa High Court on Thursday. The Court’s observation came following the submission of a status report […]

New Delhi: While the Central Government has geared up for the vaccination drive, more than 50 per cenr of India’s population has expressed caution towards taking the coronavirus vaccine, a survey revealed on Thursday. The survey holds importance at a time when questions are being raised on both the safety and efficacy of the vaccines […]