News from Odisha

Hyderabad: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said India is willing to respond to any kind of transgression, aggression or unilateral action on its borders. He was speaking at the passing out parade of various flight cadets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) who completed their pre-commissioning training at Air Force Academy in Dundigul. “You are all […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to launch a five-day long padayatra initiative starting tomorrow (December 20) demanding justice for Nayagarh girl Pari. Several central leaders of the party will take part in the rally which will continue till December 24, informed State party spokesperson Jatin Mohanty today. As […]

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India, which has partnered with AstraZeneca to manufacture the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, said on Saturday that the country would require a massive funding of Rs 80,000 crore for distribution of the Covid vaccine for the next one year. The Central government plans to vaccinate nearly 30 crore people in the first […]

New Delhi: Extramarital dating app Gleeden on Tuesday said that it has crossed 13 lakh subscribers in India during the Covid-19 period. The dating app added that its subscription rate skyrocketed over the past three months. During September, October and November subscriptions from India grew by over 246 per cent as compared to June, July […]

Bhubaneswar: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has found several discrepancies in the primary investigation conducted by Odisha Police in the alleged kidnapping and subsequent rape and murder of Pari, the five-year-old girl from Nayagarh district whose skeletal remains were found almost 10 days after she went missing from her village in the […]

South’s heartthrob Vijay Deverakonda is always in the news for various reasons- from his acting to his love life.  But sometime back he hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Some intimate pictures of Vijay and a mystery girl had gone viral on the internet. The pictures took everyone by surprise and fans were […]

Kolkata: A convoy of as many as 30 vehicles headed out for the Midnapore College Ground where Union Home Minister Amit Shah was scheduled to address a mega public meeting on Saturday. The convoy packed with dissident lawmakers, MPs and other Trinamool Congress leaders set out for the venue at around 12.15 p.m. from Mecheda’s […]

Bhubaneswar: An 11-year-old boy who had gone missing for the last four days has been rescued from a relative’s house in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. He was rescued from Jarimunda Sahi under Infocity police station in the Capital city. The minor boy, a resident of Guakulimundia under Baranga Police Station limits here had gone missing from […]

Bhubaneswar: The streets in the State Capital City will soon get rid of abandoned vehicles that often create congestion and obstruct traffic as the Commissionerate Police (Traffic) today launched a special drive to remove old and unused vehicles parked along the pavements. On the first day of the special drive, traffic police began towing away […]

Bhubaneswar: Twenty-three feature films, including Odia movie ‘Kalira Atita’ by award winning filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda has been selected in the Indian Panorama 2020 films for the upcoming International Film Festival of India (IFFI) scheduled to be held in January next year. Panda’s movie is based on climate change and its repercussions. ‘Kalira Atita’ is […]

New Delhi: Interim chief Sonia Gandhi’s meeting with senior Congress leaders on Saturday morning ended after almost five hours and sources said nobody in the meeting objected to Rahul Gandhi’s name from being proposed for the party chief’s position again, although there will be “Chintan shivir” or brainstorming camps soon. “No one has a problem […]

Nagpur: RSS ideologue, senior journalist and ex-legislator Madhav Govind Vaidya passed away in a private hospital here on Saturday. He was 97. Vaidya is survived by his wife Sunanda and eight children. His children include three daughters Vibhavari G. Naik, Pratibha U. Rajhans, Bharti J. Kahu and five sons Dhananjay, Manmohan, Srinivasa, Shashibhushan and Ram. […]

Prabhas and Anushka Shetty were established as larger than life stars after the massive success of Baahubali. The audience was left mesmerized by these two and was eager to see them in more path-breaking roles. However, the actors left the audience high and dry with their poor choice of films resulting in a string of […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid rising anticipation among students regarding reopening of Universities and Colleges in a phased manner across the country post COVID-19 induced lockdown, sources said several higher educational institutions are gearing up to resume physical mode of teaching from December end. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will reopen for PhD scholars from Monday in its […]

New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will reopen for PhD scholars from Monday in its fourth phase of reopening the campus after being closed for over seven months in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. “PhD students from all schools (both day scholars and hostelers), who require to access the laboratory, are allowed to enter […]