News from Odisha

Sambalpur: Samaleswari temple, the abode of presiding deity of undivided Sambalpur district Goddess Samaleswari, will reopen for the devotees on January 3, 2021 after remaining out of bounds for several months in the wake of Covid pandemic. The decision to reopen the 16th century shrine was taken by the district administration on Friday. As per […]

Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi stoutly defended the new farm laws on Friday, saying they were in the works for decades and those who are opposing these laws now for gaining lost political ground were once votaries of the same reforms. The opposition parties were against the new laws as they were upset that he […]

New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Balram Bhargava has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after he tested positive for Covid-19. The 59-year-old ICMR chief was admitted to AIIMS’s Trauma Centre, a dedicated Covid-19 facility, on December 16, a hospital source told IANS on condition of […]

A head nurse at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, caused a brief scare on Thursday when she fainted shortly after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports. Tiffany Dover, a head nurse at Chattanooga, Hospital in Tennessee, passed out during a press briefing. The Head nurse was addressing media from the Hospital and […]

Puri/Bhubaneswar: For devotees, the months of longing to witness Lord Jagannath is finally going to be over as the district administration of Puri took an in-principle decision on Friday to throw open the Singhadwar of Srimandir for devotees from 23 December, albeit with restrictions. It may be mentioned here that the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration […]

Rourkela: Miscreants open fired on a jeweller and robbed him of valuables near RGH flyover in the steel city of Rourkela on Friday night. As per reports, the jeweller, who is yet to be identified till the latest reports came in, was on his way to home after closing his shop when some unidentified miscreants […]

Bhubaneswar: Raising serious questions over law and order situation in the State, a student was allegedly sprayed with sedative and robbed of by three unidentified miscreants in the Capital City on Saturday evening. The victim has been identified as Piyush Kumar Patra. According to reports, the miscreants approached Piyush, who is a +3 student, in […]

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) recently revised dates related to the submission of application forms for its Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) examination 2020. The last date to apply for SSC CHSL Recruitment 2020, which was December 15, was extended till December 19. Candidates must apply now to avoid the last hour rush. Interested and eligible candidates, […]

New York: The United States on Friday authorised a second Covid-19 vaccine in a single week’s time, green lighting a shot developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health for emergency use in Americans of 18 years and older. The Moderna approval comes exactly a week after the US Food and Drug Administration […]

Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases has crossed 75.5 million, while the death toll have surged to more than 1.67 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global Covid-19 caseload stood at 75,588,781 while […]

Cuttack: The ongoing marital discord between actor-turned-MP Anubhav Mohanty and his celebrity wife Varsha Priyadarshini has hit the headlines again after the latter filed a fresh complaint with the police alleging that attempts are being made to defame her. Late last night, the actress lodged a complaint at Purighat Police Station in Cuttack in connection […]

Washington: Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell got their first dose of vaccine against the novel coronavirus on Friday. “Today, with confidence in science and at the direction of the Office of the Attending Physician, I received the Covid-19 vaccine,” informed Pelosi in a tweet on […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major development into the investigation of the abduction and murder case of a five-year-old Nayagarh girl, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Saturday picked up one Saroj Sethi from Jadupur village in the district. Sources said the investigation team also took Sethi’s mother and sister reportedly for a health checkup at the […]

India Vs Austalia, in any format, is expected to be a high-voltage game. However, for Indian cricket fans today on the 3rd day of the first Test, the scenes at the Adelaide Oval looked as if the Kohli-led team entered the 22 yards only to surrender to the lethal bowling of the Aussie pacers. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is all set to conduct the board exams 2021. While everyone is searching for the CBSE Class 10, 12 board exam dates, the board has already cleared that an appropriate decision on the conduct of exams will be taken after prior consultations with […]