Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today moved the State Election Commission seeking action against Rajendra Dholakia, BJD’s candidate from Nuapada after he was allegedly spotted distributing cash to voters during an election rally. A BJP delegation led by party’s Odisha unit vice-president Samir Mohanty met the chief electoral officer (CEO) and submitted a memorandum […]
May 03, 2021
Los Angeles: Amidst divorce rumours, Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas attended her first Jonas Brothers concert in Atlanta and called it “incredible”. https://www.instagram.com/p/BvqHHU5nxh1/ Priyanka, who is married to pop-singer Nick Jonas, on Sunday took to her Instagram page and shared a photograph in which she can be seen striking a pose with the Jonas brothers […]
May 02, 2021
Bolangir/Ganjam: Fed up with false promises, people of two villages in Odisha have threatened to boycott the upcoming polls. The residents of Beherenasilet village under Tureikela block in Bolangir and Nua Golabandha village under Gopalpur constituency of Ganjam district have decided to boycott the polls as a mark of protest against the government’s apathy in […]
May 02, 2021
New Delhi: All liquor bottles will need to carry cautionary messages such as “Drinking is injurious to health” and “Don’t Drink and Drive” on their labels from April 1, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said on Monday. The food regulator has issued directives making mandatory for alcoholic beverage bottles of up […]
May 02, 2021
New Delhi: The price war among various OTT players in India has intensified, with content streaming leader Netflix experimenting a weekly mobile-only plan for Rs 65 a month in the country. Netflix is also charging Rs 250 per month for mobile users but it still costs more than Amazon Prime which costs Rs 129 a […]
May 02, 2021
Panaji: Government lotteries and matka, an illegal daily lottery racket, beats casinos in terms of popularity among Goa’s adult male gamblers, a study has revealed. The study, published in the latest edition of the Asian Journal of Psychiatry, also establishes a linkage between tobacco-use, alcohol use disorders to gamblers’ addiction for matka. The study conducted […]
May 02, 2021
Bhubaneswar: Intense heat wave severely affected normal life across Odisha today as temperature crossed 40 degree Celsius in nine places in the State. Talcher recorded highest 43.1 degree C followed by Titlagarh with 43 degree C. Similarly, Angul recorded 41.7 degree C, Bhawanipatna-42.5, Bolangir-42, Jharsuguda-40.9, Sonepur-40.8, Sambalpur-40.1, Sundergarh-40, Bhubaneswar & Cuttack recorded maximum temperature of […]
May 02, 2021
Guangzhou (China): Chinese archaeologists have found pottery fragments dating back about 17,000 years in southern China’s Guangdong province. The paleolithic pottery fragments discovered in the Qingtang ruins in the city of Yingde provide more proof that southern China might be the first region where pottery was ever produced, reported Xinhua news agency on Monday. More […]
May 02, 2021
New Delhi: In a country where sports and films are prime attractions, the VIVO IPL 2019 has driven the reach of OTT platform Hotstar to an unprecedented 267 million viewers, which is way more than the 148 million global subscriber base of streaming giant Netflix. Hotstar has reshaped not just the Indian Premiere League (IPL) […]
May 02, 2021
Sonepur: Video purportedly showing cash being distributed to voters at Jurabanda village under Tarava block under Sonepur Assembly constituency, which goes to polls tomorrow, has gone viral on social media today. As per reports, the person concerned distributing cash in video is said to be a locally active member of the ruling BJD, Manabhanjan Mishra. […]
May 02, 2021
Gurugram: Residents of 72 villages in Gurugram’s IMT Maneser area may boycott the Lok Sabha elections after the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) served notices to take back Rs 35 lakh from a compensation amount given to the farmers for land acquisition. The notices were served to meet the directives of a February […]
May 02, 2021
Bhubaneswar: Amid likelihood of very severe cyclonic storm Fani’s impact, normal life has been hit in Odisha as the State continues to reel under intense heatwave condition. Talcher was the hottest city in the State today with 46.3 degree Celsius, the maximum for any place in Odisha this season. Mercury shot above 40 degree mark […]
May 01, 2021
Mayurbhanj: Despite widespread awareness to cast vote, as many as 450 voters of three villages in Mayurbhanj district refrained from exercising their adult franchise during the fourth phase of general elections in Odisha on Monday alleging delay in construction of bridge in their area. Hundreds of residents of Balama, Talabalama and Madakami villages in Kundabai […]
May 01, 2021
Los Angeles: A 26-year-old former US Army soldier who served in Afghanistan has been charged with plotting terror attacks in the Los Angeles area, the Justice Department said. Mark Steven Domingo allegedly sought to detonate improvised explosive devices containing nails last weekend at a rally in Long Beach that was organised by a white nationalist group, […]
May 01, 2021
Puri: The servitors of Puri Srimandir are now up in arms against Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (STJA) over an affidavit submitted in Supreme Court to limit the number of servitors at the scared shrine. However, SJTA officials clarified that hereditary rights of the servitors will not be abolished while an affidavit has been submitted to […]
May 01, 2021
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