Mumbai: Rhea Chakraborty was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) today in connection with the ongoing probe into the alleged drug angle shrouding the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. The NCB will take the actress for medical examination at around 4.30 pm today and is likely to be produced before a magistrate through […]
Cuttack: Ollywood actor Barsha Priyadarshini has filed a complaint at Purighat Police Station here on Tuesday seeking protection after two persons entered her bedroom yesterday and clicked photographs. Barsha alleged in the complaint that two persons, who work in actor-turned-politician AnubhavMohanty’s residence at Nandi Sahi in Cuttack, entered her bedroom yesterday evening while she was […]
Cuttack: Odia film actor Barsha Priyadarshini is likely to move Supreme Court requesting transfer of the divorce petition filed by her husband, actor-turned-MP Anubhav Mohanty from Delhi’s Patiala House Court to a court in Odisha. Speaking to media, Barsha’s counsel Ram Krushna Rath said,”Barsha has no brother or father and she is cannot afford to […]
Malkangiri: Brining joy for thousands of residents living in far flung remote areas in Malkangiri district, mobile phone services in the ‘Swabhiman Anchal’ here began for the first time on Monday. Airtel becomes the very first mobile operator to launch services in Hantalaguda, Pipalpadar, Jantapai and Darlabeda areas in the ‘Swabhiman Anchal’. According to sources, […]
Bhubaneswar: The Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) Court in Cuttack is likely to hear the petition filed by Odia film actor Barsha Priyadarshini against her husband, actor-turned-MP Anubhav Mohanty accusing him of physical and mental torture. Barsha Priyadarshini has filed miscellaneous cases under section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. In […]
Bhubaneswar: A day after Ollywood actress Barsha Priyadarshini filed a domestic violence case against her husband and BJD MP from Kendrapara, Anubhav Mohanty, the latter on Sunday filed a divorce petition in Delhi. According to source, the lawmaker has filed a 47-page divorce petition in Delhi’s Patiala court. In his petition, the BJD leader has […]
Cuttack: Ollywood actress Barsha Priyadarshini has filed a case of domestic violence against her husband and BJD MP from Kendrapara, Anubhav Mohanty in the SDJM court in Cuttack. The case was filed under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act against the MP for allegedly assaulting and harassing Barsha. In her […]
Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 death toll in Odisha increased to 538 with seven more deaths while the cumulative caseload surged to 1,20,221 with the detection of 3,543 new cases in the last 24 hours. According to Health and Family Welfare department, Khordha reported two deaths, while Bolangir, Cuttack, Ganjam, Malkangiri and Sundergarh reported one death each. […]
Bhubaneswar: The online admission process for Plus III courses in all degree and autonomous colleges across Odisha will begin from September 8. The last day for submitting online application is September 22. According to a notification issued by the Higher Education department, the first merit list will be declared on September 28. The selected candidates […]
Mumbai: Showik Chakraborty and Samuel Miranda, arrested in connection with the drugs probe linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, are likely to be produced in a Mumbai court on Saturday. Showik is brother of Rhea Chakraborty, who is the main accused in the case, while Miranda was Rajput’s house manager. They were arrested by […]
Mumbai: Tightening its noose around Rhea Chakraborty, the Narcotics Control Bureau on Friday night arrested her brother Showik and Sushant Singh Rajput’s house manager Samuel Miranda as it probed the drug angle in the death of the Bollywood star. According to NCB officials, the duo was arrested after 10 hours of questioning. Earlier in the […]
Bhubaneswar: Even as Covid-19 cases are on the rise in Odisha capital, only around 5.15 percent of the residents have developed antibodies for the infections, informed Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Prem Chandra Choudhary on Friday. “So far more than 1600 samples have been collected by the BMC in the first round of the second […]
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday announced that by-polls for the 64 assembly and one parliamentary seats in different states will be held around the same time with the Bihar Assembly polls, dates for which will be announced later. ECI during the meeting with Chief Secretaries of all states and electoral officers decided that […]
Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 death toll in Odisha rose to 531 with nine more deaths while the cumulative caseload surged to 116678 with the detection of 3267 new cases in the last 24 hours. “Regret to inform the demise of Nine Covid positive patients while under treatment in hospitals,” tweeted State Health and Family Welfare Department. […]
Bhubaneswar: After a brief hiatus of some months in view of Covid-19 pandemic, Bhubaneswar-Surat direct flight services is all set to resume again from September 9, 2020. As per the reports, the flight operations set up by the PSU Carrier Air India to connect Bhubaneswar with the textile hub of Gujarat, Surat will take off […]
Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha will experience light to moderate rainfall in the next 24 hours, informed India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday. The cyclonic circulation over west central Bay of Bengal and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal off South Coastal Andhra Pradesh, north Tamil Nadu coasts extending upto 2.1 km above mean sea level […]
Bhubaneswar: The death case of Aditya Dash seems to be taking new twists and turns with each passing day. Bringing new twist into the investigation, mother of the social activist today echoed with her husband’s allegations that the ‘psycho woman’ might have a big role in Aditya’s death. She alleged that a woman used to […]
Balasore: Far away from home in Gujarat, septuagenarian Gayatri Sahoo never thought of reuniting with her soul mate after being tested positive for novel coronavirus. But all thanks to Ollywood actor Sabyasachi Mishara, who turned Samaritan, to help the elderly woman reunite with her family in the evening of her life. Gayatri, who hails from […]
New Delhi: The Twitter account for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website and the Narendra Modi Mobile App was reportedly hacked at around 3:15 am on Thursday. The account has 2.5 million followers. “Yes this account is hacked by John Wick (hckindia@tutanota.com), We have not hacked Paytm Mall,” read one of the tweets posted on […]
Bhubaneswar: In a major development, the State Cabinet has approved promulgation of ‘The Odisha Universities (Amendment) Ordinance 2020’ to amend the Odisha Universities Act, 1989 and repeal the Ravenshaw University Act, 2005. The idea behind such a move is reportedly to bring all Universities under one Act – Odisha Universities Act, 1989. The important amendments […]
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology today banned as many as 118 mobile apps including PUBG in view of the emergent nature of threats as they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order. The Ministry reportedly received many complaints […]
Bhubaneswar: Even though the flood situation in Odisha is yet to improve, a fresh cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal is likely to trigger rainfall in several parts of the State pounding more miseries on people. Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre on Wednesday issued heavy rainfall and thunderstorm warning for 12 districts of the State notably […]
New Delhi: For the first time since the India-China skirmishes began at Ladakh earlier this year, the Indian Army is dominating strategic locations on the south bank of Pangong Lake, even as China enhanced deployment of troops close to the Thakung base in Indian territory and tried to change the status quo. In a crucial […]
The Union Public Service Commission has declared the final result of the Combined Defence Services Examination (II) 2019 or CDS II. UPSC had conducted the exam in September last year which was followed by SSB. There are some common candidates in the three lists for various courses. The number of vacancies, as intimated by the […]
New Delhi: The Indian cricket board has budgeted nearly Rs 10 crore for more than 20,000 COVID-19 tests to be conducted during the Indian Premier League starting September 19. While the eight franchises bore the cost of testing in India, the BCCI is picking up the tab for the RT-PCR tests which have been conducted […]
Bolangir: It seems repeated awareness to shun caste system stigma has become irrelevant with the social evil still quite prevalent in many interior pockets of Odisha. In another appalling instance of inhumanity, a man had to carry the corpse of his father on bicycle after fellow villagers did not turn up for the last rites […]
The Kapil Sharma Show will have ‘writers special’ in its upcoming episode on weekend. Manoj Muntashir will be a part of this episode. In his tweet, he made a cryptic comment for being invited. He wrote, “सतयुग आ गया. @KapilSharmaK9 के show पर writers बुलाए गए. पूरी बिरादरी को बधाई.” सतयुग आ गया. @KapilSharmaK9 के show […]
Bhubaneswar: As many as 11 persons infected with Covid-19 succumbed in Odisha in the last 24 hours taking the virus death toll in the State to 503. Khordha, Puri and Mayurbhanj districts reported two deaths each while one patient each died in Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Kandhamal and Rayagada, according to information shared by the State health […]
Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the phased-reopening under Unlock-4, Odisha government today announced guidelines that will remain in force in the State from September 1 to September 30, 2020. The restrictions or relaxation in place is in pursuance of the revised guidelines issued by the Home Ministry to re-open more activities in areas outside containment zones and […]
New Delhi: The ‘man of all seasons’, veteran politician and former president of India, Pranab Mukherjee passed away on Monday leaving the entire country in deep mourning. He was 84. Fondly called as Pranab da, Mukherjee was admitted to the Army Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi Cantonment on August 10 and underwent an emergency […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has decided to give pension of four months in advance to the beneficiaries of Madhu Babu Pension Scheme. The beneficiaries of the scheme will get pension for the months of September, October, November and December in advance, informed Social Security and Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities (SSEPD) Minister Ashok Panda. (This is […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Higher Education department will hold a high-level meeting today to chalk out plans to conduct the final semester examinations of Under Graduate (UG) and Post Graduate (PG) courses. According to sources, the meeting scheduled for 3 pm today will be chaired by Higher Education minister Arun Sahoo. Vice-chancellors, controllers of examinations of state […]
The Kapil Sharma fans are missing their favorite Chandu chaiwala aka Chandan Prabhakar very badly. There is no update from the show makers regarding his comeback on the comedy show. But fans are just restless and want to know when Chandan will return back to the show. Recently on Ganesh Chaturthi, the comedian shared a […]
Jajpur: The skeletal remains of two unidentified persons were recovered from the bank of Baitarani river near Dhanatri in Jajpur district on Saturday. According to initial reports, some local residents spotted the skeletons near the riverbed and contacted the cops. Later, Panikoili police and personnel of fire services department reached the spot and recovered the […]
Cuttack: While incessant rain in the upper catchment areas has forced Hirakud dam authorities to open 46 sluice gates, flood threat in Mahanadi River system looms large now leaving nearby residents worried. This morning, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena stated that the inflow into Hirakud reservoir has increased by more than 1 lakh cusec […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Saturday reported highest-single day COVID-19 deaths so far. As many as 14 COVID-19 positive patients succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 470. As per the Health and Family Welfare Department, two COVID-19 deaths each were reported from Balasore, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur and Malkangiri while […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Friday issued an advisory for provisioning a COVID-19 unit in private hospitals with 30 or more beds. The State government has also fixed the cost of treatment of COVID-19 patients in various private hospitals. COVID-19 Treatment – Here is the break-up: -General Bed – Rs 2950 to Rs 4750 -ICU – […]
Bhubaneswar: With moderate flood anticipated in Mahanadi basin, Odisha government has put its entire machinery on alert to deal with any situation arising out of the situation. As per preliminary estimates by Odisha government, over 4 lakh people have been affected by the floods triggered by the low-pressure induced heavy rainfall so far in the […]
New Delhi: In a shocking development, as many as 12 Chennai Super Kings squad members, including players and coaching/support staff, have tested positive for coronavirus, just 22 days before the IPL begins in the UAE, sources told IANS on Friday. According the sources, the entire team has been quarantined after the development. “A total of […]
Mumbai: A day after Rhea Chakraborty opened up in a television interview, senior advocate Vikas Singh, representing the family of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, made a cryptic tweet hinting at the interview. “I strongly believe that people in conflict with law should be barred from media publicity. It spoils their reputation if they […]