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New Delhi: Amazon has been ordered to pay Rs 45,000 to a law student who was promised a laptop for Rs 190 only, but it wasn’t delivered. Amazon has been penalised by the Odisha State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (Commission) as compensation to law student Supriyo Ranjan Mahapatra. According to Amazon, the deal was between […]

Koraput: Ahead of the 72nd Republic Day celebrations on Tuesday, elaborate arrangements have been made by the district Police to ensure smooth and peaceful celebrations and prevent any untoward incident. In view of intelligence warning about a possible Naxal strike, security has been heightened across the borders with intensive patrolling by security forces and sealing […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Anvesh Subham Pradhan is among the 32 children who have been conferred with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) 2021 for their excellent achievements in various fields. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be interacting with all the achievers through a video conference on Monday. Anvesh Subham, a Class IX student of Chandrasekharpur DAV […]

Bhubaneswar: The consumers across Odisha are now feeling the pinch of a steep rise in the petrol and diesel prices in the past one week. As per reports, the price of petrol reached a new high in Odisha as it breached Rs 91 per litre mark in Malkangiri on Monday. Official sources said petrol is […]

Bhubaneswar: As part of the nation-wide COVID-19 vaccination drive, Odisha government has targeted to inoculate all 3.5 lakh healthcare workers across the State by February 10. Health & Family Welfare Director, Bijay Panigrahy on Monday said the State is likely to meet the target of vaccinating 1.92 lakh health workers today as part of the […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the Republic Day celebrations, the Commissionerate Police on Monday issued an advisory for public. The Mahatma Gandhi Marg, where the State-level parade will be held on January 26 (tomorrow), will remain out of bounds for public. The movement of vehicles and pedestrians will be completely restricted from 6:30 am to 9 am, […]

Berhampur: Five persons were arrested in connection with the murder of former block chairman of Beguniapada, Debraj Sahoo. On Monday, police seized three pistols, five magazines, 63 bullets, a car, deceased’s mobile phone and some cash from their possession of the arrested persons. The cops ruled out any political angle in the murder while attributing […]

Bhubaneswar: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has assessed a total credit requirement of Rs 1,10,735 crore for Odisha for the year 2021-22. It emphasised on crop diversification, animal husbandry and fishery sector apart from greater thrust on enhancing credit flow to Self Help Groups (SHGs). State Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari released […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 20 police personnel from Odisha including two senior IPS officers have been selected to receive prestigious Governor’s Medal for 2020. They will get the honour in seven categories for their outstanding contribution to the society in the field of police and vigilance. Senior officers- Jay Narayan Pankaj (DIG, STF, CID CB), […]

Bhubaneswar: For the first time after a gap of seven months, the daily COVID-19 tally in Odisha dropped below 100 on Tuesday. As per I&PR department, the State reported 99 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, almost 12 days after the daily positive tally slipped to below 200-mark. Of the 99 new cases, […]

Cuttack: Three days after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation stone for the construction of the ambitious bus terminus at Cuttack on Saturday, senior BJD leader and local MP Bhartruhari Mahtab on Tuesday said the ‘Google-map aided site selection’ for the project is ill-conceived. “I am not aware of the new bus terminus project, […]

Berhampur: Close on the heels of detection of a fake mineral water bottling unit, a fake cold drink manufacturing unit was busted in Berhampur in Ganjam district on Tuesday. Huge stock of adulterated soft drink bottles were seized from the factory located at Sukunda village under Sadar Police limits. As per reports, the soft drink […]

Puri: In a bid to ensure the safety and security of the servitors of Jagannath Temple in the pilgrim town, the shrine administration has ordered to carry out Covid-19 test of the sevayats starting from today. As per the letter issued by the Shree Jagannath Temple administration (SJTA), Covid-19 swab test (RTPCR test) of the […]

Mumbai/Bhubaneswar: A homemaker from Odisha has claimed her dominance in the national level Mrs India Pageant held in Mumbai recently. Navdeep Kaur from Kansbahal in Sundergarh district has proved her mettle in the grand finale of Mrs India competition concluded two days ago in Mumbai. She wore the crown defying many other talents hailing from […]

Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha will experience a dense cover of fog for the next 5 days, predicted India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday. As per the weather bulletin, shallow to moderate fog will occur at some parts of Odisha while dense fog alert has been issued for some districts till February 1, 2021. In […]