New Delhi: As the world watched the new NASA rover touchdown on the Martian surface, it was Indian American Swati Mohan who virtually spearheaded the successful landing of Perseverance that will search for signs on life on the Red Planet. “Touchdown confirmed! Perseverance is safely on the surface of Mars, ready to begin seeking the […]
India captain Virat Kohli has revealed that he battled depression during a harrowing tour of England in 2014 where he felt like the “loneliest guy in the world” after a string of failures with the bat. In a conversation with former England player Mark Nicholas on his ‘Not Just Cricket’ podcast, Kohli conceded that […]
Nila Madhav Panda’s first Odia film ‘Kalira Atita’ has applied to get into the prestigious Academy Awards race in the general category for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director among the other categories. The nominations are not out yet and whether the film has made it to the Oscars or not will be known in […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Assembly is virtually in turmoil for the second consecutive day on Friday. The opposition – BJP and Congress – are in a paddy over the ‘messy paddy procurement’ by the State government. The entire opposition was up in arms today. And the grim news from Nuapada came in the evening hours, […]
Washington: NASA’s Perseverance rover has sent some stunning photos of the Red Planet, including a high-resolution colour selfie taken during its landing. The selfie is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on February 18. “While NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover sent back a stop-motion movie of […]
Bhawanipatna: One more elephant calf was found dead near a nullha at Ghusurigudi in Karlapata wildlife sanctuary taking the toll to seven within a gap of 20 days. The death was due to suspected haemorrhagic septicaemia, sources said. Earlier, six elephants-all pregnant- died of the bacteria infection. Carcasses of five pachyderms were recovered from Ghusurigudi […]
Bhubaneswar: Expressing deep concern over the alleged repeated death threats issued by some anonymous caller to Swami Jivanmuktananda Puri, the successor of spiritual leader late Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati and the chief of the Kanya Ashram at Jalespata in Kandhamal district, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday demanded full proof security arrangements for him. Addressing […]
Kandhamal: The Kandhamal Police on Sunday arrested a former worker of Gurukul Sanskrit Kanya ashram at Jalespata in the district for allegedly making threatening phone calls to the ashram’s chief Swami Jivanmuktananda Puri, who is also the successor of spiritual leader late Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati. The accused identified as Mahadev Maharaj was arrested by the […]
Bhubaneswar: In view of the fresh spike in number of Covid-19 cases in some states of the country, Odisha School and Mass Education department has directed all District Education Officers (DEOs) to ensure strict implementation of safety protocols in schools for the larger interest of students and teaching staff. In a letter to the DEOs, […]
Balasore: The Balasore district administration shifted the people of three revenue villages, located in proximity to the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea prior to the trail of a nuclear-capable missile on Monday indigenously developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Around 4,000 people from Khadupahi, Jaydevkasaba Pahi and Baliapalpahi were shifted to […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari on Monday presented the annual budget in the State Assembly for 2021-22 financial year with an outlay of Rs 1.7 lakh crore, an increase of around 13 per cent compared to the previous fiscal. “We propose a larger budgetary outlay of Rs 1,70,000 crore for 2021-22 which includes an […]
Bhubaneswar: Unlike the mantra of higher spending in the Union Budget 2021-22, and when developed countries like the US and others in European Union have not hesitated in opening up their coffers after the pandemic shock, the Odisha Budget 2021-22 surprisingly decided to remain inside the ‘Laxman Rekha’ of FRBM Act. Though Finance Minister Niranjan […]
Puri: A Railway Protection Force (RPF) staff made the day of an elderly Maharashtra man by returning his lost bag containing Rs 25,000 cash and other important documents at Puri railway station here in the district. According to reports, on February 21, the RPF staff T K Mohaptra boarded the Puri – Ahmedabad train after […]
New Delhi: The genetic diagnostic laboratories in India have detected over 24,000 mutations in the strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the last one year, top officials told IANS on Tuesday. The officials added that the mutations have been detected in around 7,000 variants of the novel coronavirus which are under circulation in the country. “We have […]
Bhubaneswar: The arrest of Biban Biswal, the prime accused in the 1999 Anjana Mishra gang rape case in Odisha, has brought a fresh ray of hope for the survivor who has been fighting a lone battle for justice for the past 22 years. Over the years, the survivor remained firm on the conspiracy theory behind […]
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