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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 […]

The news of Odia film Kalira Atita making an entry into the Oscars race has swept the internet with Odias all over the world applauding this glorious moment. However, as it turns out, the claim of Nila Madhav Panda that his film has made it into the Oscar Race is false and misleading. Here is […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha has achieved success in vaccinating over 85% of beneficiaries, several health care workers and frontline warriors are yet to take the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine. The pull- back syndrome shown by many corona warriors in Odisha has not gone down well with  the State Health Department. Taking the lukewarm […]

Washington: The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 112 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.48 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at […]

There’s a crazy fan following for Korean music and films all around the world. And BTS definitely tops the list. On Wednesday,BTS’ Jungkook took the social media and made his fans go into a frenzy as he treated his fans with his new look. Jungkook shared a picture of his new hairstyle as he coloured […]

New Delhi: Companies in India are likely to offer a 7.7 per cent salary increase in 2021, one of the highest among the BRIC nations, and higher than the average actual increase of 6.1 per cent in 2020, says a survey. Global professional services firm Aon Plc on Tuesday released insights from its latest Salary […]