New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has summoned farmer leader Baldev Singh Sirsa and Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu for questioning in a case related to the outfit Sikhs for...
Bhubaneswar: A travel love story, a crime thriller and a case of excessive pride - carrying the varied hues of life on their palette, they ‘plot’ to make movie watching...
New Delhi: India began the world’s largest inoculation exercise against COVID-19 on a satisfactory note on Saturday. According to the Union Health Ministry, 1,91,181 people were administered the COVID vaccine...
Bhubaneswar: The first phase of COVID-19 vaccination, which began in Odisha at 11.05 am on Saturday, ended with coverage of overall 85% of target population. Of the targeted 16,405 health...
Bhubaneswar: Even as intense cold wave conditions continue to prevail in interior Odisha, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued a yellow warning for dense fog in seven districts....
New Delhi: Officials of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided the agency’s own headquarters in the capital to probe four of its officials who allegedly accepted bribes from a firm...
84-year-old Maguni Charan Kuanr of Keonjhar is a cult figure among puppeteers as the pioneer of the highly-stylised rod puppetry tradition of Odisha, locally known as Kathi-Kandhei Nacha. Kuanr is...
Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 vaccination drive that began on Saturday, will remain suspended across Odisha on Sunday, Additional Chief Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra said. “A decision has...
Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 positive tally in Odisha went up to 3,33,127 on Saturday with 178 new cases reported overnight. Of the new cases detected in 23 districts, 103 were from...
Bhubaneswar: The much-awaited COVID-19 vaccination began in all 30 districts of Odisha on Saturday with Prahllad Suna, a sweeper of the Sambalpur Municipal Corporation (SMC), being the first person to...