With the rising covid cases in the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sanctioned additional funds from Chief Minister Relief Funds (CMRF) to three districts on Thursday for Covid Management. Patnaik sanctioned Rs 2 crore for Puri district. The district had previously received an amount of Rs 14,59,74,408. With this additional release, Puri district now…
Former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill was kidnapped and assaulted by four men in Sydney. Former leg-spinner MacGill was abducted from near his home on April 14. According to media reports, Kidnappers took him to some unknown place where he was beaten and threatened. On Wednesday, Australian police arrested four men in this connection. According to…
In a rare incident, a Malian woman in Morocco gave birth to nine babies on Tuesday. 25 year old Halima Cisse from West Africa was earlier thought to deliver seven babies and for her better care the African government shifted her to Morocco on March 30. However, she surprised everyone delivering nonuplets. A woman delivering…
Bhubaneswar: The first day of statewide lockdown starts in Odisha on Wednesday morning. In the wake of increasing COVID-19 cases in the state, Odisha government on Sunday announced the 15 days lockdown from May 5 to May 19. While during the lockdown from Monday to Friday, essential services like groceries, vegetable shops, non-veg vendors among…
The Odisha government on Tuesday announced an International Literary Award in memory of eminent writer Manoj Das who died on April 27 at Puducherry after prolonged illness. Announcing about the award, Chief minister Naveen Patnaik informed that the award will carry a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh and will be presented to Odia writers…
Known for her outrageous posts on Twitter, Kangana Ranaut lost the popular social media platform after her Twitter account got permanently suspended on Tuesday. With this action of Twitter, she lost around three million followers of her on Twitter. This came after Kangana posted a controversial tweet about post election violence in West Bengal. In…
In view of rising Covid-19 cases in India and players testing Covid positive, BCCI has suspended the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) for this season. Stating about the situation in India, BCCI vice president Rajeev Shukla said India on Tuesday made this announcement. Earlier today, Delhi Capitals’ Amit Mishra and Sunrisers Hyderabad’ Wriddhiman Saha…
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates are getting divorce after 27 years of marriage. In a joint statement they announced about their divorce. Posting on Twitter, the couple said, “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage”….
In the recently concluded assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamul Congress (AITMC) in West Bengal, Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Assam retained power in their respective states while Tamil Nadu saw Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its allies coming to power…
After today’s IPL match between KKR and RCB was postponed following detection of Covid-19 infection in two KKR players, the CSK team has canceled their practice session as three members of their staff including CEO Kasi Viswanath and bowling coach L Balaji tested positive for coronavirus. Besides, few members of the of ground staff of…
