4.6 magnitude earthquake jolts Delhi-NCR
COVID-19: Nationwide lockdown likely to be increased by two more weeks
New Delhi: The nationwide lockdown - the fourth phase of which ends May 31 - is likely to be extended beyond this date with more relaxations as most Indian states are in favour of continuing it for two more weeks,...
Top JMB terrorist arrested in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district
Amit Shah meets Narendra Modi, gives feedback on lockdown discussions with chief ministers
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here Friday. Amit Shah informed the prime minister about the views of all chief ministers on the extension of the ongoing nationwide lockdown beyond May 31, officials said....
Couple found dead in mysterious circumstances in Bhubaneswar
63 new positive coronavirus cases in Odisha, tally goes up to 1,723
Bhubaneswar: Sixty three new positive coronavirus cases were reported Friday from various districts of Odisha. It took the total tally of coronavirus infected persons to 1,723 in the state. All the new coronavirus positive patients are currently being treated at various coronavirus hospitals spread across Odisha. Active cases So far...
Read moreAnother 90 COVID-19 patients recover in Odisha, active cases at 737
Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Friday said that 90 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered. “Another 90 #Covid19 patients have recovered and are being discharged. 23 from Jagatsinghpur. 22 from Jajpur. 21 from Bhadrak. 15 from Ganjam. 3 from Cuttack. 2 each from Khurda & Sambalpur. 1 each from Balasore and Nayagarh. The total recovered cases of #Odisha now stand at 977,” tweeted health department. https://twitter.com/HFWOdisha/status/1266327677193129985 Meanwhile, the health...
Read moreState govt announces two industrial parks, to create 36,000 jobs
Bhubaneswar: Odisha chief secretary Asit Kumar Tripathy Friday announced that the state government will set up two industrial parks in the state. According to Tripathy, both these parks will create as many as 36,000 jobs. While Dhamra town in Bhadrak district will have a textile park, Dhenkanal will have a medical park. The state government will spend Rs 6,000 -7,000 crore to set up both the parks, Tripathy added. It may...
Read moreOdisha Cabinet approves Rs 17K crore package to reboot rural economy
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved Friday 22 proposals including two ordinances. The Cabinet passed a special livelihood intervention programme, which will be taken up from June 2020 to March 2021 to reboot rural economy which has suffered a setback due to the COVID-19 crisis. The government is going to spend Rs 17,000 crore in this regard. The two ordinances have been brought by the Cooperation...
Read moreIndia registers biggest single day spike of 7,466 new coronavirus cases, death tally goes up to 4,706
New Delhi: The number of COVID-19 cases in India has climbed to 1,65,799. It has made India the world’s ninth worst-hit country by the coronavirus pandemic. The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 4,706 as informed by the Health Ministry on its website Friday. It also said that there has been a record spike of 7,466 new cases since Thursday 8.00 am. According to ‘Worldometer’, India has now overtaken Turkey as...
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Nia Sharma: Those blessed with good looks don’t click a lot of selfies
Mumbai: Television actress Nia Sharma has shared a stunning photograph of herself and said that the ones addicted to selfies are only trying to convince themselves they are good looking. Nia took to Instagram, where she posted a selfie dressed in a black spaghetti top. "Those blessed with good looks don't click a lot of selfies.. The...
BMC’s app for vulnerable sections
Bhubaneswar: With a view to reaching out to the vulnerable sections of society, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Friday, launched a mobile App ‘Sachetak’ to help people both physically and emotionally during crisis. Developed jointly by the BMC and Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL), the app works as a one-stop-solution for providing various services such as fixing...
4.6 magnitude earthquake jolts Delhi-NCR
New Delhi: An earthquake, measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale, jolted the national capital and its surrounding regions Friday evening. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake, with a depth of 3.3-kilometre, occurred at 9.08 pm. It's epicentre was 16 km east-southeast of Haryana's Rohtak district. No casualties or damage to properties have been reported...
Panel formed to check prisoners’ mental health
Bhubaneswar: The state government has formed a three-member committee to look into the health condition of prisoners across the state. The committee of experts will physically visit all the major jails of the state soon to enquire the ambience inside the jails. The state government took the decision following the directions of the Odisha Human Rights Commission...
Tamil Nadu corona count cross 20,000, death toll rises 154
Chennai: As many as 874 persons tested positive for coronavirus over the past 24 hours in Tamil Nadu, while nine Covid-19 patients died Friday, the state Health Department said. In a statement issued here, it said with the new cases, taking the total tally to 20,246 in the state, which include 1,203 children in the age group...
Astrologer Bejan Daruwalla dies of COVID-19; predicted end of pandemic by mid-May
New Delhi: Noted astrologer Bejan Daruwalla, who had predicted the end of coronavirus crisis by mid-May died of the disease Friday at a private hospital in Ahemadabad. The 89-year-old had been on ventilator support since he was admitted in Apollo Hospital in Ahmedabad few days ago after complaining of breathing issues. Born July 11, 1931, Daruwalla was...
Rail Board Chairman gathering details of dead migrant workers
New Delhi: Facing public anger over the death of a few passengers travelling in Shramik Special trains, Railway Board Chairman V.K. Yadav Friday said that "some people have died during the train journeys and Railways is gathering details". Addressing a press conference here, Yadav however said that doctors can tell the exactly whether the deaths were due...
Brands ask malls to reduce rent till business gets back to normal
New Delhi: Brands and retailers have asked the malls to close the commercial agreements with reduced rents linked to the trading density of the malls. A formula has been proposed in order to simplify the process and speed up the discussions, called as the Red-Orange-Green approach that will distribute the burden. Red is the lockdown period in...
Trolled for quoting the Quran, Zaira Wasim deletes Twitter, Insta accounts
Mumbai: Actress Zaira Wasim has deleted her Twitter and Instagram accounts after being heavily trolled for quoting from the Quran while talking about locust attacks. "So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood: Signs openly self explained: but they were steeped in arrogance -- a people given to sin. --Qur'an...
Britney Spears drops her 2016 single ‘Mood ring’
Los Angeles: Singer Britney Spears has dropped her single "Mood ring", which originally featured as a bonus track on her 2016 album "Glory". It had only released in Japan. Marking her first musical release in four years, Spears was excited to announce that the song was now available to stream everywhere and shared a snippet of "Mood...
