Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 23 Covid deaths on Friday, highest since September 1 while the infections were the lowest in a month as 2,697 people tested positive, a Health Department bulletin said. The daily positivity rate dropped to 4.4 per cent as 60,762 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, the bulletin added. The infections…
Madhuri Meheta to lead as Odisha announce 16-member squad for the BCCI Senior Women’s T20 Trophy, starting October 11 in Bengaluru. Pankaj Lochan Mohanty (president, OCA), Sanjay Behera (secretary, OCA) and all the office-bearers of OCA have extended their best wishes to the team. Squad: Madhuri Meheta (capt)Sushree Dibyadarshini (VC)Pragyan P Mohanty (wk)Rashmita Chinara (wk)Kajol…
Bhubaneswar: A woman from Jagatsinghpur district has approached the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC), accusing local police personnel of assaulting her and her minor sons, an allegation that has been strongly denied by the police. In her petition to the rights panel, Aklima Bibi, a resident of Hatt Bazar under Jagatsinghpur Town police station limits,…
The Impact Player rule, first introduced in the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has been retained in IPL 2024 too. In simple words, the Impact Player rule allows each team to have one substitute player who can actively participate in matches with either bat or ball. This rule is distinct from regular…
Bhubaneswar: A one-day performance review-cum-orientation meeting of City Mission Managers was held under the auspices of Housing and Urban Development department at SUDA Conference Hall. In addition to reviewing the performance, the meeting also aimed at orienting the City Mission Managers on Jalsathi initiative as they will act as resource persons for looking after the…
Bhubaneswar: Seventeen more Covid-19 patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours in Odisha, taking the toll to 8,629, a health department bulletin said on Tuesday. At least 3,086 fresh Covid infections raised the tally in the state to 12,52,326, reported PTI. The daily infection caseload plunged by 47.6 per cent from 5,891…
The Institute of Banking Personnel (IBPS) has issued a notification inviting applications for Clerk post in the 2 July Employment Newspaper and on its official website – ibps.in. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online through the official website of ibps.in till July 21, 2022. The registration process started on July 1. A total of…
Chandigarh: The Haryana government has approved a new policy that will allow nursing homes to be set up in licensed residential plotted colonies across the state. The decision was taken at a state cabinet meeting held on Monday evening under the leadership of chief minister Nayab Singh Saini. The move is aimed at improving access…
Malkangiri: Security forces have seized huge quantity of explosives, suspected to be abandoned by the Naxals, from Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Friday, reported ANI. During a combing operation near the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border, security were informed about a bag suspected to contain explosive materials. When searched, the forces found four tiffin bombs, 20 web belts,…
Nagpur: A junior colleague allegedly stabbed L Devanathan NR Lakshminarasimhan, an assistant manager at Hexaware Technologies, at a flat in Shyam Nagar area here, an official said on Sunday. The 21-year-old victim lost his life when his colleagues, identified as Chandel and Pawan Anil Gupta (alias Halwai), were drinking alcohol. The assailant, Chandel, reportedly became…
