Bhubaneswar : Curtains rolled down on the first edition of Covid-19 International Film Festival (CIFF) Friday after exhibition of more than a hundred short and documentary films. The online festival aimed at providing windows to the promising filmmakers and spreading positivity during these difficult hours,...
New Delhi: The Centre has justified in the Supreme Court its March 29 direction asking private establishments to pay full wages to workers during the COVID-19 lockdown and said that employers claiming incapacity in paying salaries must be directed to furnish their audited balance sheets...
Bhubaneswar: With the completion of institutional quarantine of lakhs of returnees, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy directed the district Collectors to focus on community surveillance to check Covid-19 spread. Tripathy held a review meeting on novel coronavirus with all the Collectors and superintendents of police (SPs)...
Digapahandi: The registration process implemented for migrant workers returning to Odisha due to the pandemic coronavirus has helped police nab a rape accused Tuesday. The man had been on the run for close to three years. He is the main accused in the kidnap and...
Los Angeles: Actress Pamela Anderson is ready for re-marriage. In an interview with the New York Times magazine, Pamela spoke about her failed relationships in the past and how she is keen to tie the knot again, reports femalefirst.co.uk. "Absolutely! Just one more time. Just...
Bhubaneswar: Aaina, a city based socio-cultural organisation Saturday organised an online movie festival to promote young filmmakers of the state. The organisers invited the movies those based on the advantage of the lockdown. The panel that judged the movies comprised names such as Ritwik Das,...
Berhampur: With less than a month to go before Rath Yatra, the biggest festival of the state, artisans are leaving no stone unturned to show their devotion to the Trinity – Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra. Satyanarayan Moharana of Berhampur is known for...
Bhawanipatna: In a bizarre incident, the rubber stamps at Golamunda CDPO office in Kalahandi district have gone missing. The officials have blamed rats for the development. They claimed that rats had devoured the rubber stamps. Sources said, Premlal Sunani a resident of Khasiguda village under...
Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police (CP) Thursday launched several awareness programmes on Covid-19-related issues. The CP stressed on social distancing and use of masks at public places to keep the deadly virus at bay. It conducted the trial of a drone to monitor the compliance of...
Bhubaneswar: After the lockdown period of over two months, most parts of Odisha saw Thursday the resumption of private bus services. In the last few days cabs and auto-rickshaws have been plying both here and in Bhubaneswar providing relief to the commuters. Inter-district bus operations...
An American scholar has written a book in which he tries to explain China’s recent rise. Dan Wang’s thesis is...
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India’s top anti-corruption watchdog, the CVC, has just delivered a stinging reality check to the CBI, and it’s not a...
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The memories of the deadly al-Qaeda strikes on 9/11 on iconic US building complexes are still alive even after several...
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Violence erupted in Kathmandu 8 September as thousands of young Nepalese took to the streets and clashed with security forces,...
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