Poet Mallik gets Kendra Award
Three writers from Odisha have been selected for the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award 2021. Poet Hrushikesh Mallik will receive the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for his book ‘Sarijaithiba Apera’. Digaraj Brahma and Debabrata Das will be conferred with Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 (Odia) and Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2021 (Odia)...
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Election symbols released
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Governor extends greetings on New Year
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Chattampi Swami works hit stands as debates on Kerala’s history begin
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Attack on Dalit girl in Amethi: UP Cong chief Lallu held for staging protest
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Cops killers among 6 ultras killed
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PM's campaign in UP to shrink BJP's chances of winning polls: Gehlot
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Kerala ranks 5th in India in good governance, says CM
31 December 2021 | PTI
Kerala logs 2,423 fresh Covid-19 cases, 164 deaths
Kerala on Thursday logged 2,423 new COVID-19 infections and 164 deaths, which took the caseload to 52,32,672 and the fatalities to 47,441 till date. Of the 164 deaths, 15 were recorded over the last few days and 149 designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of...
HNLC militant surrenders before BSF in Meghalaya
A member of the proscribed outfit, Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), on Thursday surrendered before the Border Security Force (BSF) Meghalaya Frontier chief here. The self-styled area commander of HNLC, Junel Tongper, surrendered before the IG BSF Meghalaya Frontier, Inderjit Singh Rana, at its Border Outpost at Umkiang in East Jaintia...
Army offers free medical service to villagers who helped Air Force chopper crash victims
Nanjappa Chattram village, in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiri district where the Indian Army helicopter ferrying the Chief of Defense Services General Bipin Rawat, his spouse Madhulika Rawat and 12 other Brave Hearts crash landed on December 8 leading to the martyrdom of all passengers, is yet to come out of the...
70-year-old arrested for raping child in UP
A 70-year-old man was arrested for raping a four-year-old girl in Bharua Sumerpur area of district here, police said on Thursday. However, the case is 24-days old, and the accused was arrested from his house on Wednesday only. Earlier, the police had registered a case of molestation but after the medical examination and...
Goa receives over 74,000 doses of Covaxin to inoculate 15-18 age group
The Goa government on Thursday received the first consignment of Covaxin doses to inoculate over 74,000 children in the age group of 15 to 18 years against COVID-19. Talking to PTI, state immunisation officer Dr Rajendra Borkar said the first lot of 74,200 Covaxin doses arrived in the state during the...
Suspended SHO booked for sexually harassing dowry victim in Rajasthan
Days after his suspension, the SHO at Mahila police station in Bundi was booked for allegedly sexually harassing and stalking a 30-year-old dowry victim, police said. SHO Shaukat Khan was suspended on Monday evening on the orders of IG, Kota, Ravi Dutt Gaur, they said. Superintendent of Police Jai Yadav said that...
Covaxin has proven to be safe: Bharat Biotech
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Thursday, announced that BBV152 (Covaxin), its whole-virion inactivated Covid-19 vaccine candidate, has proven to be safe, well-tolerated, and immunogenic in pediatric subjects in phase II/III study. In a statement issued here, it said that it had conducted phase II/III, open-label, and multicenter studies to evaluate the safety,...
