Here’s an incomplete list of some foods that most people would never attempt to make at home: Pirate’s Booty, Pringles, Japanese curry powder. While ambitious home cooks and professionals might blend, toast, and grind their own spice mixes for various kare-flavored dishes, these homemade blends are very different from the kare-ko (Japanese curry powder) sold in…Continue Reading
Following the Orissa High Court’s ruling that there will be no reservation for backward classes in the upcoming three-tier Panchayat elections to comply with the Supreme Court directions, the reservation draft list has been released. However, political slugfest over the release of the list without quota for backward classes has heated up the State politics.The ruling…Continue Reading
England hit rock bottom in day three of the third test match of the Ashes series at the MCG as Australia sent the Three Lions to the pavilion for a pathetic 68 and sealed the match by an innings and 14 runs.The shocking capitulation of the visitors in the Boxing Day test meant that the…Continue Reading
Five children of a family died on Tuesday in Bihar’s Banka district after a fire broke out at their house following a leakage in the pipe of an LPG cylinder, the police said.The incident took place in Rajawar village. The deceased have been identified as Ankush Kumar, Shivani Kumari, Seema Kumari, Soni Kumari and Ansu…Continue Reading
With Odisha predicted to receive rainfall from tomorrow evening, winter is unlikely to return to the State till January 19. No forecast of a chilly new year in the State.As per the IMD and NCEP forecast, from the evening of December 29, districts like Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Sambalpur, parts of Bargarh and Keonjhar will receive…Continue Reading
A farmer from Balasore district in Odisha allegedly ended his life over crop damage on account of adverse weather and debt burden. He took the extreme step by consuming poison several days back, but died on Tuesday.As per reports, Samarendra Kundu, a resident of Khoerda village under Bhograi Block of the district earned his living…Continue Reading
A day after a controversy broke out over the Central government refusing to renew the Missionaries of Charity’s license to accept foreign donations, top officials of the organisation said work in its orphanages, hospices and shelters for the poor were “going on as usual.” Officials from the Mission, founded by Mother Teresa here in 1950,…Continue Reading
Amid a rise in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the Indian capital New Delhi, the government has imposed restrictions on certain things as a precautionary step. On Tuesday (December 28), New Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced the government’s decision to implement level one of the Graded Action Plan. He addressed the citizen in Hindi which…Continue Reading
As the spread of new variant of coronavirus haunts many, the Indian government has told states and union territories on Tuesday that people in the age group of 60 years and above, who have co-morbidities, do not need to produce or submit any certificate from doctor at the time of taking precaution dose of COVID-19…Continue Reading
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday (December 28) virtually inaugurated 24 bridges and three roads constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in four States and two Union Territories of the country. He also commended BRO for achieving the feat despite the challenges of sub-zero temperatures and high altitudes. These bridges and roads are constructed…Continue Reading