National News Updates

Bhopal, Aug 30 (IANS) Heavy rains and flooding in Madhya Pradesh have caused massive damage to property and crops, estimated at around Rs 1,067 crore, according to officials. In the last few days, heavy rains in the state have damaged 4,500 km of roads, broken 12 bridges and flooded more than 100 villages while crops […]

New Delhi: Myanmar, which has recently attained democracy, holds a unique position in India’s neighbourhood, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. “Myanmar is special for us. It holds a unique position in India’s neighbourhood,” Modi said in a joint press conference after holding bilateral talks with visiting Myanmar President Htin Kyaw. “The longstanding cultural […]

Srinagar: Authorities on Monday lifted curfew from Kashmir after 51 days since the ongoing unrest began on July 9, officials said. “Curfew has been lifted from the entire Valley. But, it will remain in force in Pulwama town and in areas under the jurisdiction of Nowhatta and M.R.Gunj police stations in Srinagar,” a senior police […]

Kendrapara: A soldier of the Indian Army and a war veteran Saila Bahadur Gurum died at his residence here last night. He was 85 and is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters. Though Gurum was born in a village Lapark in the Gorkha district of Nepal, he stayed at a house close […]

Bhubaneswar: The District Child Protection Officer and members of Child Welfare Committee (CWC) on Saturday began a probe into the incident of forced plantation of paddy saplings by the students of Ramakrushna model school at Mahulpal village under Kamakshyanagar block of Dhenkanal district. The investigating officials spoke to the students and teachers of the school. […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday said that India was fully committed to the reconstruction work in Nepal after the devastating April 2015 earthquake. He was speaking to Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bimalendra Nidhi, who is visiting India as a Special Envoy after the installation of a new government […]

Patna: A leader of the ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was shot dead on Saturday in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district, police said. Vinod Yadav, resident of Rasulpur locality, was killed by armed assailants on a motorcycle, when he along with two other people were headed for a meeting. Police said that preliminary investigation suggested personal enemity […]

Srinagar: Five civilian protesters were killed in firing by security forces as fresh violence erupted in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, taking the toll to 65 in the weeks of unrest triggered by the July 8 killing of a popular rebel commander. A police officer told IANS here that four protesters were killed in Budgam […]

Bhubaneswar: The CBI today conducted simultaneous raids on the offices of Microfinance Ltd, a chit fund company, at seven places in Odisha. Sources in the CBI said the raid was conducted on Microfinance offices at two places in Bhubaneswar, three places in Jaleswar and one each in Khurda and Balasore. Officials of the central investigating […]

Puri: With preparation for Bahuda Jatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings have reached final stage in Puri, OTV is all geared up to bring all the actions live for its viewers from Puri. WATCH LIVE HINDI WATCH LIVE ODIA While, people just can tune into OTV channel for the live telecast of the annual […]

Puri: With preparation for Bahuda Jatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings have reached final stage in Puri, OTV is all geared up to bring all the actions live for its viewers from Puri. WATCH LIVE HINDI WATCH LIVE ODIA While, people just can tune into OTV channel for the live telecast of the annual […]

Puri: With preparation for Bahuda Jatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings have reached final stage in Puri, OTV is all geared up to bring all the actions live for its viewers from Puri. WATCH LIVE HINDI WATCH LIVE ODIA While, people just can tune into OTV channel for the live telecast of the annual […]

New Delhi: Spanish train Talgo today commenced its second phase trial from Mathura at 120 km per hour speed with senior officials from Spain and Railways onboard. The train with nine coaches started the journey at 12.40 PM from Mathura and reached Palwal at 1.33 PM covering the 84 km distance in about 53 minutes, […]