National News Updates

Mumbai: A busy square in Hiranandani Gardens, Powai will be named after the slain veteran journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, who was shot dead there on June 11, 2011. The plaque christening the square after the scribe will be unveiled by Mayor Snehal Ambekar on July 13 in the presence of top political leaders, former ministers and […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said the army cannot use excessive force in its counter-insurgency operations in areas declared disturbed under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. The court held that criminal courts do have the jurisdiction to look into cases of alleged excesses by the armed forces in areas declared disturbed. A […]

Bengaluru: Age is no bar for senior citizens to marry for the first time or re-marry to have company for the rest of their life, especially in old age, as evident from the good response to a matrimonial meet held here on Sunday for elders. “About 250 senior citizens above 50-60 years, including 150 men […]

Yiwu: “That’s Ganesha! Sells the most. How many pieces do you want,” asks Chin, pointing at the miniature idol of Hindu God sitting on the shelf of his shop. “If you want a smaller one, I can give that also. How many” he prods further. The 35-year-old Chinese owner of a gift shop, who claims […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after admitting to disgruntlement among some senior leaders inside the party, former Odisha chief minister and senior Congress leader Hemananda Biswal on Thursday did a volte face claiming that his statement was taken out of context. “I neither talked about any dissidence in the party nor regarding the change in the State […]

Mumbai/Bhubaneswar: Even as six new centres were added to the existing list of Test venues in one go today, the iconic Barabati Stadium in the millennium city of Cuttack, which hosted the first Test way back in 1987, missed out on the honour for the second time in the last one year. Barabati, which failed […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi on Wednesday reviewed the progress of several construction works taken up under the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) project in the twin city of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Officials attending the meeting said Padhi has asked the concerned officials to expedite the work since the monsoon is about to hit […]

Bhubaneswar: Two days ahead of the observance of ‘Dhikkar Divas’ by the Congress to highlight the failures of both the Central and State governments, the State unit of the party on Wednesday witnessed an implosion of sorts when senior leader and former Odisha chief minister Hemananda Biswal admitted that there was disgruntlement among some senior […]

Berhampur/Paralakhemundi: In a repeat of what happened in the case of Purna Chandra Padhi a few weeks ago, the Sabyasachi Panda cited by former Union minister Braja Kishore Tripathy as having received an amount of Rs 45 lakh from the BJD account in April, 2014 has turned out to be a different person and not […]

Bhubaneswar: After the embarrassment during the the party’s Vikas Utsav in Rourkela Monday, the State unit of Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is leaving no stone unturned to put up a much better show at the event in Bhubaneswar on Friday to be attended by Union Transport minister Nitin Gadkari. “Our preparations are going on to […]

Bhubaneswar: Six months after giving in-principle approval for the formation of Odisha Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (OMECL), the State government on Tuesday said it will constitute the dedicated agency for mineral exploration in Odisha soon. Steel and Mines principal secretary RK Sharma informed this on the sidelines of the State Geological Programming Board meeting here. […]

Bhubaneswar: Sarat Patra, a close associate of disgraced self-styled godman Sarathi Baba alias Santosh Raul, on Monday said he will expose the ‘illegal’ activities of the Baba before the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Patra, who was suspended by the school and mass education department for dereliction of duties, appeared before the ED sleuths this morning. “ED […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major embarrassment to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rourkela MLA left for Kolkata last night as a mark of protest at the lack of progress in the conversion of the Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here into a Super Specialty Hospital barely hours ahead of the Vikas Utsav celebrations in the Steel City […]

Dhenkanal: A tusker was found electrocuted to death at Giridhar Prasad within Hindol forest range on Monday. According to sources, the tusker came in contact with a live electric wire at a mango garden near a local high school last night. The tusker came in contact with a live electric wire passing over the tree […]

Bhubaneswar: At least three cows were killed and 20 more injured as a truck carrying cattle turned turtle near Bramhanabad under Panikoili police limits in Jajpur district on Monday. Sources said while a rescue operation has been launched by the locals, the injured cows are being treated at the accident spot. The incident took place […]