National News Updates

Taking note of increasing Maoist activities in Balangir district in western Odisha, the state government has initiated the process for shifting the CRPF battalion from Baripada to Balangir

Brajarajnagar: Panic gripped Rampur area near Brajarajnagar in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district after a youth was shot at by two miscreants around noon on Wednesday. Reports said two youths arrived at Biharipada in Rampur block at about 12 PM and called up Abinash Paswan from his house. As soon as Abinash came out of his house, […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government today met the agitating Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS) leaders and urged them to withdraw their stir. The appeal was made by Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister Sanjay Dasburma during a meeting with an NKS delegation led by its coordinator at the Secretariat here today. The meeting discussed the demands of […]

Dhenkanal: In a shocking incident, a woman died at Dhenkanal hospital of excessive bleeding after delivering a baby on Wednesday morning. Family members of the woman, identified as Ranjita, wife of Bipini Mallick, resident of Anantapur village under Bhuban block, have alleged that lack of timely medical attention led to her death. According to sources, […]

Berhampur: Arrested ex-Congress MLA from Sanakhemundi Ramesh Jena was produced before the Aska Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) here on Wednesday in connection with a tender fixing case. According to sources, police prayed the court to take Jena on five-day remand for further interrogation. The ex-legislator was implicated in a tender fixing case filed against […]

Narla: After disruption in Assembly over the Railways’ decision to shift the proposed wagon repair factory from Narla in Kalahandi to Visakhapatnam, members of the Narla Congress committee launched a Rail Roko agitation today to protest the Railways’ decision. Members of the committee stopped the Koraput-Rourkela passenger train along with Tapaswini Express. They did not […]

Keonjhar: A farmer from Keonjhar has allegedly committed suicide after consuming pesticide. According to family members, Purusottam Dehuri of Janardanpur village of Sadar block consumed pesticides in a bid to end his life. Purusottam was rushed to the hospital in a critical condition to Keonjhar district hospital, but he breathed his last today morning. Sources […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and Commissionerate Police on Tuesday conducted joint checking at various Holi color shops in the capital city to prevent sale of synthetic and chemical colours. Acting on a tip off about the sale of synthetic and chemical colours, a six-member team of Commissionerate Police and OSPCB conducted […]

Cuttack: The ongoing row between Congress leader Lalatendu Bidyadhar (Lulu) Mahapatra and BJD minister Sanjay Dasburma intensified today as thousands of BJD workers went on a bike rally from Brahmagiri to Cuttack and submitted a memorandum to the Director General of Police (DGP) demanding immediate arrest of Mahapatra. Following a 12-hour Brahmagiri bandh call given […]

Cuttack: The State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) on Tuesday partially rejected the appointments of assistant executive engineers and ordered publication of a fresh merit list of candidates who had applied as per the initial notification and have gone through the required recruitment process. The tribunal also asked the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) to limit the […]

Bhubaneswar: The dust kicked up in the Assembly by BJD and Congress over Railways’ decision to shift the proposed railway wagon repair factory at Narla in Kalahandi to Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, finally settled today. After the issue stalled the proceedings of the house for two consecutive days, the members arrived at a consensus to […]

Berhampur: A day after adding former Congress legislator Ramesh Jena’s name to a tender fixing case in Aska, the town police has sought his remand in connection with the murder of Srinibas Rath, the sarpanch of Maulabhanj in the district. The Crime Branch of Odisha police has appealed before the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) […]

Environment watchdog the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Union Forest Ministry and the Forest department of Odisha to submit an action taken report (ATR) and status report on alleged tree cutting for the four-laning of the 162 km-long Sambalpur-Rourkela stretch of the National Highway-10 without forest clearance within three weeks

Odagan Police on Tuesday arrested two persons for fraudulently withdrawing cash from the account of a college teacher from an ATM counter

The Odisha government has requested the Centre to cancel Tentuloi Coal Block allotted to Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (OTPCL) and allot a suitable Coal Block in its place