National News Updates

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

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: The results of the annual High School Certificate (HSC) examinations will be declared in the first week of May. “The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) has informed that online evaluation of HSC examination papers was concluded today and the results would be tentatively announced in the first week of May,” School and Mass Education […]

Here is some good news for flyers who wish to take direct flights from the Bhubaneswar airport to destinations abroad. Biju Patnaik International Airport director Sharad Kumar on Tuesday said some international airlines will operate direct flights from the city airport to international locations, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore to begin with, by April-end

A Class X girl student of Basudebpur Navodaya School on Tuesday attempted to commit suicide by cutting her wrist due to alleged mental torture of her English teacher

Bhubaneswar: With the temperature going up alarmingly in Odisha in the last two days and the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting that the scorching summer would prevail till June end this year, the state government on Tuesday took a slew of measures to tackle the heat wave conditions. Briefing newsmen after a high level meeting […]

New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) A total of 337 villages in 12 states got electricity during the week ending on March 20, taking the total so far in 2015-16 to 6,816, an official statement said on Monday. The power ministry said the electrification took place under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna. “Of these, […]