National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: Following a fresh hike in the price of diesel, the Odisha government on Saturday increased the bus fare as per automatic fare adjustment mechanism. As per a notification issued by the Commerce and Transport department, the fare for ordinary and express buses has been increased by 1 paisa per kilometre, while the fare for […]

Rourkela: Vigilance sleuths on Saturday conducted simultaneous raids at four places, including the house of an official of the Rourkela deputy director of mines (DDM) office Biswanath Sahu on charges of amassing properties to his known source of his income. According to sources, the state probe agency conducted a raid at his house in Chhend […]

The Vigilance court here on Saturday allowed the Vigilance sleuths to take the arrested crorepati Phulbani mining officer Prafulla Kumar Sethi on two-day remand for further interrogation from tomorrow

Cuttack: In a sensational twist to the theft of one and half month old baby girl from Sishu Bhavan, police on Saturday recovered the body of the baby from Jobra area here. According to sources, police have detained five persons, including the mother and father of the baby. Notably on March 18, parents of the […]

Berhampur: In a shocking incident, four members of a family died of asphyxiation while working in an under construction latrine tank at Samanatarapur village under Jarada police limits in Ganjam district today. The deceased have been identified as Prashant Pradhan, Padmalochan Pradhan, Raju Pradhan and Santosh Pradhan of a family in the same village. Prashant […]

Cuttack: A special prosecutor will be appointed for the sensational murders of Om and Dipu, Police Commissioner YB Khurania has said. Talking to newsmen here on Friday, Khurania said, “I will write to the state government to appoint a special prosecutor to fight the murder cases of the duo who were murdered by the arrested […]

Bhubaneswar: With the indefinite cease work called by the workers of 108 Ambulance service demanding fulfillment of their seven-point charter of demands entering the second day today, health services have been affected in some parts of the state. The situation is expected to worsen in the coming days. The demands include payment of minimum guaranteed […]

A day after stating that 'a 53-year-old BJD leader and the president of Biju Yuva Janata Dal, who is in charge of two important portfolios', was gifted with a Pajero SUV by AT group chief Pradip Sethi, senior Congress leader and MLA Lalatendu Bidyadhara Mohapatra on Friday disclosed more information about the vehicle alleging the ruling party leader was using the SUV between 2007 and 2009

Odisha Finance Minister Pradip Amat on Friday presented the annual Budget of Rs 94,052.65 crore for 2016-17 fiscal in the State Assembly

Aandpur: Anandpur Municipality vice-chairperson Sandhyarani Behera today lost the no trust motion moved against her by 10 councillors after 12 members in the 16-member civic body voted against her. Voting on the no-confidence motion started at 10.15 am. Three Congress members, five BJD and four independent councillors took part while four others, including the chairperson […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after senior Congress leader Lalatendu Bidyadhar (Lulu) Mohapatra made a thinly veiled attack on Food and Civil Supplies minister Sanjay Dasburma accusing him of using a Pajero SUV gifted by Artha Tatwa (AT) chit fund company, AT chief Pradip Sethi on Friday said he is yet to receive some of his vehicles […]

The Supreme Court on Friday asked builder and chairman of the Hi-Tech Group Tirupati Panigrahi to deposit the pending Rs 14 crores out of the Rs 63.5 crores he had been asked to pay earlier to avail bail within four weeks or risk rejection of bail

Puri: In an incident that has made a mockery of the ban on corporal punishment in schools, the teacher of a private school near Gopalpur Balighat on Puri-Konark road allegedly beat up two students after tying their hands to the iron grill of the school over some trivial matter yesterday. Authorities of the School & […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government today effected a reshuffle in the senior bureaucracy appointing former Malkangiri collector R. Vineel Krishna as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) created for the Bhubaneswar Smart City project after his return from Central deputation. Vineel Krishna has also been given additional charge as the Managing […]

Koraput: The election for the post of chairperson of the Koraput Municipality, necessitated after the resignation of the incumbent chairperson Biswabhusan Patnaik, will be held today. In the 21-seat Koraput Municipality, both Congress and BJD have 10 seats each. During the election of the last Chairman, BJD was able to persuade Patnaik, who was an […]