National News Updates

Six police personnel of the Jeevan Bima Nagar police station here were suspended on Monday in connection with the custodial death of an Odia man

Cuttack: The Orissa High court on Monday directed the authorities of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) to refrain from any construction work of their proposed Jagannath temple at Puri. In its interim order on a writ petition filed by Iskcon, the court also asked all the parties to present their side in this matter […]

The capital city of Odisha on Monday recorded 42.2 degree Celsius, the highest ever temperature in the month of March since 1952

The Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) court here on Monday allowed the Commissionerate of Police to take Bhola Bhagat, one of main associates of the arrested Dhalasamant brothers, on a five-day remand for further questioning from tomorrow

Bhubaneswar: Continuing his tirade against BJD leader and minister Sanjay Dasburma, senior Congress leader Lalatendu Bidyadhar (Lulu) Mahapatra on Monday challenged him to file a defamation case against him.

In yet another jolt to the Maoists, about 200 sympathisers of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) on Monday surrendered before the Malkangiri superintendent of police (SP) here

Bhubaneswar: The shifting of the proposed wagon repair unit of Railways to Visakhapatnam rocked the Assembly today after ruling party members protested the decision alleging step-motherly treatment to Odisha. Opposition Congress also vehemently protested the Railways’ decision to shift the factory leading to the adjournment of the house. BJD legislator Amar Satpathy raised the issue […]

Bhubaneswar: Finance minister Pradip Amat on Monday informed the State Assembly that drastic slash in Central assistance under several Centrally sponsored programmes has put an extra burden on the state exchequer to the tune of Rs 3887 crore. During a discussion in the House,the minister said the state’s share has increased in 36 welfare schemes. […]

Kamakshyanagar: A sharecropper in Kamakshyanagar of Dhenkanal died Monday at a hospital after attempting suicide yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Prafulla Singh of Akhupal village in Kankadahada block. According to sources, Prafulla had consumed poison and was rushed to the hospital, where he breathed his last. Prafulla had cultivated around 2-acres of land […]

Cuttack: A team of Commissionerate Police, which arrested D-brothers’s close associate Bhola Bhagat in Kanpur two days ago, reached Cuttack with the gangsters’ aide amid tight security today. Bhagat will be produced before the court of sub-divisional judicial magistrate*SDJM) today, police said adding a 7-day remand will be sought to question him. After arresting the […]

Brahmagiri: Normal life was thrown out of gear in Brahmagiri on account of a bandh called by Congress demanding arrest of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister Sanjay Dasburma for having accepted a vehicle allegedly gifted by Artha Tatwa chit fund owner Pradeep Sethi. Shops and business establishments were shut across the town while vehicular […]

Bhubaneswar: In another instance of the Railways’ step-motherly attitude towards Odisha, the wagon repair factory proposed at Narla in Kalahandi district has been shifted to Andhra Pradesh. As if that was not enough, uncertainty looms large over the fate of the wagon construction factory at Sitapali in Ganjam district. Data obtained through an RTI application […]

Senior Congress leader Lalatendu Bidyadhar (Lulu) Mohapatra, who had recently accused senior BJD leader and minister Sanjay Dasburma of his link with the Artha Tatwa (AT) Group, a chit fund company, came up with another allegation on Sunday saying that the minister had also received another vehicle from the ponzi company as a gift

Bhubaneswar: The agitating 108 ambulance workers on Sunday withdrew their strike after discussions with service provider Ziqitza Health Service (ZHS) authorities here.

With the temperature going up alarmingly in most places in Odisha on Sunday with the capital city recording the highest 41.7 degree Celsius, the local Met office has warned that the condition would continue in the state for a week