National News Updates

Cuttack: In a major fire that broke out at the FM station of All India Radio (AIR), Cuttack at Tulasipur on Tuesday morning, the transmission facility of three private FM channels was disrupted.

New Delhi: Delhi Police on Monday arrested a suspected Al Qaeda terrorist from Mewat in Haryana and got his custody till February 1, officials said. Abdul Sami, a resident of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, was arrested from Nuh, the district headquarter of Mewat on the Delhi-Alwar highway, about 45 km from Gurgaon. “We arrested Abdul Sami […]

Polling for the first ever elections to the newly-constituted Notified Area Councils (NACs) of Champua and Baliguda got underway this morning. Though polling for these two NAC – with 13 wards each – went on peacefully without any hassles, technical glitches in one of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were reported in Ward 2 of […]

Jagatsinghpur: In a tragic incident, two persons were killed when the car in which they were travelling lost control and rammed into a bridge on the Jagatsinghpur-Machhagaon road late last night. The deceased have been identified as residents of Apandara village. According to sources, the accident took place late on Monday night when they were […]

The World Bank on Monday said it would provide financial assistance to the Odisha government to tackle urban flooding

Senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra sees involvement of foreign hands behind planning for construction of an ISKCON Jagannath temple, just 2 km away from the Sri Jagannath temple in Puri

Bhubaneswar: A major fire which broke out at the Lingaraj stockyard of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) has ravaged coal worth lakhs of rupees. Sources said, the fire which was noticed by labourers of the stockyard three days back, is yet to be brought under control. “The MCL is busy celebrating mines safety week and thousands […]

Bhubaneswar: Health services at Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Science and Research (VIMSAR) in Burla have been severely affected badly with the junior doctors’ agitation entering the sixth day on Monday. Patients in the wards were left unattended, while long queues were seen in front of the outpatient department (OPD) for appointment with doctors. […]

The Biplabi Chasi Mulia Sangh (BCMS) has served a warning to the Maoists asking them to desist from mindless killing of innocent tribals

In a bizarre incident, a 21-day-old infant died allegedly after consuming polio drops at Kathiapada on Sunday

Healthcare services at the VIMSAR went for a toss as the strike by the association of junior doctors of the medical college and hospital entered the fifth day on Saturday

Odisha government on Saturday decided to take over seven police high schools. A decision regarding this was taken at the State Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat here

Koraput: In another macabre act of Maoist menace, Red rebels slit the throat of a person in Kondatikarapada in Bandhugaon block in Narayanpatna late on Friday night. The deceased has been identified as Krishna Miniaka. According to sources, a group of armed Maoists called Miniaka out of his house. They took him to a nearby […]

Malkangiri: It is something they could not have imagined in their wildest dreams: an invitation from the Prime Minister, no less, for a Bonda couple living in a remote Malkangiri village and that too as guests on the special occasion of Republic Day. Dhabalu Sisa and his wife Samari have been beaming from ear to […]

Bhubaneswar: The annual Plus-II practical examination conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), which was scheduled to be held on January 20, has been postponed to January 27. However, no changes have been made in the schedule of examinations for theory papers. The examination for the theory papers will begin from March 2 […]