National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: On the eve of New Year renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik on Thursday created a sand sculpture of a huge calendar with message “Year of Love & Peace” at Puri beach. Sudarsan has created 25ft high sand calendar by using about 500 tons of sand with some colour sand. He took 8 hours to […]

Cuttack: The Barabati stadium here is being readied for the Syed Mustaq Ali T-20 tournament scheduled to be held from January 2. The inter-state tournament organised by BCCI, involving all six teams of Group-D will be played in the stadium and the DRIEMS ground in Tangi. Officials said teams from Maharastra, UP, Karnataka, Services including […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal for relaxation in penalty on local steel industries under the long term linkage policy (LTLP). Under the policy, local industries were earlier provided 70 percent of iron ore and 50 percent chrome ore for their total production by the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC). With the approval […]

A 21-day old baby born to a mentally challenged woman was taken into custody by the district administration from hospital and handed over to an orphanage named ‘Saha’ in the presence of Child Care Committee and Child Safety officer on Wednesday

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik flagged off 30 more buses under the Biju Gaon Gadi Yojana (BGGY), meant for remote, inaccessible areas, here today

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to make Odisha more lucrative for aspiring investors, the State-based Hockey team ‘Kalinga Lancers’ has decided to carry a new logo on the jersey for their players in the upcoming Hockey India League (HIL) due to begin from 18th January, 2016. The promotional campaign for the home team was inaugurated on […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Aditya Parsad Padhi on Wednesday advised officials of Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disability (SS&EPD) to focus on conformation to disability reservation norms in all government PSU recruitments, education of the differentially able children and proper training of the teachers engaged in special schools. Reviewing progress of the department, Padhi […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet is likely to give its approval to the decision of the Odisha government to participate in the JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) Main at its meeting today. The meeting, to be presided over by chief minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat, will begin at 11 AM, official sources said. Taking note […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday directed officials to make efforts to add 40 lakh new LPG consumers by 2019. Reviewing LPG availability and coverage in Odisha, Pradhan asked the authorities of oil marketing companies (OMCs) to set up two new Bottling Plants in western part of Odisha to meet LPG requirement of […]

Bhubaneswar: For the first time, Tata Steel is going to organise the Tata Steel Odisha Utsav 2016 which will kick off in the capital city here on January 5. The six-day festival is a series of consecutive events comprising Art-in-Industry Camp, Bhubaneswar Literary Meet and Half Marathon to celebrate and promote the uniqueness of the […]

Rourkela: A scuffle erupted between BJD and BJP activists at Udit Nagar area here during distribution of pension cards on Wednesday. The brawl ensued after BJP activists opposed minister Snehangini Chhuria’s presence at the programme when Rourkela MLA Dilip Ray (BJP) had not been invited to the event. “The BJD had called the minister and […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when rising Maoist activities in the state have put the police and security personnel on tenterhooks, a dreaded extremist surrendered before the Angul police on Wednesday. “Manoj alias Madhav Dehury of Jakob area in the district has surrendered before us today morning. Unable to tolerate the inhuman activities of the Red […]

Cuttack: A day after suspending two officials for their alleged role in the inclusion of the name of Cuttack Mayor Anita Behera and her family in the NFSA beneficiary list, Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) commissioner on Wednesday wrote to the district Collector requesting him to cancel the ration cards of seven corporators and two former […]

Bhubaneswar: Former Keonjhar Congress MP Madhab Sardar on Wednesday joined Biju Janata Dal (BJD) along with his supporters. Accompanied by senior BJD leader and Rural Development minister Badri Narayan Patra, Sardar and his supporters arrived at Naveen Nivas here this morning and announced his decision to join the ruling party after meeting the party supremo […]

Bhubaneswar: In an unfortunate incident, a woman was killed and three others were injured after a cooking gas cylinder exploded at OUAT colony here around noon today. Chandramani Nayak, an employee in the State run Agriculture varsity, was injured while his wife died on the spot. Nayak’s son-in-law and a neighbour sustained critical burn injuries […]