National News Updates

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 […]

Cuttack: ‘Operation Smile-II’, the second round of the hugely successful first round of the initiaitive aimed at tracing and rescuing missing children in the country launched by the Union Home ministry last year, would be launched in Odisha from January 1. The decision was taken at a meeting today to discuss successful execution of the […]

Chhatrapur: In a tragic incident, three students on a picnic met a watery grave in Rushikulya river near Taratarini temple in Ganjam district on Wednesday morning. The deceased, identified as Pankaj Sahu, Sandip Maharana and Saswat Behera, all of them aged about 13-14, were students of Sunshine Mission School in Bhadrak. All of them are […]

Paralakhemundi: A man allegedly exploited a minor girl sexually on the pretext of marrying her at Mohana area in Gajapati district. After the medical examination, it was found that the girl had become pregnant. The accused Amar Nayak, a resident of Gandhinagar in Berhampur, is absconding, sources added. Sources said the girl worked in a […]

Bhubaneswar: Expressing serious concern over alleged irregularities in ration card distribution under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday asked district collectors to keep a hawk eye on the process. Raising the ration card issue during a review meeting of various schemes with collectors via video conference, Patnaik ordered the […]

Bolangir: There is no let-up in the farmer suicide cases in Odisha with another farmer killing himself in Bolangir district on Wednesday morning. Reports said the deceased, identified as Srikant Selema of Aenlapalli area under Puintala block, had taken a loan of Rs 35,000 from local money lenders to grow paddy on his three-acre land […]

Malkangiri: The murder of Badapadar panchayat sarpanch Jayram Khara by Maoists took a new twist after people of the panchayat alleged Khara was murdered by some people of Bangurupada over a land dispute. As many as 1000 locals of Badapadar panchyat on Tuesday met the district collector and Superintendent of Police (SP) and drew their […]

Bhubaneswar: Dubbing the age-old Devdasi tradition an affront to the dignity of women, the Union Home ministry has asked the Odisha government to take steps to abolish the practice. A letter from the ministry in this regard, has suggested that the Stage government can enact a special legislation to stop the practice. However, the Sri […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its concern over the rampant issuance of licence for the sale of beer and wine in Kerala, saying that permitting their consumption is a gateway to the consumption of hard liquor as Taking exception to issuance of such licences without any justification, a bench of Justice Vikramajit […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to avoid any untoward situation during new year celebration, the commissionerate police has tightened security across the city. It has been decided to deploy 15 platoons of police at various vulnerable points in Bhubaneswar, DCP Satybrat Bhoi said adding that the security forces will also have a close watch on any […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to distribute kerosene among the beneficiaries of National Food Security Act (NFSA) on ‘per person’ basis. This will be implemented with effect from January 01, 2016, officials said. Highly placed sources said, the State government will draw an action plan to this effect very soon. “Currently the State is […]

Bhubaneswar/Keonjhar: Nine BJD councilors of Keonjhar Municipality may have to pay heavy price for violating party whip by voting in favor of a no-confidence motion against municipality chairperson as the ruling regional party is considering to file petition before the State Election Commission (SEC) to disqualify the elected members by anti-defection law. “The anti-defection legislation, […]