National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Tuesday demanded CBI probe into the huge scam in the Odisha Knowledge Corporation Limited (OKCL). Briefing newsmen here, BJP leader Samir Mohanty said though the Centre had sanctioned Rs 200 crore to OKCL under Rashtriya Madhyamika Siksha Abhiyan (RMSA), the latter has misutilised the fund. “Since the Centre had sanctioned the […]

Bhubaneswar: The sand sculpture of Santa Clause measuring a height of 45 feet by renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik at the Puri beach on Christmas Eve, has been placed as world’s largest sand Santa in Limca Book of Records. This was informed by the senior editor of Limca Book of Records, Arthy Muthanna Singh in […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the state government has completed the provisional admission of 124 students of Sardar Rajas medical college few days back as per the directive of the Orissa High Court, students of VIMSAR at Burla denied entry of the Jaring–based medical college students into their institution for document verification for the third consecutive day […]

Cuttack: Bowing to pressure from various political paties over her name figuring in the list of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Mayor Anita Behera today tendered her resignation both as Mayor and as a corporator. She announced her resignation at a press meet in the presence of Cuttack’s […]

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, the caretaker of a de-addiction centre at Naharkanta on the outskirts of the city was found murdered on Tuesday. Soon after the news spread, about 36 of the 45 inmates have fled the centre, police said. Eyewitnesses said Sumit Ranjan Behera, caretaker of ‘Prayas De-addiction Centre’, was found lying in […]

A house for nocturnal animals was opened at the Nandankanan Zoological Park on the outskirts of the city on the occasion of its 56th Foundation Day on Tuesday. Inaugurating the new nocturnal house, Forest and Environment Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh thanked zoo officials and staff for the novel initiative.

Sambalpur: The first phase of underwater scanning of Hirakud Dam, the multipurpose river valley project built immediately after India’s independence, was completed here recently. Scanning of the upstream face of the dam to assess the condition of cracks in it which began on December 7 was completed on Saturday, an official said. “A three-member team […]

Sambalpur: Police have recovered the dead body of a girl from Pindripalli village under Sasan police station of the district on Tuesday. The identity of the girl, aged between 18 to 20 years is yet to be established. Police suspect death of the girl due to head injury as there is a huge cut mark […]

Bhubaneswar: The last date for submission of online application form for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main has been extended to January 11. This was informed by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in a statement to the media on Tuesday. The CBSE, which conducts the JEE Main, in a notification on November 26 […]

Cuttack: The State government is shortly going to constitute a Law Commission, which will examine all existing laws and suggest modifications if necessary, informed CM Naveen Patnaik at the 44th Annual Conference of the All Odisha Lawyers’ Association here today. While addressing the conference, Patnaik said, “Lawyers are an integral part of our system of […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to further extend rural connectivity in backward tribal districts and Maoist affected areas of Odisha, The state government has decided to ply 30 more buses under the Biju Gaon Gadi Yojana (BGGY) in the second phase. Informing this to the media on Tuesday, former Director General of Police (DGP) and chairman […]

Cuttack: Even though the Commissioner of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) ordered an inquiry into allegations of CMC Mayor Anita Behera’s name figuring in the list of beneficiaries for subsidized food grains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), members of the youth wing of State BJP staged a demonstration in front of the CMC office […]

Bhubaneswar/Malkangiri: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday has conducted simultaneous raids at 58 places across the country, including two in Odisha of Samrudhi chit Fund Company, on charges of duping investors. According to reports, the CBI has conducting searches in homes of company the director and various offices of the ponzi firm in […]

Jajpur:The dismembered body of an unidentified woman stuffed in a sack was found from the railway ward of Jindal Stainless Steel plant in Kalinganagar today. According to sources, the body was found from a bogey of a coal laden goods train, which came from Paradip to the plant. According to sources, it is suspected that […]

Khurda: A case has been registered against Jammu-Kashmir-based pharmaceutical company Bibek Pharma at Jatni police station for dumping a large quantities of medicines violating pollution control norms, said Khurda Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) Sarada Prasanna Mishra. “We have filed a complaint against the pharma company after more than 50 cartons of medicine of the […]