National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday presented the supplementary budget for the year 2015-16 in the State Assembly. Finance minister Pradeep Kumar Amat presented the supplementary budget of the current fiscal to the tune of Rs 11,448 crore amid the walkout of the Opposition. Of the total budget outlay, the Panchayati Raj department has received […]

Puri: A three-member team of GRP from Haridwar on Tuesday reached here to quiz train arson accused Ramachandran Subash. The GRP team will question Subash for his alleged involvement in another train fire incident that took place on November 4 in Haridwar. The team, which requested a court in Puri to record the statement of […]

New Delhi: Several members of parliament from the Left staged a protest outside the Parliament House here on Tuesday, taking up the issue of rising intolerance in the country. Led by CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury and senior CPI leader D. Raja and others, the parliamentarians held placards with slogans that read ‘Down down communalism’ […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Well-known builder of Odisha and chairman of the Hi-Tech Group Tirupati Panigrahi on Tuesday deposited Rs 3.5 crore in the Supreme Court’s treasury. With this deposit, Panigrahi has so far deposited Rs 50.5 crore in the Supreme Court. He will have to pay another Rs 13 crore as per the directive of the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) on Tuesday announced the results of the fourth edition of Odisha Teachers Eligibility Test (OTET), 2015 held in 221 centres in on September 27 this year. Giving details of the results to the media at the Board’s headquarters here, President of the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) Prof […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to curb increasing cyber crimes in the State, Odisha Police will set up three new cyber crimes police stations, DGP KB Singh said on Monday. Addressing newsmen at a workshop on ‘Evolving Strategies for Prevention of Cyber Fraud’ here, Singh said the police stations will be set up at Rourkela, Berhampur […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today signed a MoU with the IIT-Bhubaneswar to set up a centre for management, training & research (MTR) on rural roads inside the IIT campus. The centre to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 8 crore, will also have a 60-seat hostel facility for the training of engineers from […]

Bhubaneswar: The winter session of the Odisha Assembly beginning on Tuesday will have 21 working days. During the session, the state government would present five bills in the House for its approval. The five bills are Odisha Municipal Corporation Amendment Bill, Odisha Industry Service Bill, Birla Global University Odisha Bill, Odisha Municipal Service Bill and […]

Bhubaneswar: As the winter session of the Odisha Assembly is all set to be a stormy one with the Opposition parties making their intentions clear to corner the government, the focus will be on the four ministers who have been in the thick of controversy. Agriculture minister Pradeep Maharathy, Revenue and Disaster Management minister Bijayshree […]

Bhubaneswar: With the winter session of the Odisha assembly beginning tomorrow, opposition parties are ready with their ammo to fire salvos at ruling BJD over a host of issues ranging from farmers’ suicides to drought. The legislature party of Odisha BJP on Sunday chalked out strategies for the ensuing assembly session. They decided to demand […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer Gokul Chandra Pati, who retired from his service as chief secretary of Odisha on Monday, said the Nabakalebara festival was his biggest challenge during his tenure. “During my 16 month tenure as chief secretary, Nabakalebara festival was the biggest challenge for me. There were a number of projects earmarked for this […]

Jajpur: In a major haul, the Flying squad of Excise department on Monday seized hashish worth Rs 10 lakh from Khanderapur area under Panikoili police limits in Odisha’s Jajpur district. Sources said the Excise sleuths also arrested an Ayush doctor in this connection. More details are awaited.

Bhubaneswar: The Technical committee formed to investigate into the fire incident at Sishu Bhawan in Cuttack has stumbled upon the fact that fire extinguishers in the ward were not used to douse fire during the incident. “It is unfortunate that the fire extinguishers were not used by the employees of the ward during the unfortunate […]

Bhubaneswar: Following the request of State government, All Odisha Private Bus Owners Association on Monday (AOBOA) has withdrawn the proposed bus strike scheduled to be held from December 1. “The meeting discussed all the demands of the association in detail. I have requested them to call off their proposed strike as their demands are under […]

Bolangir: Two including husband of a local sarpanch were arrested on Sunday for allegedly sending sending threat SMS to Kantabanji MLA Ayub Khna in the name of Maoists. The accused were identified as Umashankar Chhura and Sakalu Chhura of Chandatora under Sindhekela police station in Bolangir district. Umashankar is the husband of Chandatora sarapanch. The […]