National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: Vedanta has reposed its faith on the state government in the supply of raw materials to run its alumina refinery plant at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. Briefing newsmen after attending a high level meeting presided over by chief secretary GC Pati at the State Secretariat here on Tuesday, Abhijit Pati, CEO, Vedanta (Aluminium) said […]

Bhubaneswar: The Gandhi Smruthi Pitha by the sea beach at Puri in Odisha will soon turn into a state-of-the-art park, public-sector major Nalco announced today. The aluminium major had set up the Gandhi Smruti Pitha in 2002 at an investment of Rs 50 lakh. The place was later handed over to the Puri-Konark Development Authority […]

Bhubaneswar: The four-day national convention of the Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) will kick off in the state capital on November 26. Nearly 2000 ABVP workers across the country are scheduled to participate in the convention. Among other issues, the convention would deliberate on education and women’s issues. Earlier on Monday, ABVP national president Nagesh […]

Kolkata: Odisha suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of West Bengal after getting all out for a paltry score of 37 in their second innings of the Ranji Trophy match played at Kolkata. In a pitch, which was a seemingly bowler-friendly; batsmen of both the teams faced significant difficulties. West Bengal went on to […]

Puri: India’s nuclear-capable ballistic missile Dhanush was test fired from warship Subhadra, off the Puri coast today. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) sources said it was a perfect mission and the missile splashed down near the target point with high degree of accuracy. Dhanush, a manoeuvring missile is a naval variant of Prithvi-II, and […]

Berhampur: Local BJD leader and former chairman of the Buguda Notified Area Council (NAC) in Ganjam district A Bala Krushna Patra was shot dead by some unknown gunmen near Buguda town, about 75 km from here today, the police said. Patra (52), a councillor in the NAC, was returning alone from Budhakhola riding a motorcycle […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday hiked the bus fare Under automatic fare revision mechanism. While the fare for ordinary and express bus is hiked by one paise per km, the fare for the deluxe and AC deluxe bus is hiked by 2 paise per km. As per a notification by the Commerce and Transport […]

Rayagada: A team of Forest officials of Muniguda forest range seized an 8-feet long leopard skin near Nundruguda village of Chandrapur block in Rayagada district during a raid on Monday . Acting on tip-off, a four-member team of Muniguda forest range led by Ranger Manoranjan Swain, raided the village. During the raid, the team found […]

New Delhi: Odisha Housing and Urban Development Minister Pushpendra Singhdeo on Monday met the Union Urban Development minister Venkaiah Naidu at Nirman Bhawan here and hold discussions on various developmental projects in the state. According to sources, Singhdeo requested to include Bhubaneswar under Bus Rapid Transit Systems (BRTS) and grant aid under Individual Household Latrines […]

Ganjam: In a barbaric incident, a woman was tied to an electric poll and tortured brutally by some villagers at Gunthapada village under Kabisuryanagar police limits in the district suspecting her involvement in a theft case on Monday. On being informed police rushed to the spot and rescued the battered woman. According to sources, three […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Private Bus Owners’ Association has decided to go on a strike from December 1 even as talks with the State transport department failed today. The union is protesting against plying of JNNURM buses outside the cities and tax hike. The association demanded that city buses should be allowed to run within the […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD supremo and chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said the state government has deftly handled a series of natural disasters for over a decade. “National calamity is not a new thing for us. For the last 15 years, we have bravely fought natural disasters like, flood, drought and cyclone in the state. We […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking strong exception to the flagrant violation of the prohibitory order by the BJD activists during the convention of Biju Chhatra Janata Dal, the Opposition today demanded legal action against the guilty. According to reports, about 500 students, under the banner of Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) and led by Sports and Youth Services […]

Berhampur: Acres of agricultural land in Ambagada Mouza of Kukudakhandi block in the silk city have been converted to non-agricultural purpose despite an existing government order against it. It is evident from the ongoing rapid construction of concrete houses that have started to make their presence felt in the area. In an order dated 11.10. […]

Bhubaneswar: Around four thousand contractual teachers in State took to the streets today in protest of State government’s decision to cancel their appointments over irregularities. The teachers today staged demonstrations at the office of the district education officer at various places. In Bhubaneswar, the protesting teachers staged a road blockade near Master Canteen area “I […]