National News Updates

Malkangiri: Normal life was disrupted in some panchayats of Mathili block in the district today after Maoists called a bandh in Dandakaranya area protesting against anti-Maoist operations on Odisha-Chhattisgarh border. Vehicular movement came to a grinding halt in the area as some major roads in Mahupadar, Salim, Kartanpalli and Kumarpalli areas were dug up by […]

Cuttack: After the finish of Odisha vs West Bengal match of Ranji Trophy in one and half days at the Bengal Cricket Academy ground at Kalyani in Kolkata, Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) Secretary Ashirwad Behera wrote a letter to BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur expressing his displeasure over the quality of pitch. Behera alleged in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday asked the concerned officials to appoint 410 more police personnel to fill up the vacant posts at different levels of Odisha police. According to sources, the recruitment process for the new posts of 20 sub-inspectors, 40 assistant sub-inspectors, 50 havildars and 300 constables will begin soon. While the […]

Bhubaneswar: Kartika Purnima, the full moon day of the Hindu month of Kartika, is being celebrated across Odisha today. Just at daybreak, men, women and children set afloat toy boats with lamps, betel leaves, crackers fruits and coins in nearest water bodies. Besides, ‘Boita Bondana’ or Boat Festival is also being celebrated on Kartika Purnima […]

Bhubaneswar: A police case has been registered against 12 students of the Forestry department of the Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology for allegedly ragging junior students. According to sources, 10 students of the department complained before the dean of the university alleging ragging by seniors. Later, the parents of the victim students filed a […]

Cuttack: The district administration has made elaborate arrangements to ensure an incident-free Baliyatra festival this year, which is scheduled to begin near Mahanadi river bank in the Millennium City from Wednesday. The district administration has also kept two grounds ready in the city to host the week-long spectacle. Official sources said nearly 1500 makeshift stalls […]

Berhampur/Bhubaneswar: The career of Sardar Rajas medicos is still stuck at the crossroads as students of two government and one private medical colleges in the State have unanimously opposed the Orissa High Court’s decision to re-allot the students of Kalahandi-based medical college in their institutions. After protests at VSS Medical College in Burla two days […]

Rayagada: In a shocking incident, three persons died and five others fell seriously ill after drinking water from a nearby stream at Panchubai village under Muniguda block in Rayagada district on Tuesday. Talking to OTV, Sulochana Sahu, a local ANM said about eight persons of the village including a three-year-old boy had gone for winnowing […]

Bhubaneswar: Infosys Foundation today announced completion of construction of 161 toilets in 46 schools of Odisha as part of its endeavour to support the Prime Minister’s ‘Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan’. The 161 toilets, built by the Foundation in association with Akanksha, the CSR arm of Infosys Bhubaneswar, were handed over to the school authorities […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of the drought situation which has affected crops in 173 blocks, the Odisha government has has revised its paddy procurement policy. According to sources, the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare department has reduced paddy procurement targets in the affected blocks. A letter from the department secretary to the district collectors revealed that […]

Deogarh: Two constables were killed in a road accident in Bargarh district on Tuesday afternoon. Reports said the two constables of Special Security Battalion—Umakant Rajhans of Sunapasi village in Deogarh district and Prafulla Behera of Kantapalli village in Bargarh district— were on the way on a bike to their mess inside Battalion premises at Kansar […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday effected a minor reshuffle in the senior IPS cadre. According to a Home department notification, 1996 batch IPS Arun Bothra has been appointed as Inspector General (IG), Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Similarly, 1997 batch IPS Asit Kumar Panigrahi is posted as IG, Crime Branch while 1999 batch IPS Ghanshyam […]

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 […]