National News Updates

New Delhi: A day after hundreds of people attacked the Nankana Sahib Gurdwara, the birthplace of Guru Nanak, in Pakistan, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi condemned it, saying bigotry is dangerous and love is its only known antidote. Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter and wrote, “The attack on Nankana Sahab is reprehensible and must be […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could bring major relief for the residents of Daruthenga village on the outskirts of the capital city, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) authorities on Saturday informed that the disposal of waste at the contentious Bhuasuni dumping yard will be stopped once all the micro-composting (MCC) systems installed in the Smart City become operational. […]

Bhubaneswar:  Only days after pocketing the Krishi Karman Award in Agriculture, big revelation from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2018 report on Accidents and Suicides in India is, Odisha draws a neat big ‘zero’ in farmer suicides in 2018. As per NCRB report, Odisha is among the few bigger states, including Mamata-led West Bengal […]

By Srinibash Samal Samba Dashami is a unique festival in Odisha. It is celebrated on the 10th day of the Shukla Paksha of Pausha Masa as per Odia calendar and this year it will be observed across Odisha on January 5, i.e. tomorrow. The festival which is mainly observed in the coastal districts of the […]

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday forecast return of cold wave in Odisha within the next two days as many places across the state experienced rainfall and thundershower since Friday. The minimum temperature is likely to fall gradually by 4 degrees Celsius to 6 degrees Celsius across various districts in Odisha and the […]

New Delhi: With the first half of the budget session expected to begin in the last week of January, the ministries have started asking officials to gear up for response to the possible questions from members of Parliament (MPs). “As Parliament session is expected to start in the last week of this month, an advisory […]

Bhubaneswar: True to the saying that politics is the art of looking trouble, ruling party spokesperson Lenin Mohanty discovers one in the Special Police Officer concept of Commissionerate Police. The BJD spokesperson finds the Women Empowerment for Gender Sensitive (WE GS) notion of police Commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi gender- biased. He went on to charge the […]

Jaipur: The sorry state of Kota’s J.K. Lon Hospital is reflected in a government-appointed panel’s report which shows that around 105 children died in a span of over a month due to cold shivering in the hospital as it lacked everything a normal hospital should have. The committee formed by the Rajasthan government to probe […]

Guwahati: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) working president J.P. Nadda on Saturday said that the Congress leaders are ignorant about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and are driven by “politics” and not “nationalism” in their protest against it. While addressing the BJP’s booth level functionaries here, he challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to speak just “ten […]

Bhubaneswar: As a part of its reformation process to enhance the quality of education and discipline in colleges, the Odisha Higher Education Department is bringing stricter attendance guidelines for lecturers. In a seminar organised in Bhubaneswar over enhancement of quality of education in government and government-aided colleges, Higher Education Minister Arun Sahoo informed that lecturers […]

Bhubaneswar/Jagatsinghpur: Over a decade ago, Budhia Singh made history by running 65 kms from Bhubaneswar to Puri in seven hours and two minutes. He was only 4 years old then and now, another 5-year-old boy from Odisha has made a record by finishing a 72-km marathon run. Budhaditya Swain, who stays in Kesura in Jharpara […]

Cuttack: Not one or two, it seems so far that notorious criminal Shakil was operating his crime network with the help of three girls, of which two have already been arrested. Cuttack Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Akhileswar Singh today informed that the involvement of one more girl has come to the fore and already […]

Jaipur: Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Saturday took an apparent dig at his own government on the ‘number game politics’ over the death of children in Kota’s JK Lon hospital, and said accountability should be fixed for the deaths of innocent children. “Either administration, medicos, or government… someone needs to be held accountable […]

Kendrapara: The number of crocodiles in Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha’s Kendrapara district has increased as per the findings of the latest headcount of the reptiles. At least 1,757 salt-water crocodiles including albino species were counted this year along the water-bodies of Mahanadi deltaic region while the census figure recorded last year stood at 1,742, […]

Puri: A group of 133 Hindu pilgrims from Pakistan on Saturday visited the Shree Jagannath Temple here. The pilgrims included 70 men, 50 women, and 13 children, who reached here on Friday night. They visited the Shree Jagannath Temple and took the blessings of the Trinity Lords. The delegation will leave for Varanasi on Sunday, […]