National News Updates

Cuttack: In a decision which will benefit aspiring law students from Odisha, the National Law University Odisha (NLUO) today approved 25 % reservation under domicile quota. As per an official notification, the General Council of NLUO approved the 25 percent horizontal reservation to domicile of State of Odisha across categories for admission to undergraduate and […]

Amreli: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the banks of Hari Krishna Lake in Gujarat’s Amreli district was vandalised by unidentified persons late Friday night, the police said. The statue was installed in a garden near the lake in 2018. The lake was built by the Dholakiya Foundation of Surat-based diamond baron Savjibhai Dholakiya. It […]

New Delhi: Passengers on-board an Air India flight resorted to unruly behaviour after they got restive with the delay. Aviation regulator DGCA has asked the national carrier to look into the issue after the video shot by a passenger went viral. The Air India flight 865, was scheduled to depart at 10 a.m. on January […]

Kolkata: Four to five persons were injured when a portion of the Burdwan railway station of Eastern Railway in West Bengal collapsed on Saturday evening. Train movement was not affected, a senior official said. “A portion of the portico beside the enquiry counter close to the main entrance has collapsed. As per prima facie information, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Centre has notified appointment of Sanju Panda as the acting Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. Justice Panda, who is the senior most judge of Orissa High Court, will succeed Justice Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri who retired today. As per a notification issued by Ministry of Law and Justice, President Ram Nath Kovind on […]

Bhubaneswar: Manmath Routray, youngest son of senior Congress leader and MLA Suresh Routray, is all set to foray into active politics. Manmath has been closely observing and assisting his father in his ongoing efforts to serve people in the constituency. “I have never seen my father as a politician rather he is a social activist […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid massive surge in cases of Coronavirus infection in the State, Chief of Directorate of Medical Education & Training (DMET) Odisha, CBK Mohanty said the second wave of the…

Dhenkanal: A group of armed miscreants reportedly attacked the employees of a finance company and looted gold jewelleries, computers and other valuables from the firm’s office at Kunjakanta Lalit Nagar under Town Police limits in Dhenkanal district. According to sources, seven to eight miscreants wearing helmets barged into the office of the finance firm last […]

Chilika: The annual bird census at Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon, began today in five ranges under the Chilika wildlife division. As many as 21 teams comprising over 100 wildlife officials, experts and environmentalists started the headcount exercise. Commenced at 6 am, the enumeration of birds will continue till 12 pm today. Prior […]

Mumbai:  Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar has got the finance and planning department while party colleague Anil Deshmukh is the state’s new Home minister, a senior official said on Sunday. Besides, first-time Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray, who is the son of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, has been given charge […]

Bhubaneswar: The steep hike in Covid-19 cases has now prompted the authorities of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to impose stricter curbs on hotels and restaurants in different parts of the…

Bhubaneswar: After soaring prices of onion brought tears to the eyes of consumers, now the prices of potatoes have also started to rise in Odisha adding to the woes of consumers. While the price of potatoes was between Rs 20 and Rs 25 a few days back, the price of the kitchen essential has reportedly […]

Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has asked why losses were not recovered from those who indulged in damage to public property during the Jat agitation in Haryana, while money is proposed to be recovered by the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the recent anti-CAA protests. Owaisi, who was addressing a protest meeting at […]

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh is all set to become the first state in the country to start the exercise of shortlisting migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, eligible for citizenship under the new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The exercise will also identify those who are living illegally in the state. According to additional chief secretary (home) Avanish […]

Kendrapara: Union Minister of State for Steel, Faggan Singh Kulaste on Sunday said people need not worry about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). Kulaste, who came to Odisha to attend BJP’s Jan Jagran Abhiyan- a public awareness campaign in support of CAA said, “Various political parties are carrying out […]