National News Updates

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 […]

Ahmedabad: As many as 111 infants died at a civil hospital in Gujarat’s Rajkot district in December last year, an official said on Sunday. Similarly, over 100 infants died in two government hospitals in Jodhpur in December last year, a report has found amid growing outrage over infant deaths in a Kota hospital. “As per […]

Kendrapara: Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara district reopened for tourists on Sunday after remaining closed for ten days for the annual census of the estuarine crocodiles, a senior forest official said. The national park receives around one lakh tourists every year, the official said. “The restriction on the visitors was imposed to prevent noise pollution […]

Jaipur: Accusing the Congress of indulging in appeasement politics and creating confusion over the amended Citizenship Act, Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday claimed that the Congress of today was different from the one which had led the freedom movement as it now stands with those who commit violence. The BJP was clearing confusion among […]

Bhubaneswar: Suspended IAS officer Bijay Ketan Upadhyay was sent to Jharpada jail after the end of his Vigilance remand today. As per reports, Upadhyay, who was caught by the state vigilance department on charges of taking bribe of Rs 1 Lakh for passing a bill, was taken on remand on December 31, 2019 after rejection […]

Bhubaneswar: The first organisational meeting of ‘Odisha Mo Parivar’, a social service initiative aimed at encouraging environmental protection, blood donation and the welfare of people in distress was chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today. Under the ‘Odisha Mo Parivar’ programme, party leaders will dedicate themselves to protect the environment and undertake extensive planting of […]

Kendrapara: Close on the heels of reports that suggested drop of groundwater level by a whopping 35 percent in the district, the State government on Sunday rolled up its sleeves to take stock of the situation and tackle the crisis. Four Executive Engineers of Water Resources department of the State government reportedly visited Aul and […]

New Delhi: A clash broke out between members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union and the ABVP on the university campus on Sunday, sources said. According to the sources, the clash took place during a public meeting organised by the JNU Teachers’ Association. The students’ union claimed that its president Aishe Ghosh and […]

Cuttack: As many as 14 more Kumbh Mela returnees to Odisha including a servitor of Puri Jagannath Temple tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. 13 returnees who deboarded train at…

Bhubaneswar: Cold wave conditions are likely to intensify in Odisha from Monday with dense fog set to envelop many parts of the state for the next two days, the Meteorological Centre here said in a bulletin on Sunday. There will be gradual fall of minimum temperature by 4 to 5 degrees Celsius in most parts […]

Lucknow: The biggest Defence Expo until now, to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be held here from February 5-9 and it will make Uttar Pradesh an important destination for defence and aerospace manufacturing, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday. He said 925 exhibitors have so far registered for the expo, which […]

Balasore: Two persons were killed on Sunday when a heavy paddy-cutting machine fell on them at a village in the district, police said. The men were trying to mount the machine on a tractor after completion of paddy-cutting operation at Khuada village when it slipped and fell on them, they said. Gopal Tudu (21) and […]

Balasore: Where there is a will there is a way and when the famous saying was put to test, locals of Santia village in Jaleswar area of the district came out of it with flying colours by building a 1.5 km long stretch of road by themselves as a mark of challenge. As per reports, […]

Bhubaneswar: After series of reformative steps to ensure seamless traffic management through the amended Motor Vehicles Act-2019, Odisha government is presently mulling to tighten noose on traffic violation through public participation. As per reports, a mobile application has already been designed through which any responsible citizen who downloads it can send pictures and videos of […]