National News Updates

Meerut: With folded hands, Pawan Jallad thanks God for being tasked by UP jail administration for executing the death sentence of all four convicts of Nirbhaya rape and murder case. “I am almost broke. If I hang all these four convicts (in Tihar), I will be awarded Rs 1 lakh by the government… I need […]

New Delhi: With global oil prices hitting three-month high on heightened US-Iran tension, India is preparing to deal with all kinds of situations, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday, asserting that there was “no crisis” for the world’s third-largest energy consumer. Crude oil prices rose to a three-month high of almost USD 72 a […]

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha shows the way how statistics can be made pliable. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2018 report released today shows rapes in Odisha down by a whopping nearly 53 per cent. The total rape count in Odisha in 2018 stood at 923 vis-a-vis 2,070 in 2017. The NCRB report further counted only 37 […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to divest equity shares of six PSUs, including MMTC and Odisha Mining Corporation in Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL). “The Cabinet has approved divestment of some shares of six companies held in Neelachal Ispat,” Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said adding that the Cabinet has […]

New Delhi: In a bid to attract investments and boost domestic coal production, the government on Wednesday approved promulgation of an ordinance to open up coal mining in the country to non-coal companies while removing restrictions on end-use of the fuel. The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi also gave its nod for […]

Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unlikely to inaugurate the 3rd Khelo India Youth Games 2020 here on January 10 as BJP Assam unit is yet to receive confirmation about his programme. An invitation was sent to the PMO to invite Modi to inaugurate the Khelo India Youth Games but no confirmation on it has […]

Cuttack: Confused patients and their attendants were seen running hither and thither today after a sudden ingress of drain water inside the Neurosurgery ward including the Operation Theatre (OT) of Sriram Chandra Bhanj Medical College & Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack. The resulting unhygienic conditions and the stench of drain water disrupted treatment in the OT […]

Berhampur: Locals in Berhampur on Wednesday opposed the felling of trees by the Works Department near Old Berhampur for expansion of road to connect Andhapasara and First Gate under Berhampur Municipal Corporation. It is alleged that the concerned department was urged not to cut the tress, but the felling of trees continues unabated. “Felling of […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said the state has attracted investments to the tune of Rs 5 lakh crore in the last three years and it will create a large industrial base which will spur growth of the MSME sector in the state. Inaugurating the Odisha MSME International Trade Fair 2020 here, Patnaik […]

Malkangiri: A Maoist couple wanted in several violence-related incidents including the abduction of former Malkangiri collector R Vineel Krishna and carrying a cash reward of Rs 20 lakh on their heads were arrested by police. The couple, Bellam Narayana Swami alias Damodar and Gangi Madi alias Phulamoti, was arrested from Gudem area of Visakhapatnam in […]

New Delhi: A person was killed in a fire incident that broke out in a three-storeyed printing press in the Patparganj industrial area here on Thursday. The fire was reported at 2.38 a.m., Delhi Fire Service chief Atul Garg told IANS, adding his department extinguished the fire by around 8 a.m. “A total of 30 […]

Bhubaneswar: Several activists of Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) on Wednesday tried to gherao the residence of Odisha Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment Minister Arun Sahoo while protesting the alleged reduction of financial assistance given to the farmers under the State-sponsored KALIA scheme. However, police intervened and took several agitators including women activists into custody to […]

Bhubaneswar: With most financial transactions getting digitized nowadays, as the number of users of Unified Payment Interface (UPI)-based applications like Google Pay, PhonePe and Paytm continue to spike so is the cases of fraudulence in cyberspace. If users are not cautious enough, cyber hackers may not hesitate to clean all cash from their bank accounts […]

Bhubaneswar: The New Year has brought more joy for wildlife lovers in the State with white tigress Sneha giving birth to two cubs at Nandankanan Zoological Park on Wednesday night. Zoo authorities said tigress Sneha gave birth to the first cub at around 3.38 AM and later delivered another baby at 5.44 AM under CCTV […]

New Delhi:  The dismal economic growth has forced the government to step on the gas ahead of the Union Budget — with sources saying that it is not just North Block assigned to the Budget — but even Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself taking on an active role. Modi is meeting economists at Niti Aayog […]