National News Updates

Nayagarh: As many as four persons, including three of a family were killed after the car they were travelling in rammed into a roadside tree near Karada under Saranakul Police limits of Nayagarh district Friday late night. The deceased have been identified as Chiranjib Sahoo, Aditya Sahoo, Madhusmita Sahoo- all members of a family and […]

Bhubaneswar: As part of its zero-tolerance policy towards corruption, the Odisha government on Friday ordered the compulsory retirement of two officers and dismissal of four others for corruption and inefficiency. Narayan Tiadi, working as assistant engineer in the rural water supply and sanitation division in Bargarh was one of the two officers retired compulsorily. The […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday inaugurated the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and also the dedicated National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal to the nation, a citizen-centric initiative that will enable citizens to report cybercrimes online. This state-of-the-art Centre is located in New Delhi. The scheme to set up I4C was […]

New Delhi: At least 26 Delhi-bound trains were delayed on Saturday by one to five hours due to severe fog in several parts of northern India. According to northern railway officials, Raxaul-Anand Vihar Sadbhawana Express was running behind its schedule by 5 hours, followed by Bhagalpur-Anand Vihar Vikramshila Express delayed by 4 hours. Even the […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after an armed mob wreaked havoc at Market Building in Unit-II area of Bhubaneswar, the Commissionerate Police conducted raids at several places in the city & nearby areas last night to nab as many as 18 persons in connection with the violence so far. Out of them, 12 accused are minors who have […]

Puri: He could barely believe as joy-filled tears rolled down his eyes. Happiness knew no bounds for one Bipra Sahu of Rourkela when he welcomed back his minor daughter on Friday almost eight years after she went missing. According to reports, Bipra’s daughter had left the house in 2012 when he scolded her for some […]

Kolkata: The Railways claimed to have suffered losses of properties worth Rs 84 crore in violence related to protests against CAA and NRC in West Bengal from December 13 to 15, according to reports filed by it before the Calcutta High Court. The Eastern Railway said in an affidavit before a division bench comprising Chief […]

Gajapati: After the demise of Paralakhemundi Maharaj Gopinath Gajapati, his only daughter, Kalyani was on Friday coronated as the head of the royal family. With the coronation (Rajyabishek), Kalyani has officially become the first woman Gajapati in the history of the dynasty. Her father, Gopinath Gajapati passed away while undergoing treatment at a private hospital […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Anshuman Kamila has topped the Indian Economic Service (IES) Examination 2019. Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the final results of IES exam in its official website- upsc.gov.in on Friday. Anshuman is the son of former Chief Post Master General of Odisha, Santosh Kamila while his mother is a professor in Economics Department of […]

Kochi: Described as the first such implosion in the country of this dimension two Maradu flats in Kerala were demolished on Saturday. Delayed by about 17 minutes according to what was on offer on television within a few seconds after the trigger for the blast was pressed, at 11.17 a.m. the 19 storied H2O Holy Faith […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear the curative petitions filed by two convicts, on death row, in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case on January 14. A five-judge bench comprising Justices NV Ramana, Arun Mishra, Rohinton Fali Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan will hear the curative petitions filed by Vinay Sharma and […]

Vadodara: Eight persons were killed and several others injured in an explosion at an industrial and medical gas manufacturing factory in Gujarat’s Vadodara district on Saturday morning, the police said. The explosion took place around 11 am at Aims Industries near Gavasad village in Padra tehsil. The plant is located off Padra-Jambusar highway. Most of […]

Sundergarh: Four persons of a family were found dead inside their rented house at IT Colony in Rajgangpur area of the district on Saturday.The deceased have been identified as Ranjit Prasad, his wife and their son and a daughter. Prasad is a resident of Bihar and was working as a mechanic at Dalmia-OCL plant in […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha ranks among top-10 states in prevalence of child marriages, State police could rescue only 22 victims under Prohibition of Child Marriages (PCM) Act in 2018. In contrast, Tamil Nadu, which is among top-10 low child marriage incidence states in country, registered a high of 67 cases. As per NCRB report 2018, […]

Bhubaneswar: The national vice-president of BJP, Baijayant Jay Panda, on Saturday slammed the Opposition parties while accusing them of spreading misinformation on Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Speaking to media persons, the BJP leader claimed that Opposition’s resistance to the Act shows that it is frustrated. “Nobody knew that opposition parties will show so much hypocrisy […]