National News Updates

Srinagar: Two militants and two security men were killed in an ongoing encounter in the Tral area of south Kashmir on Tuesday. The two security men included an army jawan and a Special Police Office (SPO), who were injured during the encounter. The two succumbed to injuries while being taken to the hospital. According to […]

Malkangiri: A woman Maoist, carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh on her head, gave up arms here, expressing her desire to return to social mainstream, police sources said. Adme Madkami (22), who had joined the outlawed CPI (Maoist) around five years ago, surrendered before Malkangiri Superintendent of Police Rishikesh D Khilari, they said. Once […]

New Delhi: The Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) on Tuesday announced the list of children selected for the National Bravery Awards-2019 which included three bravehearts from Odisha – Purnima Giri and Sabita Giri of Nipania village in Kendrapara district and Shrimati Badra of Angul. The Giri-sisters had put their lives at risk and rescued […]

Bhubaneswar: The budget session of Odisha Assembly will commence from February 14 with ceremonial address by the Governor, as per an official notification issued on Tuesday. The first phase of the Assembly session will be held from February 14 to February 26, while the second phase will commence from April 1 and continue till April […]

New Delhi: The government is considering lifting the ban on exports of onion as fresh arrival of the commodity has started softening its prices in the domestic market, an official said. “Arrival of fresh onion will further soften the prices here so there is a need to lift the export ban,” the official said. Onion […]

New Delhi: In one of its biggest crackdown on illegal ticketing in the railways, the RPF has arrested a madrassa-educated, self-taught software developer from Jharkhand in a racket which has links to Pakistan, Bangladesh and Dubai with suspected involvement in terror financing, a senior official said on Tuesday. Ghulam Mustafa (28), who was arrested from […]

Bhubaneswar: While the Twin City Police Commissionerate claims to have filed a chargesheet against three accused in connection with the brutal attack on Parvinder Pal Singh in the capital city, the members of the Sikh community in Bhubaneswar today went to meet DGP Abhay to vent their grievances. However, as the DGP wasn’t present in […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP leader Roopa Ganguly reached Odisha on a two-day visit to participate in the party’s ongoing ‘Jan Jagran Abhiyan’ in Nabarangpur to create awareness on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Speaking about the CAA, the BJP leader slammed opposition parties for misleading people. ” CAA was passed as per the guidelines of the constitution, […]

Bhubaneswar:  In what could expose the network of human trafficking and prostitution which has its tentacles spread from Bangladesh to Odisha, the Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police Crime Branch on Tuesday managed to nab the mastermind Sk Ibrahim and his wife. Ibrahim and his wife, who is popularly called as Didi (Anjali) were […]

Bhadrak: It was really an emotionally charged spectacle when an elderly woman in Charampa of Bhadrak district broke down while stumbling upon her doctor, who had treated her four years back. A video, which purportedly captured the doctor-patient emotional bonding, has now gone viral on different social media platforms. In the video, the elderly woman […]

Bargarh: A cancer hospital will soon be established in Bargarh, announced Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during his one-day visit to the western Odisha district on Tuesday. Patnaik also laid foundation stone and inaugurated several welfare projects worth Rs 150 crore during his visit to Bargarh. The Chief Minister also inaugurated the new 300-bed capacity […]

New Delhi: Twenty two children – 10 girls and 12 boys – from 12 states have been selected for the ICCW National Bravery Awards 2019. One award has been given posthumously. Adithya K.,15, from Kerala will get the coveted Bharat Award for saving more than 40 lives after a bus they were travelling in caught […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Tuesday extended the screening of passengers coming in from China to four more airports — Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Cochin — in a bid to thwart the threat of ‘novel coronavirus disease’ (nCoV). So far the screening has been underway in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata airports. The […]

Bhubaneswar: An official of the horticulture department was arrested on Tuesday on the charge of acting as a conduit for IAS officer Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya who is in jail for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a private company, officials said. Police arrested Pitabas Pradhan who joined as a data entry operator […]

Berhampur: A 65-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant near a forest in Ganjam district on Tuesday. Alu Laccheya was working in a farm along with another man near Changudidei hill at Nimapalli village under Digapahandi forest range when the tusker reached the site and attacked him, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Berhampur, […]