National News Updates

United Nations: India has slammed Pakistan for “spewing venom and false narratives” of monumental proportions in the United Nations, saying it takes to hate speech like fish takes to water and “obfuscates” the international community from the truth as Islamabad yet again raked up the Kashmir issue at the world body. Pakistan consistently rakes up […]

Sambalpur: People can go to unthinkable lengths to make their love successful which is quite evident in case of a girl who wrote a letter to Maa Samaleswari, the presiding deity of Sambalpur while praying the goddess to help her get married to the man she loves. The matter came to light after the donation box […]

Bhubaneswar: Millions of Odias were elated to see Air India kick off its direct flight services between Bhubaneswar and Surat on January 20. Barely three days elapsed and then surfaced a tug of war between the BJP and BJD over whose impetus drove AI to commence its operations. It was Odisha Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Bar Council has written a letter to the Bar Council of India (BCI) seeking action against various lawyers associations continuing protests for establishment of a Orissa High Court bench in western Odisha. In the letter, the council has recommended disciplinary action against members of 17 lawyers’ associations & central working committees for […]

Cuttack: The ring road surrounding Cuttack will be expanded to a six-lane way, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced while reviewing developmental projects at Hadia Patha in the Millennium City on Thursday. Patnaik announced a slew of new projects including a new decongestion plan to build an ecologically viable residential project on the 424 acres of […]

Kendrapara: Inspired by Subhas Chandra Bose, a lawyer has been collecting rare photographs of the freedom fighter since three decades, and has turned his home in a dusty lane of this town into a private museum. The leader’s broadcast to the nation, Rash Behari Bose handing over the baton of the Indian National Congress presidentship […]

Bhubaneswar: Three persons arrested in connection with violence at Market Building area of Bhubaneswar have been charged under the National Security Act (NSA), police said on Thursday. Accused Chandan Das, Biswanath Pradhan and Pratyush Kanhara have been charged under the law for acting in manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order by indulging in […]

New Delhi: The judge who issued a death warrant against the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case has been transferred. Additional Session Judge Satish Kumar Arora has been transferred to the Supreme Court as Additional Registrar on deputation basis for one year. Arora before his transfer was also hearing the […]

New Delhi: The Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the accession of Jammu and Kashmir into the Indian Union is “irreversible.” Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, replying on the batch of petitions filed challenging the revocation of Article 370, explained how the process of accession of J&K into the Indian Union took place. A […]

Bhubaneswar: From now on, no politicians or the local MLA would be inducted into the governing body of the degree colleges, Higher Education Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo informed on Thursday. Addressing a programme convened by Odisha Parents Association, Arun Sahoo announced that the degree colleges in Odisha will not have local MLAs and politicians as […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday paid rich tribute to freedom fighters Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 123rd birth anniversary and Veer Surendra Sai on his 211th birth anniversary. CM Patnaik offered floral tributes to Netaji at his statue in Cuttack, the birthplace of the legendary leader. Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal also paid […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today informed that Union Minister Amit Shah may visit Odisha in the month of February. Odisha BJP general secretary, Prithviraj Harichandan said that the Eastern Zonal Council meeting has been postponed and subsequently Shah’s visit to the State will be delayed by a few days. “The zonal council meeting […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is still languishing in utilisation of District Mineral Fund (DMF) in the country. The State figured among the bottom – ten in untilisation of funds under the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY). Though Rs 7,065 crore has been approved for Odisha, only Rs 1,134 crore has been spent (as on Jan […]

Varanasi: Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Thursday inaugurated a temple dedicated to Subhash Chandra Bose in Varanasi. The temple, located in Subhas Bhawan on Azad Hind Marg, was inaugurated on the occasion of the leader’s 123rd birth anniversary. The temple, sources said, will have a Dalit woman as the chief priest and the morning […]

Bhadrak: Girl students of BNMA College in Paliabindha under Tihidi block of Bhadrak district have brought charges of harassment and threat against an official of the college. As per allegations, one employee named Akshay had demanded a bribe of Rs 4,000 from them at the time of their admission into undergraduate courses. They denied to […]