National News Updates

New Delhi/Islamabad: The government on Thursday derided Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan after he offered financial aid to India, claiming that Indians would not be able to survive for more than a week without assistance. Khan on Twitter cited a Pakistani news report which said that “nearly 34 per cent households across India would not […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Thursday cancelled all pending final semester and final year exams of various Under Graduate and Post Graduate courses in view of the COVID-19 situation in Odisha. As per the decision taken by Higher Education Department, Universities and Autonomous colleges will follow evaluation methodology recommended by UGC for evaluation or final/final semester […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the announcement to resume slot bookings for driving license (DL) and learners’ license (LL) tests, Odisha State Transport Department (STA) on Thursday withdrew the decision and informed that the process will remain suspended in view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the State. As per a notification issued by the STA, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday registered a case against nine persons including officials of Punjab National Bank’s branch in Bhubaneswar, along with the management team of a private firm and others in connection with a fraud amounting to Rs 31.92 crore (approx). As per official sources, the case has been registered […]

New Delhi: Finally, demand for isolation coaches prepared by the Indian Railways has started gaining momentum as the national transporter has received requests from Uttar Pradesh, Telangana and Delhi for the same. The Indian Railways had transferred 5,231 coaches into isolation wards for novel coronavirus patients. In May this year, it was decided that these […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of the COVID-19 situation, Odisha government on Thursday made a slight modification in the guidelines and issued SOP for admissions in schools. The SOP has been issued by the School and Mass Education department for admissions into elementary, secondary, higher secondary classes for 2020-21 academic session. Though the government on May 15 […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday decided to renovate the existing urban ‘haats’ to boost handloom and handicraft sectors in the post-lockdown period, a senior official said. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting held under chairmanship of Chief Secretary A K Tripathy where it was decided to initiate the process for renovating the […]

New Delhi: Historian Ramchandra Guha has been snubbed by Congress leader Ahmed Patel for his comparison between Gujarat and Bengal on culture and economy which has created a major controversy. Ramchandra Guha while quoting writer Philip Spratt had tweeted: “Gujarat, though economically advanced, is culturally a backward province… Bengal in contrast is economically backward but […]

Kendrapara: As a gesture of love and gratitude for Bollywood actor, Sonu Sood, who helped around 170 girls stranded in Kerala return to Odisha, a social organisation launched a postcard drive today. As part of the drive, 11,000 postcards with ‘Thank You’ will be sent to Sonu Sood who has been tirelessly helping stranded migrants […]

New Delhi: After conducting the successful trial run of double-decker freight trains on the newly-built Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district in December last year, the Indian Railways on Thursday created a world record by commissioning the first high rise Over Head Equipment (OHE) and successfully running double stack containers in […]

Bhubaneswar: While the coronavirus-induced lockdown is unleashing miseries for thousands of migrant workers, for some it has come as an opportunity to dupe innocent people especially the migrants. Such an instance has come to fore where a conman tried to defraud an Odia migrant stranded in Coimbatore (now Koyampuththoor) using the name of Ollywood actor […]

New Delhi: Director of the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) has said there is no need for panic over the recent seismic activities in the Delhi-NCR region. Director B.K. Bansal said: “However, it is important to undertake preparedness and mitigation measures to reduce the earthquake risk.” Bansal was speaking at a meeting convened by the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 cases continued to rise in Odisha with detection of 112 more cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection and one death from 18 districts across the State, informed the State I & PR Department. With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in the State rose to 3498 on Friday. Of the fresh 112 Covid-19 […]

Bhubaneswar: Construction of an anicut (check dam) by the Chhattisgarh government on Ib River near Samdama in Sundergarh district has sparked concerns among the local people especially farmers who now worry that the project might throw their livelihood into uncertainty. The check dam project being commissioned at a cost of Rs 17 crore has 40 […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha witnessed a significant reduction in the number of road accidents and fatalities since the implementation of amended Motor Vehicles (MV) Act across the country from September 1, 2019, informed State transport Minister Padmanabha Behera. According to data given by Behera, the number of road accidents have gone down by 355 (a reduction of […]