National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: Despite a steep rise in COVID-19 positive cases, there has been no significant improvement in the number of tests being conducted per day in Odisha, which has raised questions on the state’s coronavirus-response strategy. The number of tests per day had crossed 5,000 mark after Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, on May 5, called upon […]

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally breached the three-lakh mark on Saturday with a record single-day spike of 11,458 infections, while the death toll rose to 8,884 with 386 new fatalities, the Union Health Ministry said. With a COVID-19 caseload of 3,08,993, India is now the fourth worst-hit nation by the pandemic, according to the Worldometer, […]

Srinagar: Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Saturday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Nipora area of Kulgam in south Kashmir following specific information about the presence of militants there, a police official […]

Kalahandi:  The frontline health workers continue to get infected with COVID-19 in Odisha. This time, two lady doctors of a community health centre (CHC) in Narla area of Kalahandi district have tested positive for COVID-19, informed CDMO on Saturday. Both the doctors had reportedly come in direct contact with a returnee from Telangana during the […]

Rourkela: Close on the heels of the death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala after she ate a pineapple filled with firecrackers, carcass of an elephant calf with wound marks has been recovered from Rutukepedi forest under Kuanrmunda range in Sundergarh district on Friday. It is suspected that some miscreants trapped and killed the calf […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s COVID-19 tally crossed 3700 mark after 225 new positive cases were reported in the last 24 hours. This is for the first time that the state has reported a single-day spike of over 200 positive cases.  A highest of 92  positive cases have been reported from Cuttack district, followed by 20 cases from […]

Bhubaneswar: Chaos prevailed near Kalinga studio square in Bhubaneswar for quite some time on Friday after an elderly man was found detained allegedly by locals with his hands and legs tied on suspicion of being a Covid patient. The elderly man is stated to have escaped while being taken to COVID-19 hospital, sources said. As […]

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch claimed breakthrough in leopard skin smuggling racket by arresting the mastermind from Ranpur area of Nayagarh district. Two leopard hides and bones (30 pieces) have been recovered from the possession of the accused identified as Laxmidhar Nayak. STF officials informed that Nayak was arrested when he […]

Dehradun: Army chief General M M Naravane on Saturday said everything was under control on the country’s borders with China and expressed hope that the ongoing dialogue will settle all the perceived differences between the two countries. “I would like to assure everyone that the entire situation along our borders with China is under control. […]

Bhubaneswar: After frontline health workers including doctors and nurses, Odisha Police personnel are now found to be COVID-19 positive which has now emerged as a major cause of concern for the department dealing with the pandemic. As per reports, two senior officials of Ganjam police including SDPO and IIC of Chhatrapur police station tested positive […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the huge influx of stranded migrants, Odisha government, on May 23, had ordered that all those returning to the state will have to be stamped with indelible ink on their right inner forearm at the border checkpoints, receiving station or designated quarantine centres. However, concerns are now being raised over the quality of […]

Bhubaneswar: Eminent actor Bijay Mohanty is returning to Odisha after undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Hyderabad where he was hospitalized after suffering a cardiac arrest last month. He is being shifted to Bhubaneswar in a special ambulance and is likely to reach the State tomorrow morning at around 10 pm. Sources said the […]

Bhubaneswar: Global steel giant ArcelorMittal & Nippon Steel on Saturday expressed its willingness to invest around Rs 2000 crore in Odisha. The CEO of ArcelorMittal group Lakshmi Mittal informed about the investment proposal while holding discussions with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik via video conferencing today. During the online discussion, Lakshmi Mittal informed that his […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed the coronavirus situation across the country at a high-level meeting here and discussed the future road map to contain the pandemic as India has surpassed the UK to become fourth worst affected country with a total of over 3.08 lakh cases so far. In the meeting, […]

Puri: Eminent sculptor, MP & member of the Puri Temple Managing Committee, Raghunath Mohapatra on Saturday urged the Odisha government to conduct the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath without devotees, while requesting that the pilgrim city of Puri should be completely shut down on the day of the chariot pulling. Mohapatra urged the government to […]