National News Updates

After RCB’s loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad in playoff yesterday fans of the franchise are now demanding resignation from skipper Virat Kohli. Twitter flooded with messages expecting the RCB captain to resign and give some other player a chance to become captain. Fans are also angry at the behavior of Kohli who is many times seen […]

New Delhi: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has registered a case and started a probe against two firms, including the Nayati Healthcare, whose chairperson and promoter is Niira Radia of the infamous Radia tapes controversy. Along with the Gurugram health firm, the other one named in the EOW FIR is the Narayani […]

Cuttack: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha on Saturday withdrew its previous notification regarding filling up of forms by the students for the 2021 Matriculation examination. The move comes hours after the Odisha School and Mass Education Minister, Sameer Ranjan Dash on Saturday morning directed the BSE president to scrap the notification on filling […]

Patna: Five rounds were fired at a polling booth in Dhamdaha in Purnea district even as 19.74 per cent voting was registered in 78 Assembly segments in the first four hours on Saturday, official sources said. The firing incident was triggered after heated arguments between villagers and security forces who allegedly beat up voters for […]

Bargarh: A youth from Odisha will be seen in a lead role in an international movie ‘Semkhor’- based on the life of the indigenous Dimasa tribe of Assam, a north-eastern state of India. 34-year-old Jagannath Seth of Mohanapali village under Padampur block of Bargarh district will portray the character of a Dimasa tribal man who […]

Kendrapara: A fodder grass farm spread over ten acres in Barimula GP under Derabish block of the district has now turned into a forest land. Local residents allege that due to lack of maintenance and laid-back attitude of the concerned authorities, the farm is languishing in neglect. According to sources, the farm was set up […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has demanded Chhattisgarh to furnish details of the barrages constructed over the Mahanadi during a hearing in the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal over the water sharing dispute on Saturday. Odisha has asked Chhattisgarh to provide the necessary details in the common information format. While hearing the State government’s plea, the Tribunal said Odisha […]

Nayagarh: A youth from Nayagarh district has been arrested on charges of duping several job aspirants to the tune of Rs 5 lakh by promising them postings at the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) office. The accused, identified as Abhijit, was arrested on Saturday based on a complaint filed by one Monali Priyadarshini, who happens to […]

Puri: A major sex racket which was operating from a hotel was unearthed in Puri on Friday night. Three persons including the hotel owner have been arrested in connection with the flesh trade, Police said on Saturday. The prostitution racket was busted following a raid on the hotel located in Baliapanda area of the coastal […]

New Delhi: The military talks between India and China at Chushul in Eastern Ladakh to resolve the border dispute and de-escalation of forces ended in stalemate. The soldiers of both the countries to remain exposed to minus 20 degrees Celsius. “There was no headway during the talks as China was not ready to withdraw from […]

Berhampur: A police team on Saturday seized firecrackers worth around Rs 70 lakh following a raid on an illegal manufacturing unit at Aska in Ganjam district. As per reports, three truckloads of crackers have been seized from the factory. Further investigation is underway into the seizure. It is pertinent to mention here that Odisha government […]

New Delhi: India has made a database of private aircraft that can be used for movement of its elite force National Security Guard (NSG) during urgent counter-terror operations in any part of the country. The decision is seen by the security forces as cutting of red tape at the time of anti-terror operations. The government […]

Bhubaneswar: Bringing laurels for the State, Biswadip Jena, an Assistant professor of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) has secured top position in the general category of the national-level PhD entrance test conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Expressing happiness over his success Jena said, “I am elated that I secured the first […]

Bhubaneswar: The Congress party on Saturday came down heavily on the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)-led Odisha government for reducing the post-matric scholarship amount for poor meritorious students belonging to SC/ST categories. The party has alleged that the State as well as the Centre is playing with the future of poor students by slashing the scholarship […]

Malkangiri: An Indian Air Force helicopter was seen patrolling for hours over Swabhiman Anchala (cut-off area) here in the district today morning. Sources said the chopper performed sorties to keep a hawk eye on the movement of the ultras. Earlier on Friday, Western range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) and Malangiri Superintendent of Police […]