National News Updates

Patnagarh: More than two and a half years after the infamous Patnagarh wedding gift explosion which had hogged the headlines across the country, the residents of this small town in Odisha woke to a spine-chilling ‘murders’ of six members of a family. The six-member family including a couple and their four children were found dead […]

Mumbai: ‘This is a victory of the people of the country; I am grateful to the Supreme Court,’ Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami said after emerging from Taloja jail amid unprecedented support. “I am proud that be it the cases pertaining to Susant Singh death case, Hathras, Palghar lynching, they (Maharashtra government) have a personal […]

Bhubaneswar: Bringing laurels for the State, 10 students from Odisha have been selected to participate in NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Human Rover Challenge scheduled to be held next year. What’s more remarkable is that this is for the first time when a school team would be representing India at the international-level event. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst festive season, the capital city seems to be witnessing a surge in crime rate posing a daunting challenge for the Commissionerate Police. Wednesday evening, two-bike borne miscreants allegedly snatched a gold chain from a woman’s neck while she was riding pillion on a bike with her husband in Kharavela Nagar area here. Following […]

Koraput: Absence of motorable roads in remote pockets of the State continue to haunt people depriving them of timely healthcare services. Corroborating this is an incident reported from Laxmipur Kutukajhola village in the district where an expectant mother was carried on cot by family and relatives for 3 kms to the hospital on Wednesday. When […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has beefed up security arrangements in the capital city to put a check on crimes and ensure that people strictly adhere to the Covid-19 guidelines in place during Dhanteras and Diwali to be observed this Friday and Saturday, respectively. There is a possibility of rise in incidents of loot and snatching […]

Jajpur/Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths on Thursday conducted simultaneous raids at six places associated with Ratnakar Mohanty, a junior clerk at Dharmasala Sub-Registrar office, on charges of amassing properties disproportionate to his known sources of income. On the basis of a search warrant issued by Cuttack Vigilance department, several teams of the anti-corruption agency raided Mohanty’s residential […]

Balasore: In a tragic incident, a woman and her minor son were killed while her husband sustained critical injuries after they were hit by an unknown vehicle near Khantapada police station here on Thursday. According to sources, the mishap occurred today morning when the trio was reportedly on their way to Bhadrak from Seragada on […]

Rourkela: Tension ran high at the Labour Tenament area under Raghunathpali police station here following the death of a two-year-old boy in a road mishap on Wednesday night. The boy who was run over by a speeding car died on way to hospital, sources said. According to reports, the mishap took place when some children […]

Koraput: A fresh dispute over territory has erupted in Koraput district after an information board put up by the administrative officials of Odisha government was reportedly demolished by the residents of Andhra Pradesh in the bordering areas. The dispute was reported near Sunabeda village under Potangi block of Koraput district along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border. […]

Bhubaneswar: On second day (March 8) of the special Covid enforcement drive, Odisha Police took 11801 violators to task and collected fine of Rs 26,61,450 in last 24 hours, informed…

Rourkela: Pradeep Kundu, a city-based businessman who was abducted last Saturday, returned home last night. His sudden return six days after abduction has shrouded mystery as it is still unclear whether he managed to come back alone or he was dropped home by someone else. Some unidentified miscreants had allegedly kidnapped Kundu from Birmitrapur Bijabahala […]

Malkangiri: A huge cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from a Maoist hideout during a joint operation by SOG/DVF and BSF jawans in Swabhiman Anchal  of Malkangiri district. The joint operation launched in Arapadar-Andrapalli villages in Swabhiman Anchal under Jodambo police station limits, on the basis of specific information received, led to uncovering of […]

Paralakhemundi: Holding a placard scribbled ‘I want justice from my son’, a 87-year-old man sat on hunger strike outside the Gajapati Palace on Wednesday seeking the intervention of the district administration after his son allegedly refused to look after him and occupied the family home in the town. The elderly man identified as Ram Mohan […]

Boudh: The crackdown on the cultivation and supply of illegal cannabis gathered steam as the Boudh police destroyed Ganja (cannabis) cultivations worth Rs 80 lakh spread over an area of 80 acres here in the district on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, the police carried out multiple raids at several places under Baunsuni police station […]