National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: The 40-day-long winter session of the state legislature is all set to begin from today with strict adherence to the Covid-19 guidelines. According to sources, the session will continue till December 31 and the two daily proceedings will be of four hours and 30 minutes duration each. “Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari will table the […]

Sonepur: Naveen Bag, a farmer in Sonepur district got the biggest shock of his life recently. The farmer, who ekes out a living by toiling in his one acre agricultural land, recently received a notice for alleged Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion to the tune of a whopping Rs 10 crore. Naveen felt the […]

New Delhi: Health Ministry has approved a new category for selection and nomination of candidates from ‘Wards of COVID Warriors’ under central pool MBBS/BDS seats for the academic year 2020-21. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the move aims to dignify and honour the noble contribution made by COVID-19 warriors who have lost their lives […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Covid-19 positivity rate has considerably come down in Odisha since the first week of November, the mortality rate seems to be rising, maintaining a constant upward trend. With the deaths of 16 Covid patients in the last 24 hours, the virus death toll today breached the 1600-mark to reach 1608. While […]

Cuttack: A day after 4 unidentified miscreants looted cash and gold jewellery worth over Rs 10 crore from a private finance company in Naya Sarak area of Cuttack on Thursday, OTV accessed the CCTV footage of the daring dacoity on Friday. The first visuals of the miscreants captured in a CCTV surveillance camera installed near […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to encourage people to remain healthy and fit by including physical activities and sports in their daily lives, Patanjali Yoga Kendra and the Youth For Action jointly organised a ‘Fit India Movement’ programme at Buddha Jayanti Park near Chandrasekharpur area here on Friday with strict adherence to Covid-19 guidelines. Hundreds of […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering on Friday launched RuPay card Phase-II that will allow Bhutanese card holders to access the RuPay network in India. The prime ministers of the two countries had jointly launched Phase-I of the project during Modi’s state visit to Bhutan in August last […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan shot off a letter to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik seeking urgent measures to resolve the on-going border disputes with neighbouring states, Odisha Revenue Minister Sudam Marndi on Friday said administrative-level discussions with Andhra Pradesh are currently underway to resolve the issue. The minister said he was […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Friday sought a report from the Odisha government in connection with the death of a person which allegedly took place in police custody at Puri on Wednesday. The Court has also directed the State government to submit the post-mortem report and other facts pertaining to case during the next […]

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla has said that every Indian will get vaccinated for Covid 19 probably by 2024. Speaking at a media event, Poonawalla said the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine should be available for healthcare workers and elderly people by February 2021 and by April for the general public. […]

Bhubaneswar: While the Serum Institute of India is optimistic about making the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine available for healthcare workers, elderly people by around February 2021 and by April for general public, Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister, Naba Kishore Das on Friday stated that the State government is ready for a mass vaccination drive to […]

Bhubaneswar: Members of Odisha unit of the BJP along with the activists of Mahila Morcha, the party’s women wing launched a protest rally on Friday against the alleged inaction of the State government in connection with the two back-to-back alleged custodial deaths in Puri and Biramitrapur yesterday. The demonstrators demanded immediate resignation of CM Naveen […]

Khordha: Following wide-spread resentment within the party cadres and workers, the Khordha District president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who had been removed from his position by the state leadership a week ago, has been re-appointed. As per reports, Rashmi Ranjan Mohapatra was removed from the position of BJP’s Khordha District President on November […]

Sundargarh: In a unique protest, two hapless girls from Ranibagicha area in the district on Friday submitted memorandums to the District Magistrate and Collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan urging the latter to save their village from the menace of liquor which has been ruining families. 10-year old Barsha Priyadarshini lost her parents to the killer brew […]

Lucknow: Organic farming will change the lives of crores of farmers in the state as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is eyeing to make it a hub for the same. In the first phase, organic crops will be planted in a total of 68,000 hectare land in 63 districts across the state. All districts along with […]