National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: Mercury dropped to 11.2 degrees Celsius at Sonepur on Sunday night as cold wave conditions returned to the Stare after a brief gap. As a result, normal life across the State was partially affected in the past 24 hours. Eight places in the State recorded minimum temperature (night temperature) below 15 degree Celsius on […]

Bargarh: Property worth lakhs were gutted in a major fire that broke out in the paediatric ward of the Bargarh District Headquarters Hospital here late on Sunday night. Fortunately, no casualty or injury was reported in the mishap as the ward was closed and no patients were inside. Medicines and furniture worth lakhs of rupees […]

Bhubaneswar: Two senior IAS officers – Industries Secretary Hemant Sharma and Managing Director of the Odisha State Medical Corporation Limited Yamini Sarangi – appeared before the Lokayukta for hearing in connection with the alleged corruption in the purchase of PPE kits and masks by the Odisha government, on Monday. Meanwhile, the Lokayukta expressed its displeasure […]

Umerkote: Two children were killed while four others critically injured after a pick-up van loaded with onion and groceries rammed into a roadside house at Jharabahal village under Chandahandi Block in Nabarangpur district on Monday morning. The critically include a child who has sustained serious injuries in the accident. As per sources, the pickup van […]

Bhubaneswar: The proceedings of the ongoing winter session were adjourned till 3 PM today after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik moved condolence motion in the Odisha Assembly in honour of Sushila Devi, Governor Ganeshi Lal’s wife, who passed away while undergoing treatment at a private hospital here Sunday night. As a mark of respect to the […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated a multi-storeyed residential complex for Members of Parliament, the complex has been built after demolishing eight bungalows, which will now be replaced by 76 flats. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said: “The problem which has persisted for years should not be overlooked but solution […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Monday sought clarifications from the State government over the issue of waiver of fees in schools in view of the COVID-19 pandemic situation. While hearing a petition, the Court asked the Odisha government to clarify on how much the fees of students in schools can be waived in the […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of the surge in Covid-19 in the bordering districts of Odisha, the State government on Thursday requested the railway board to cancel all passenger train services to…

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday said that it has adopted a multi-fold strategy to combat Covid situation in the national Capital as the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has started installation of 250 ventilators delivered by the Centre as part of its promise to help the Delhi government in […]

New Delhi: With a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in India, preventing another reverse migration of workers, particularly from key industrial areas, seems to be the top most priority of…

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Digital Media Association (IDMA), a conglomeration of nationalist digital media portals, on Monday condemned the concerted witch-hunt which has been launched by the Odisha government against OTV for reporting alleged corruption by the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government in the State. In a statement, the IDMA clearly stated that any government certainly has […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP national president JP Nadda is likely to visit Odisha during December this year or January, 2021 as part of his 120-day nationwide tour to strengthen the party’s organisational machinery with an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. State BJP General Secretary, Prithviraj Harichandan informed that Nadda will be in the State for […]

Mumbai: In a shocker, some drug peddlers stopped a team of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) sleuths when they went to carry out a raid at a location in Goregaon suburb, officials said here on Monday. The incident occurred late on Sunday when the two-member NCB team was heckled and stymied by a menacing mob of […]

Cuttack: After crackdown on multiple adulterated spices processing units, the Commissionerate Police on Monday busted a duplicate gutkha (tobacco) manufacturing unit operating in a clandestine manner at the Jagatpur Industrial Estate in Cuttack. Receiving a tip-off, a team of the police raided the illegal factory and seized fake tobacco products worth lakhs of rupees. Several […]

Nabarangpur/Raipur: A tractor transporting paddy from Nabarangpur district in Odisha to Chhattisgarh was seized by a team of police of the neighbouring state on Monday. As per reports, the tractor carrying 25 packets of paddy from Malapada village in Koilimunda panchayat under Chandahandi block was en route to a mandi in Chhattisgarh when the police […]