National News Updates

Visakhapatnam: Jolting a major setback for the Left Wing Extremists (LWEs) amid the ongoing ‘Martyr’s Week call by the ultras, 12 Maoist cadres involved in extremism in the bordering areas of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh surrendered at Chintapalli Police Station under Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. Additional Police Commissioner, Vidya Sagar Naidu welcomed […]

Dhenkanal: Five poachers were arrested by the officials of Dhenkanal Forest division on Sunday. Four country-made guns, two deer antlers, 100 traps, three scales of Pangolin have been seized from their possession. The accused have been identified as Naba Balmuchi (21), Budu Balmuchi (27), Ratna Balmuchi (30), Kurupa Baipi (28) and Sanatan Dehury (33) of […]

Palakkad (Kerala): Thirty-year-old Jyothi from Chhattisgarh, who saved the life of a CISF jawan during a bus journey in that state in 2010, found her true love in him and tied the knot. Apart from that, the jawan’s saviour Jyothi is also contesting the December 10 local body polls in Kerala as a BJP candidate. […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has prepared a detailed roadmap to undertake the vaccination drive against COVID-19, said State Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Das on Sunday. While talking to reporters, Das said the Centre has already issued comprehensive guidelines and the State government has already formed committees at district and block levels other than the committee […]

Bhubaneswar: Giving a much-needed relief, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday predicted that there will be no change in the maximum temperature in different parts of Odisha in the…

Bhubaneswar: Tension brewed among the servitors of Lingaraj Temple after an e-Commerce firm was reportedly found selling the holy ‘Abadha’ of the temple through online mode. The ‘Brahman Nijog Samiti’ of the Lingaraj Temple lodged a complaint in connection with the case at the Lingaraj Police Station in Bhubaneswar. As per reports, an e-Commerce website […]

Amaravati: A team of medical and health experts has rushed to Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru town on Sunday after 227 people were hospitalised since Saturday night with symptoms resembling epilepsy. Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister Alla Krishna Srinivas alias Nani has said that the situation is under control and medical help is being provided to […]

Bhubaneswar: Action against Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi should have been done a long time ago. CM Naveen Patnaik delayed in axing Panigrahi who he is dipped in corruption, alleged Congress’ Sanakhemundi MLA Ramesh Jena on Sunday. While addressing a presser, Jena alleged that Panigrahi has links with several sand and liquor mafia in Ganjam district. […]

New Delhi: Farmer representatives from around 40 unions on Sunday requested a “peaceful Bharat Bandh” on December 8 and announced that weddings would be exempted from the nationwide protest. Baldev Singh Nihal, Ashok Dhanvle, Tenjinder Virk, Comrade B.V. and Yogendra Yadav announced the move after a day-long meeting held to chalk out plan for the […]

Bhubaneswar: Unidentified miscreant reportedly decamped with valuables and cash after breaking open the donation box installed at Sai Baba temple near Station Bazaar in Bhubaneswar. The incident which took place on Saturday night came to light after the priest of the temple, Niranjan Pujari lodged a complaint with the Laxmi Sagar police on Sunday. Pujari […]

New Delhi: The India Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on Sunday said that its Bhopal-based Indian Institute of Soil Science has been awarded the prestigious King Bhumibol World Soil Day 2020 Award by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO). The award was conferred to the ICAR on the occasion of World Soil Day, celebrated on […]

Bhubaneswar: Traffic violators beware. The Odisha State Transport Department (STA) has decided to crack the whip on habitual violators of traffic rules at regular intervals. As per official sources, a massive crackdown on violators and strict enforcement of the amended Motor Vehicles (MV) Act 2019 will begin from January, 2021. The law enforcement agencies including […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has directed Chief Secretaries of states and Union Territories to ensure implementation of a new set of health warnings with enhanced pictorial images on all tobacco products after a recent amendment in the law. Union Health Secretary, Rajesh Bhushan, has asked all top bureaucrats of states […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Tata Motors clarified that Akash Pathak was not a bonafide employee of the company, the Crime Branch on Sunday intensified the questioning of Pathak’s private secretary David Peter. Peter was brought to Bhubaneswar from Pune by a special team of the Crime Branch. After initial round of questioning, the investigating agency […]

New Delhi: Amid the siege on the capital by farmers protesting against the newly-formed agrarian laws by the Centre on its various borders, the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) has expressed concerns about the possibility of a shortage of essential medicines as the road transportation has been hampered in north India. The […]