National News Updates

Malkangiri: Rattled by the unending Maoist violence that has crippled developmental activities in their areas, tribals in the Swabhiman Anchal in the district have geared up to safeguard their villages from the grip of ultras. Armed with traditional weapons like bows-arrows, axe, daggers and sticks, hundreds of residents from villages across the district have intensified […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) postponed the Odisha Civil Services -2019 (Main) examination scheduled to be held tomorrow (December 8) in view of the Bharat Bandh. In a notification, the OPSC wrote, “Taking into cognizance of the difficulties to be faced by the candidates in approaching the examination centres due to Bharat Bandh, […]

Mumbai: After 11 days of hectic search and rescue operations, the Indian Navy has recovered the wreckage of the ill-fated MiG-29K aircraft along with a body. The body was recovered by the rescue teams of the navy near the site of the crash. The body is believed to be that of pilot Commander Nishant Singh, […]

Jagatsinghpur: Four persons were arrested on Monday by Tirtol Police for their alleged involvement in the abduction of a teacher. The accused have been identified as Biswajit Patra (21) and Pratap Mohanty (23) of Pandara village, Tapan Kumar Das (27) of Pitambarpur and Surykant Mohapatra (24) Brahmanabadi village. As per reports, the teacher, Rabinarayan Mishra […]

Cuttack: The Odisha government has full control over the fee structures of private schools in the state, informed the Parent’s Association through a reply affidavit submitted at the Orissa High Court on Monday. Replying on the Odisha government’s affidavit expressing its inability to reduce the fees in private schools, the petitioner, Parent’s Association, stated that […]

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has said the ‘Bharat Bandh’ on December 8 would start at 11 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. as they don’t want to cause inconvenience to the public. BKU Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said,”The ‘Bharat Bandh’ will begin at 11 a.m. and continue till 3 pm on Tuesday.” The […]

Bhubaneswar: Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi, who was arrested by the Odisha Crime Branch on charges of forgery, fraud and criminal conspiracy on December 3, will have to stay in jail for some more time after a local court rejected his bail plea on Monday evening. The Additional District and Sessions Court (III), Bhubaneswar heard his […]

Bhubaneswar: The office of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) on Monday issued an advisory in view of the dense fog alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The SRC has asked police and transport department officials to take necessary measures for controlled plying of vehicles on highways during dense fog to prevent accidents. As […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government has decided to close all government offices on Tuesday on account of country-wide shutdown to be observed by various farmers’ organisations in protest against the new Farm Laws. A release issued by the Information and Public Relation Department has informed that all the emergency services will continue as usual during the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Congress party in Odisha on Monday raised questions on the silence of the state’s ruling BJD on the Bharat Bandh call given by farmer unions against the Centres new agri-marketing laws on December 8, and described the regional party as part of the BJP. “The BJD’s silence (on the issue) has exposed its […]

Lucknow: Amid the row over laws meant to bring a major change in the agri-marketing sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said reforms are needed for development and some laws from the past century have become a burden now. Launching the Agra metro rail project through video conference, Modi said the reforms carried out […]

Baripada: In a bizarre incident, a man allegedly killed his father-in-law by slitting his throat over past enmity at Khuntapur village under Baisinga police limits here in Mayurbhanj district on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Ramesh Singh of Khiripada village under the same police jurisdiction. According to reports, Ramesh visited the house of […]

Bhubaneswar: Further tightening the curbs to stem the spread of novel-Coronavirus, the Odisha government on Thursday made RT-PCR test mandatory for people coming to the State from other states. Those…

Ayodhya: As the site of Ram Janmabhoomi is in close proximity of river Saryu, the loose sand inside the earth will provide a strong base to the foundation pillars of the Ram Mandir. The Ram Mandir Trust has taken an example from the Taj Mahal and moved forward in direction of speedy construction. There were […]

Bhubaneswar: Extending support to nationwide strike call given by various farmers’ unions, the Congress party in Odisha, the State units of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Samajwadi party (SP) have decided to observe the Bandh in State from 6 am to 6pm on Thursday. The leaders of these parties took […]