National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release Rs 300 crore to the State for the management of upsurge in Covid-19 pandemic. Participating…

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Thursday directed the Superintendent of Police (SP), Nayagarh to provide security to family members of five-year-old girl ‘Pari’ who was allegedly abducted and murdered in July this year. The Court also directed the State government to submit the updated status report of the investigation into the case. The court […]

United Nations/New Delhi: India has contributed an additional USD 500,000 to the United Nations Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism, taking the country’s donation to the UN office set up to combat…

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Thursday claimed to have busted two bike lifting gangs and arrested five persons for their alleged involvement in stealing of motorcycles. The Nayapalli Police has also recovered 46 motorbikes and seven mobile phones from their possession. The stolen bikes bear registration numbers of Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and several other places of […]

Bhubaneswar: The Miss India Charming Face 2020 is finally over, and guess what! Odisha has very strongly declared its presence in the beauty pageant held in Goa last weekend. On November 28, not one or two, several young models from Odisha brought laurels for the State by winning different titles at the 4th ICF (India’s […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister and senior BJP leader Pratap Chandra Sarangi on Thursday lashed out at the BJD-led Odisha Government for failing to ensure justice to the five-year-old girl ‘Pari’ who was allegedly abducted and murdered in July this year in Nayagarh. Briefing a presser, Sarangi said that the State government has no moral right to […]

Bhubaneswar: Extending support to the Dilli Chalo protest, several farmer organisations on Tuesday staged demonstrations in different parts of Odisha protesting the new farm reform laws passed in the Parliament by the Centre. Tension prevailed at Lower PMG in the State Capital city after a scuffle broke out between police and activists of All India […]

Berhampur: The Vigilance department on Thursday stumbled upon six more bank accounts of suspended IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak in Berhampur. The development assumes much significance as the anti-corruption wing had found evidence of another Rs 5.29 crore cash deposited in the accounts of Akash, the son of senior IFS officer on Tuesday. More skeletons […]

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday began probe into money laundering charges and financial affairs of suspended IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak and his son Akash who are under Vigilance scanner for their lavish lifestyle. “We have started our probe today. We will probe all the allegations of money laundering and other deposits and […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to make the world better accessible for the persons with disabilities, special camp courts will be organised in rural parts of Odisha to hear the grievances of people in the post COVID-19 era. To begin with, the department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disability (SSEPD) will hold such […]

New Delhi: The longest bridge over the Brahmaputra, which has been cleared for construction will become the lynchpin of a giant trans-Asian corridor that will connect Northeast India and Bhutan with Dan Nang in Vietnam. The giant project showcases the growing strategic partnership between India and Japan, balancing China’s inroads in the region. The ambitious […]

Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Central Crime Branch (CCB) in the wee hours of Thursday morning arrested Congress party leader and former corporator, Abdul Rakeeb Zakir in connection with the Bengaluru Riot case. This is the second high-profile arrest by the CCB in the last fortnight after the police arrested former Bengaluru mayor and Congress leader R. […]

Bhubaneswar: Six days on, disengaged female health care workers earlier posted at different COVID Care Centres (CCCs) and COVID Care Homes (CCHs) continue to stage their demands for regularisation of their jobs and payment of pending salaries. But the government is yet to take a call on the matter. Hundreds of such health care workers […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Mahashay Dharampal Gulati popularly known as MDH Dadaji is a name synonymous with every household across the country. Starting his journey as a Tonga driver to earn livelihood, Gulati rose to become India’s ‘King of Spices’. But in everything between, there lies an untold story which captures his remarkable transformation. One of the […]

Nayagarh: Even as mystery still shrouds the death of Pari, the 5-year-old girl whose skeletal remains were recovered from near her house in July this year, Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) chairperson Sandhyabati Pradhan said on Thursday that she suspects the girl might have been killed for some human sacrifice rituals. […]