National News Updates

Rourkela: Legendary hockey player and Arjuna Awardee Michael Kindo passed away at the age of 74 at Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here in the steel city on Thursday. Just when people thought that the year 2020 could not be any ominous, Kindo, a member of the Indian hockey team that won the World Cup in […]

Bhubaneswar: Is the Aam Admi in Odisha unprotected and vulnerable? The numbers bare it all. The latest data released by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) suggests that when for every 1,388 men on the streets of Odisha there was only one policeman in 2018, the number slipped further to one cop guarding […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday reiterated his demand for reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Socio Economic Backward Classes (SEBCs) in the field of public employment and educational institutions. In a letter to Odisha Chief Minister, Pradhan said that on his request the State government had constituted the State Commission for Backward […]

New Delhi: The government on Thursday appointed Suneet Sharma, the General Manager of the Eastern Railways, as the new Railway Board Chairman and CEO of the Indian Railways. An official notification said: “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Sharma, IRSME (1981) to the post of Chairman, Railway Board and […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced the deadline for completion of the developmental works for SCB Medical College and Hospital. As per the proposals, renovated campus of SCB medical college & hospital, Cuttack will be inaugurated in January 2024 and the cost of the project has been estimated to be around Rs […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government will erect a memorial in the State Capital city to honour the fallen Covid warriors who have lost their lives battling against novel-Coronavirus in the frontline. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced this while talking with the families of departed Covid warriors through video conference. Invoking the bravehearts who sacrificed their life serving […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is mulling to provide a ten per cent reservation for students who have ten years of schooling (Class I-X) in the State-run government schools. However, the deserving candidate has to clear the JEE/NEET exams, revealed highly placed sources in the State Law Department. The State Government apparently looked confident in implementing the […]

Bhubaneswar: After a span of almost nine months, cinema halls and theatres will be reopened in Odisha from January. Owners of cinema halls across the State have begun preparations following the government’s Unlock-8 guidelines which allows reopening of the same. The State government on Wednesday issued its Unlock-8 guidelines for the month of January. As […]

New Delhi: Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria launched an e-governance portal for the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday in order to promote a paperless office, an official statement said. The launch of e-governance in IAF marks a paradigm shift from the current method of correspondence, filing and documentation to a digital one, the statement […]

Bhubaneswar: FASTags have now become mandatory across the country from today. As per the latest notification issued by the Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, FASTags would be compulsory in ‘M’ and ‘N’ categories of motor vehicles sold before 1st December 2017. Category ‘M’ stands for a motor vehicle with at least four wheels […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the revenue collection of the Odisha government has increased by nearly four per cent to Rs 29,411.29 crore during the April-November period of the current fiscal, an official said on Thursday. The collection from own tax and other sources was at Rs 28,402 crore in the year-ago period, state finance […]

Bhubaneswar: President of India, Ram Nath Kovind on Friday urged people of the nation to work together for creating an inclusive society filled with the spirit of love and compassion that promotes peace and goodwill. Extending greetings on the occasion of New Year, Kovind said, “New Year provides an opportunity to make a fresh beginning […]

Berhampur: The deserted baby elephant rescued from Sunapur village on the outskirts of the silk city has been shifted to Kapilash rescue centre in Dhenkanal district. “The baby elephant has been shifted with all arrangements and tight security in place. Initially it will be kept in quarantine,” said DFO Amlan Nayak on Thursday. It was […]

Ganjam: Fifty eight years after its establishment, the Belaguntha outpost in Ganjam district has finally been accorded the status of a police station. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the new police station from Bhubaneswar through video conferencing on Wednesday during the closing ceremony of 62nd Senior Police Officers Conference. Aska MP Pramila Bisoyi, State […]

Bhubaneswar: All the necessary preparations are in place for conducting the much-awaited Covid-19 vaccine dry run programme in Odisha tomorrow (January 2). Directorate of Medical Education & Training (DMET) Director Prof CBK Mohanty on Friday said that the Covid-19 vaccine dry run is part of the nation-wide exercise to keep all infrastructure in place so […]