National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: The mercury will take a nip in Odisha around the 72nd Republic Day. A few places in Sundergarh and Jharsuguda may see the night time temperature plummeting to below 8 degree Celsius. The whole of the State may witness the minimum temperature dipping below 14 deg C during third week of January. As per […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid reports of the outbreak of bird flu in several states, the Odisha government on Friday allayed the concerns of people by stating that the poultry products are safe for consumption. The Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services Department in a statement confirmed that no bird flu case has been detected in the State. The […]

Phulbani: A mild earthquake of magnitude 3.2 hit several parts of Odisha on Friday night triggering panic among the residents. According to initial reports, the tremors were felt in Baliguda, Daringbadi, Raikia and Mohana at around 9.45 pm today. The panic-stricken residents rushed out of their houses in fear. As the intensity of the earthquake […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Lokayukta has ordered a Vigilance probe into breach of an embankment on the Kelua river in Ramapur area under Dharmasala block of Jajpur district, which was allegedly blown off using dynamites during floods in August last year. The Lokayukta has directed Vigilance Director to ensure that a preliminary inquiry under his supervision […]

Cuttack: The district administration has declared Khanduali village under Athagarh block here as a containment zone after detection of as many as 16 Covid-19 positives in the village. As per an official order, the containment order will come into effect from tomorrow (Saturday) and the restrictions will remain in force for the next seven days. […]

Keonjhar: The Keonjhar district education officer on Friday withheld the salaries of the headmaster and all the teaching and non-teaching staff of as many as five schools for the month of January on charges of violation of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Covid-19 issued by the State School and Mass Education department. The move […]

Secunderabad: The South Central Railway (SCR) zone has decided to run 33 special trains to ferry passengers from Hyderabad to different parts of Andhra Pradesh from today. The SCR has reportedly taken the decision considering the Sankranti festival rush. “In order to clear extra rush during Sankranti festival, SCR will run special trains between Hyderabad […]

Bhandara: As many as ten newborn babies died after a fire broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit of Bhandara District Civil Hospital in Maharashtra in the wee hours on Saturday, said doctors. The infants were aged between a month and three months, a doctor said. District civil surgeon Pramod Khandate said the fire […]

The central government employees are likely to get the hike in the Dearness Allowance (DA), as per the formula based on recommendations from the 7th Pay Commission, sooner than expected. Though several reports are making rounds that the four per cent DA will be restored this month, the government is yet to make any official […]

Bhubaneswar: Economic slowdown due to Covid-19 and a strong possibility of reduction in State’s share from Central taxes notwithstanding, Odisha Government’s budget for 2021-22 financial year is likely to cross the Rs 1.70 lakh crore mark. “The budget is bound to increase every year due to inflation. Like the previous year, the focus is likely […]

Ahmedabad: Madhavsinh Solanki, the former foreign minister and Congress veteran who had also served as Chief Minister of Gujarat for four terms, passed away in Gandhinagar on early Saturday morning, Congress leaders said. He was 93. “The death of Madhavsinh Solanki has brought extreme grief. May God give peace to his soul. He had made […]

New Delhi: In a significant ruling by the Supreme Court, the apex court said that fixing notional income of homemakers in compensation related cases is a signal to the society that the law and the courts value their labour, services and sacrifices. Women spend more time on “unpaid care giving services for household members” as […]

Koraput: Panic gripped residents of Ekataguda after several hundreds of acres of paddy field were submerged following a major breach in the main canal of the Upper Kolab on the outskirts of Jeypore town on late Friday night. According to reports, the villagers had a narrow escape as the flood water flowed in the direction […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday launched the much-awaited Bindusagar cleaning initiative. Bindusagar, one of the natural heritage and holy lakes in temple city Bhubaneswar, is situated in the north of Lingaraj temple. The estimated cost for the revival and cleaning of the iconic lake is Rs 70 […]

Aurangabad: Amidst a bird flu scare in some parts of the country, as many as 900 hens have died at a poultry farm in Murumba village in Parbhani district of Maharashtra, a senior official said on Saturday. Their samples have been sent for investigation to identify the exact cause of the death, Parbhani district collector […]