National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday condemned the brutal double murders in Mahanga. While taking to reporters on the sidelines of inauguration of Bidusagar lake rejuvenation project in Bhubaneswar, Pradhan said that party leader Kulamani Baral was killed for raising his voice against massive corruption in PMAY. Pradhan’s comments came a day after BJP […]

Sundergarh: This jumbo ain’t a gentle giant. It is a highway robber!  Sounds strange, but its exploits are playing out in a dense forest area of Tensa ghats on National Highway No 5 day in and day out. At a time when reports of elephant menace are often hitting headlines in the State, this unusual […]

Bhubaneswar: Tension gripped the Old Town area during the launch of the Bindusagar cleaning initiative by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in the Capital City on Saturday. According to reports, a minor scuffle broke out between BJD and BJP workers near the stage as they raised slogans targeting each other. […]

Cuttack: A constable sustained multiple injuries after unidentified miscreants hurled crude-bombs at police team at Dalabhaga village under Khuntuni police limits of Athagarh block in Cuttack district. The incident occurred when the work for laying of electric wires through a transmission tower was underway to facilitate power supply to a cement factory. It is alleged […]

New Delhi: A Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier was apprehended after he crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh and entered the Indian territory, the Indian Army has stated. “During early hours of January 8, a Chinese soldier was apprehended on the Indian Side of the LAC in Ladakh in area South […]

New Delhi: A high-level committee, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been constituted to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in a befitting manner. A notification to this effect was issued on Friday by the Ministry of Culture in which 85 members, including the Prime Minister, have been named. The […]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to run Special Train between Bhubaneswar and Bangiriposi in order to facilitate passengers travelling to and from Mayurbhanj district. The train services between the stations begin next week, from the 12th of January. For the convenience of the passengers, it has been decided to run Special Train […]

Balasore: Upset over his defeat in a card game, a man allegedly stabbed one of his friends to death in Odisha. The shocking incident has been reported from Gudikhania area under Niligari police limits of Balasore district. The deceased has been identified as Kuna Bhol. As per reports, Kuna was playing cards with one of […]

Bhadrak: More than 1500 sacks of paddy have been reduced to ashes after a major fire broke out at a godown of a paddy trader at Sashtrighat near Chandabali in the district on Saturday. Though the exact cause of the blaze has not yet been ascertained, electric short circuit is suspected to be the reason […]

New Delhi: In a move to put pressure on the government over the three farm laws, the Congress on Saturday said that it has decided to organise ‘Kisan Adhikar Divas’ in the country and will gherao the Raj Bhavans across all states on January 15. Addressing a press conference here, Congress General Secretary Randeep Singh […]

Jajpur:  A duplicate sauce manufacturing unit has been busted at Kundal under Badchana police limits in the district on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and administrative officials from Darpan Tehsil carried out a raid at the illegal factory and seized some bottles, machines used to prepare the sauce, raw materials, […]

Berhampur: BJP Odisha in-charge and former union minister D Purandeswari has once again lashed out at the Naveen-led BJD government in the State over its alleged failure to ensure delivery of hassle-free public services despite being in power for more than two decades. During her visit to Berhampur and other assembly segments in Ganjam district […]

Bhubaneswar:  Nothing seems to be going right for the poultry sector in Odisha. In the last 48 hours, the prices seems to have crashed. While the wholesale prices of the eggs in the State has dropped by around 15 per cent, the prices of poultry meat (chicken) is down by around 10 per cent during […]

New Delhi: Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi, Curacao Prime Minister Eugene Rhuggenaath and New Zealand minister Priyanca Radhakrishnan were among 30 NRIs, and Indian-origin people and organisations who were conferred the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award on Saturday. President Ram Nath Kovind, who delivered the valedictory address on the third and final day of the 16th Pravasi […]

New Delhi: Bird flu has been confirmed in seven states of the country so far, namely Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, while test reports of unsual death of birds received from Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Delhi are awaited, the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying said on Saturday. […]