National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: After a series of crackdown on food adulteration units in Cuttack, a joint team of Airfield Police and Quick Action Team (QAT) on Tuesday busted a duplicate ghee manufacturing factory at Kaibalya Nagar in Sundarpada area here. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and QAT officials carried out a raid at […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the nation-wide roll-out of the much-awaited COVID-19 vaccine, a new type of cyber crime has now come as a major concern for various law enforcing agencies across the country. The Commissionerate Police in Odisha too has warned public to remain alert so that they do not fall victim to the new type […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed the implementation of three farms laws until further orders. The apex court has also formed a committee of agriculturists to hold talks with the farmers, who are against the farm laws. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justice AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will receive over 4 lakh doses of the much-awaited COVID-19 vaccine for the roll-out of the mass immunization drive against coronavirus in the first phase on January 16. Additional Chief Secretary (Health) PK Mohapatra on Tuesday said Odisha will receive around 4.08 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine prepared by the Serum Institute. Apart […]

Bhubaneswar: Next time you go through any advertisement on social media platform Facebook on attractive offers regarding any sale and purchase of articles, make sure you do not get trapped in the net of a cyber criminal. A man lost Rs 1.4 lakh to cyber fraud after he got trapped in an attractive offer through […]

Berhampur: The Odisha Forest Department on Tuesday launched the tagging of Olive Ridley sea turtles at Rushikulya mouth near Berhampur to make further research on the elusive sea creatures. The tags are not GPS-enabled; rather the protected turtles will sport physical tags which will be uniquely numbered. A total of six turtles were tagged on […]

New Delhi: The Indian Army is ready for a long haul along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) but hopes for an amicable solution in the nine-month-long standoff with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Tuesday. “We are prepared to hold our ground where we are for […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday issued fresh guidelines for the conduct of marriages and funerals in different parts of the State in view of the COVID-19 pandemic situation. As per the latest direction issued by the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) office, the State government has given green signal to marriage processions. However, the processions […]

Bolangir: The famous Sulia Yatra in Bolangir district will be organised on January 19 this year in strict adherence to COVID-19 guidelines. The annual festival is observed by the tribals of Khairguda and Kumuria villages under Deogaon block of the district. The Yatra organising committee on Tuesday finalised the date of the festival in a […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways & MSME Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday today launched an innovative new paint – India’s first cow dung paint – developed by Khadi and Village Industries Commission. The eco-friendly, non-toxic paint, called“ Khadi Prakritik Paint” is a first-of-its-kind product, with anti-fungal, anti-bacterial properties. Based on cow dung as […]

New Delhi: Women will be inducted as pilots in the Army Aviation Corps from next year, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Tuesday. Till now, women are only part of ground duties in the Army Aviation Corps. Women pilots would be flying helicopters to forward locations and be part of operations at […]

Cuttack: Bhikari Swain – one of the accused arrested in connection with the Mahanga double murder case – has claimed that he has been falsely implicated by the family members of slain BJP leader Kulamani Baral. Swain was being taken for a medical examination on Tuesday when he alleged that Kulamani’s son Ramakant Baral and […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Tuesday announced waiver of fees for the upcoming Matriculation or annual high school certificate (HSC) examination. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today directed the Board Of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha to waive off the matriculation examination fee for the 2021 examination. It is pertinent to mention that the Class 10 […]

Bhubaneswar: With the country’s Apex court putting a stay on the three new Farm laws enacted by the Modi government and appointing an expert committee to look into the whole gamut of the new Farm laws, the glare has shifted to the future of the Modi government’s ‘revolutionary’ reforms in the farm sector. While the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the projects for development of Chandrabhaga and Talasari beaches into world-class tourist destinations. As part of the project, a 2-km stretch of the Chandrabhaga beach on the Konark coast of Puri district will be developed and the work is expected to […]