National News Updates

New Delhi: RailTel, which has provided fibre optic connectivity at over 5,900 stations across the country and mostly in rural areas, is now planning to provide broadband and WiFi facilities in remote villages, sources said on Friday. “As we already have optic fibre cables in 58,742 route km and proper Internet WiFi services at 5,900 […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has given the first donation for the construction of the grand Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. He donated Rs 5,00,100 to a joint delegation of office bearers of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Ram Mandir Trust at Rashtrapati Bhavan on […]

Bhubaneswar: In tandem with the massive vaccination programme against coronavirus that is set to be launched in the Country from Saturday (January 16), Odisha is more than 100 per cent ready to begin the Covid-19 vaccination drive in the State. The epochal vaccination programme in the State will commence from 10:30 in the morning on […]

New Delhi: The ninth round of talks between the government and the agitating farmers ended inconclusively on Friday. The next round of meeting has been scheduled for January 19. Protesting farmer unions stuck to their demand for a complete repeal of three contentious farm laws at their ninth round of talks with three central ministers […]

Bhubaneswar: It is hardly a week that the schools in Odisha have reopened post a nine-month-long COVID hiatus, and the rising infection among teachers and students has created a sense of fear among all. Magnify the issue, and one would not disagree with the fact that there is a tough job ahead for the school […]

Bhubaneswar: The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities recently notified around 3566 posts in Central Government establishments as suitable for persons with benchmark disabilities (disability of 40% and above) under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. These posts include 1046 in Group A, 515 in Group B, 1724 in Group C and […]

Bhubaneswar:  The whole of the country, including Odisha, is all geared up to witness the V- Day (Vaccine day), and the time is quite right to know all minute details about the vaccinology. In fact, Vaccinology is the study that tells how a vaccine works and what will be its relationship with the host (means […]

New Delhi: Former NDTV journalist Nidhi Razdan said that she had been a victim of a “very serious phishing attack” and had learnt that what she believed was an offer to teach at Harvard University was fake. The journalist had quit NDTV last year after a 21-year stint to take up the offer. In a […]

Rourkela: The steel city has once again come to limelight for wrong reasons after a Papad seller in Balughat area was asked to repay a sum of more than Rs 13 Lakh by the Goods & Services Tax authorities on Friday on charges of evading taxes. As per reports, Jhunu Pradhan, who sells Papads, Lentil […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police will take Himanshu Bhusan Nanda, the prime accused of the kidney transplant fraud on a two-day remand to extract more information about the racket, informed Bhubaneswar DCP, Umashankar Das on Friday. As per reports, Himanshu has already duped many kidney patients to the tune of Rs 18 Lakh on the pretext […]

Cuttack: As the Army Day celebrations wind up in the country with the setting of the sun on Friday, an Indian Army veteran from a nondescript village, Jatamundia under Banki block in Cuttack takes a trip down the memory lane to portray the gallantry of the bravehearts in the Battle of Longewala of 1971. The […]

New Delhi: Twelve people, including two Chinese women, were arrested for allegedly cheating people by promising lucrative returns through an online marketing campaign. The accused have cheated around 40,000 people of crores in two months The Chinese nationals have been identified as Chaohong Deng Daoyong (27) and Wu Jiazhi (54), police said. The accused installed […]

Bhubaneswar: The fund collection drive (Nidhi Samarpan Abhiyan) for the proposed Ram temple at Ayodhya kick started in Odisha on Friday with the participation of Governor Professor Ganeshi Lal, Puri King Gajapati Dibya Singh Dev and Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Taking to the occasion, Pradhan said, “I am fortunate to be a part of […]

Puri: Intensifying the drive against extortion, Police in Puri have arrested 18 persons for their alleged involvement in various criminal activities and collection of ‘dadabati’ from traders and businessmen. A few days back, a viral audio of some anti-socials threatening some hoteliers and demanding extortion was found being circulated and later Puri SP too came […]

When the term ‘fake news’ comes up, people usually think of social media posts or stories which are created to deliberately misinform or deceive readers. A case in point is the recent news that the Centre has made it compulsory for the Central government employees to take at least 20 days of earned leave every […]