National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday said Odisha has received an investment of over Rs 1.25 crore since February 2020 despite Covid-19 pandemic. “We have received an investment of over 1.25 lakh crore rupees since February 2020 despite the wrath of coronavirus. Our Start-Up policy is also one of the best in the country,” […]

New Delhi: As many as 59.22 per cent of people across India prefer Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister as compared to former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, whose approval rating is merely 25.62 per cent, as per the IANS C-Voter State of the Nation 2021 survey. According to the survey, in a two-horse race, Modi […]

New Delhi: In the backdrop of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, nearly 41.66 per cent of people are very much satisfied with the overall performance of the central government across all the states, as per the IANS C-Voter State of the Nation 2021 survey. According to the survey, in Odisha, 75.02 per cent of people are […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday began its immunization drive at 161 sites spread across 30 districts of the state. A total of 16,100 healthcare workers would receive the Covid-19 vaccine today- the first day of the drive. According to reports, the vaccination drive kicked off in all the centres as soon as Prime Minister […]

Bhubaneswar: A thick blanket of fog enveloped several parts of the state, affecting lives in the early hours on Saturday. Twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar witnessed fog which disrupted road communication in the cities today. Mild frost occurred in Bonai area of Sundargarh throwing lives out of gear in the district. The Regional Meteorological […]

Bhubaneswar: No vendor has been authorised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for installing rooftop solar panels. The Grid-connected Rooftop Solar Scheme (Phase-II) is being implemented in State only by DISCOMs. The DISCOMs have empanelled vendors through bidding process and have decided rates for setting up a rooftop solar plant, the Ministry said […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central government on Friday instructed the State governments across the country to allow the selling of poultry and poultry products sourced from avian influenza-free areas/States. “The country has been effectively controlling the disease. It was reiterated that the virus gets destroyed easily at 70 degrees Centigrade and therefore, properly cooked poultry and poultry […]

Chennai: Voter turnout crossed 60 per cent in Tamil Nadu by evening as polling continued peacefully with key leaders including AIADMK’s K Palaniswami, O Panneerselvam and DMK chief M K…

New Delhi: India began the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination programme on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the drive aimed at ending the pandemic which so far has killed 1,52,093 people in the country and ravaged the economy. Addressing the country digitally, the Prime Minister said that India managed to make two ‘Made-in-India’ vaccines […]

Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 vaccination drive launched in Odisha on Saturday, along with the rest of the country, as part of a mega nation-wide immunization drive against the coronavirus. Biranchi Naik, a Class IV staff at the Capital Hospital became the first Covid warrior in the State to take the jab of the COVID-19 vaccine in […]

Nagpur: Nagpur-based Indian Army officer Lt Col Prasad Bansod has developed the country’s first indigenous 9 mm ‘Machine Pistol’, an official said here on Saturday. Working with the Infantry School, Mhow (Madhya Pradesh), Bansod, 39, developed the pistol in a record four months with assistance from ARDE, Pune. Named ‘ASMI’ – symbolising pride and self-respect […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as Baripada in Odisha has been designated as the hottest place in the country in March this year, the month proved to be the fourth warmest in the…

Bhubaneswar: As soon as Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination drive across India at 10.30 am via video conference on Saturday, Odisha government too began its inoculation programme at 161 sites spread across 30 districts in the State. A total of 16,100 healthcare workers would receive the Covid-19 vaccine shot […]

Nabarangpur: Reports of financial embezzlement and irregularities in various schemes and yojanas seem to have become a regular affair in Odisha with two more cases of alleged corruption in toilet construction under Swachh Bharat Mission coming to fore recently. The State Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department on Saturday suspended Jharigaon BDO Debendra Bahadur Singh […]

Bhubaneswar: After emerging as the favourite destination of migratory birds, the Chilika lake in Odisha has also turned out to be a safe haven for rare Irrawaddy dolphins. This came to the light after the Chilika Development Authority (CDA) conducted an annual survey on the biodiversity of the lagoon, which is the largest lake along […]