National News Updates

Keonjhar: The Keonjhar Town Police Station on Monday detained one person for allegedly trying to attack the vehicle of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik near Kashipur here on Sunday evening. The person has been identified as Sanjay Mohanty, the prime accused of the case. Meanwhile, the police are interrogating him regarding the […]

Bhubaneswar: As the vaccination drive against Covid-19 resumed in Odisha on Monday after a day’s pause, the State health authorities have set a target to inoculate 31,902 persons on the second day. As many as 380 sessions will conducted across the State today to vaccinate 31,902 healthcare professionals, informed Bijay Panigrahi, Director of State Health […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday told the Centre that it is for the Delhi Police to decide whether to allow farmers to enter Delhi or not. The top court stressed that it is the Delhi Police who have the authority over the issue and not the Supreme Court. A bench headed by Chief […]

Bhubaneswar: Dense fog engulfed several places of Odisha on Monday morning affecting normal lives in the region. As per the data shared by the Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar, Daringbadi, Koraput, Angul, Boudh and Paradip witnessed dense fog in the early hours today. Due to dense fog, visibility dropped to 50 metres in Daringbadi, Angul […]

Bhubaneswar: With a single-day spike of 134 new coronavirus infections, Odisha’s COVID-19 tally went up to 3,33,444, while one new fatality took the state’s coronavirus death toll to 1,901, a health department official said. The new cases were detected in 21 of the state’s 30 districts, 79 of them reported from different quarantine centres while […]

New Delhi: As the national capital reported over 3,500 new Covid cases daily in the last four days, the Delhi government on Tuesday ordered the imposition of night curfew from…

Bhubaneswar: A day after categorically denying any political motive behind the alleged attack attempt on him, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik on Monday termed the act ‘a handiwork of the BJP’. In a series of tweets, the PCC chief claimed the miscreants who attempted to carry out an attack on his vehicle […]

Bhubaneswar: The Department of Personnel and Training has released the list of holidays for the Central Government Employees for the year 2021. As per the official notification, each employee shall benefit all the compulsory holidays along with 3 out of 14 optional holidays. The Central government administrative offices located outside Delhi/ New Delhi shall observe […]

New Delhi: From Monday onwards, ‘Rakshita’ — a bike ambulance developed indigenously — will save lives of injured CRPF personnel deputed in remote and inhospitable areas like the Maoist-hit states or insurgency affected Northeast regions of the country. Carefully custom built to the needs of emergency evacuation, ‘Rakshita’ is built on a Royal Enfield Classic […]

Sambalpur: Tension ran high on the premises of Sambalpur University on Tuesday after a large number of students protesting the decision of the authorities to conduct offline examination allegedly resorted…

Ahmedabad: Work is in progress on over 1,000 km long metro rail network in 27 cities in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. He was speaking after performing the ground breaking ceremony of the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Surat Metro Rail Project via video conferencing. “There was a time when there […]

Bhubaneswar: Aadhaar card is now one of the most important documents used in every official work. However, most people were finding it hard to carry the crucial document with them. In a bid to resolve such issues, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has introduced the Aadhaar in the form of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) […]

Umerkote: Unidentified miscreants allegedly attacked a trader with swords and looted Rs 4 lakh from him in a broad daylight in Nabarangpur district on Monday. The incident occurred near Chakalapadar village under Jharigaon police limits in the district. The trader, Rajendra Yadav, suffered injuries in the attack and was admitted to a hospital. According to […]

Bhubaneswar: Various awareness events including bike rally, female two-wheeler rider rally, meetings on road safety were held across Odisha to mark the beginning of National Road Safety Month today. The National Road Safety Week is usually observed from January 11 to 17 every year but this year, the Ministry of Transport and Highways have decided […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Transport department will soon go hi-tech to penalise violators as part of its strategy to minimize loss of human lives in road accidents in Odisha. As per plans, the Transport department will soon install intelligent camera (CCTV) systems on the entire stretch of the National Highway No-16 from Rameswar in Khorda district […]