National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: Hitting back at Odisha Government for accusing Centre of not lifting the surplus parboiled rice from State, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Odisha unit on Tuesday said that State government seems to be more worried for the millers than the farmers. “A farmer usually sells paddy, but not rice. Millers get good margin […]

Paradip: Driver of a Police Control Room (PCR) van had a close shave after an enraged trucker rammed the police van from behind at Do-Chakki area in the port town of Paradip. As per reports, a coal-laden truck, which was crossing Do-Chakki on Tuesday, was stopped by a police patrolling team for document verification. However, […]

Pulla (Andhra Pradesh): Bringing back memories of December’s mysterious illness in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru in West Godavari district, Pulla village has seen 24 such cases of convulsions till 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Pulla is 30 km north east of Eluru town where the mysterious illness cases are being reported from Monday. “Total cases reported so […]

Rourkela: The construction works for the proposed world-class hockey stadium in Rourkela will commence in the month of April, informed Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra on Tuesday. Mohapatra along with the 5T secretary today reviewed the proposed stadium which will come up in Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) campus in Rourkela and is touted […]

Berhampur: In a major breakthrough, police claim to have busted multiple theft cases in Ganjam district following the arrest of 7 robbers on Monday. Around 309 grams of gold ornaments and several mobiles phones have been recovered, police said. According to police, a joint team of Polasara and Kabisurya Nagar Police launched an investigation in […]

Puri: The Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has invited tender from 10 nationalised banks for keeping corpus fund amounting to Rs 11 crore of the shrine as fixed deposit. The bidding will be held on January 21. The temple administration has decided to prioritise the banks who will quote maximum rate of interest during the […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha is dotted with 435 black spots which are prone to road accidents, corrective measures as well as awareness drives at the sites to reduce the mishap seems to be largely inadequate. According to sources, the number of road accidents in Odisha was higher than the national average in 2018. Taptapani ghat, […]

New Delhi: Senior TV journalist Nidhi Razdan has filed a police complaint claiming of being a victim of a phishing scam in which she was given a fraudulent offer of a position of Associate Professor at the Harvard University. Delhi Police’s cyber crime cell will investigate the complaint received from the former NDTV journalist. Razdan […]

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday announced that from the upcoming Parliament session beginning this month-end, there will be no food subsidy at the Parliament canteen. He announced the new move, saying “Food subsidy at Parliament canteen has been completely removed”. Birla made the announcement addressing the media ahead of the forthcoming […]

Bhubaneswar: The office of Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) on Tuesday issued an advisory in view of the dense fog alert issued by the Regional Meteorological Department (IMD) for several parts of Odisha. In a letter to police and transport department officials, the SRC directed them to take adequate steps for controlled movement of vehicles on […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major decision, Odisha government on Tuesday announced to appoint 2,000 doctors as part of its ongoing strategy to give a boost to the healthcare system in the State. The issue was discussed during a review meeting of the existing health infrastructure in the State by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the pandemic induced lockdowns and night curfews had a big impact in bringing down the number of mishaps on-road and the consequent fatalities in Odisha, the count of persons killed in the State in the year 2020 was hardly anything that could be termed as comfortable. Sample this. When 16 lives were […]

Bhubaneswar: After an over the top performance in Covid-19 vaccination on Day 2 in Odisha, the Day-3 has seemingly hit the inertia wall today. The achievement rate of vaccination in the State has been recorded at around 88 per cent vis-à-vis 102 per cent on Day 2. Moreover, in comparison to around 17 districts achieving […]

Cuttack: Living his parents’ dreams, Deepak Samal – a young slum dweller from Balikuda area in Cuttack, has followed what Bruce Lee had said “the successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus” a little too seriously and how! He knows nothing other than hard work and focus, since the day he has been […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bizarre incident, an eight-year-old girl was allegedly shown as an adult and charged under Section 107 of IPC by Commissionerate Police in connection with a land dispute case. The alleged goof-up on part of police came to light after the minor girl along with her family members appeared before the court today. […]