National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP in-charge D Purandeswari on Tuesday fired on all cylinders stating that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik should issue an apology for cheating people of the State over various issues. Launching an all-out attack, Purandeswari said Naveen should apologise before the public of Odisha as he has remained absent from the State Assembly proceedings […]

New Delhi: There were over five lakh vacancies in police departments across states and Union territories in the country, with the maximum posts lying vacant in Uttar Pradesh, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. As per data compiled by the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D), the sanctioned strength of police was 26,23,225 while the […]

Bhubaneswar: A total of 63 per cent migrant returnees have reportedly received assistance during the COVID-19 induced lockdown. Odisha Labour Minister Sushant Singh on Tuesday informed that a cumulative financial assistance of Rs 134.62 crore was provided to 6,73,079 migrants returned to Odisha from different states during the COVID induced lockdown till August 2020. Replying […]

Bhubaneswar: Following the recovery of a woman’s skeleton from a seized vehicle parked at Janla Police Station on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, the Odisha State Commission for Women (OSCW) on Tuesday sought an investigation report from the Commissionerate Police within a month. Taking cognizance of the seriousness of the case, OSCW chairperson Minati Behera said, […]

Thrissur/Kannur: Hours after the mother of two minor girls who were found dead in suspicious circumstances in 2017 announced that she would contest against the Kerala Chief Minister at Dharmadam in the April 6 assembly polls, Pinarayi Vijayan said his government had always stood by her and never hurt her. “We have stood by that […]

Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education, Odisha will conduct the Odisha Teachers Eligibility Test (OTET) on April 9. The exam will be held in two sittings- first session from 8 AM to 10: 30 AM while the second sitting from 12 noon to 2: 30 PM. Candidates who had applied to appear for the test […]

New Delhi: The internal probe carried out by the Army in the alleged Army recruitment scam has found that officers allegedly cleared candidates for the Services Selection Board (SSB) of the National Defence Academy (NDA) in December 2020 in lieu of money, sources said on Tuesday. The CBI has registered a case on March 13 […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of President Ram Nath Kovind’s two-day visit to Odisha scheduled from March 21, the state government has made RT-PCR test mandatory for officers, employees and students connected with the visit. This was decided at a preparatory meeting held under the chairmanship of chief secretary SC Mohapatra here on Monday. The chief secretary asked […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin on Tuesday announced an ambitious digital partnership that will facilitate research and development of 6G mobile technologies, quantum computing and digital transformation of teaching. Had a fruitful Virtual Summit with PM of Finland @MarinSanna. We discussed a broad spectrum of issues, and reaffirmed […]

Keonjhar: Call it a love for wildlife or a mother’s unrelenting love, Kuntala Kumari Penthei from Purushottampur village in the district can easily be spotted every noon in the nearby jungle calling out her pet ‘Dhuda’, a wild boar. It has been over a year since Kuntala lost her younger daughter to illness. But the […]

Bhubaneswar: In a tragic incident, four persons sustained critical burn injuries after an electricity transformer exploded accidentally near a makeshift food stall in front of the OMFED plant at Chadrasekharpur in the city today. All the injured persons work at the food stall. Two among them are father and son who belong to Dhenkanal district […]

Angul: Two minor boys were killed after drowning in a pond at Gotamara village under Banarapal police limits on Tuesday. The two deceased have been identified as Biswajit, son of Bidyadhar Behera and Swadhin, son of Mania Samal, both the residents of the local village. As per sources, the duo had gone to the pond […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha School and Mass Education department on Tuesday issued a formal circular informing that all students from standard 1 to 8 will be promoted to the next class without any exam for the academic session 2020-21.  The government in the notification has however announced a major relief for the students from the new […]

Bhubaneswar: A businessman was attacked and the house he was staying at on rent was ransacked by around 20 people at N-3, Nayapalli area here in the city on Tuesday night. The man has lodged a complaint at Nayapalli police station following the incident. Police registered a case and launched an investigation. “The attackers include […]

Ganjam: In a bizarre incident, two sanitation workers of the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) allegedly opened fire at resident while he was walking his pet dog in a street in Berhampur town on Tuesday night. The man and his dog survived the murderous attack as the solitary bullet missed the target. As per reports, the […]