National News Updates

New Delhi: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the vehicle scrapping policy will be a “win-win” policy that will help improve fuel efficiency and reduce pollution. Making a statement regarding the vehicle scrapping policy in the Lok Sabha, the Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Minister said the policy will also lead to an increase […]

Purulia: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for pursuing “appeasement and vote bank politics” which were responsible for infiltration. Addressing an election rally here in the tribal Jangalmahal region of the state, he alleged the ruling TMC never considered Dalits, backwards and adivasis its own, and these sections were […]

Bhubaneswar: IMPaCT (Indian Metals Public Charitable Trust), the charitable wing of IMFA Ltd in collaboration with Swabhiman, organised ‘Standing Wheelchair and Laptop Distribution Programme’ at its AGM office in Bomikhal area of Bhubaneswar on Thursday. More than 15 persons with disabilities, who have earned fame in the field of education, sports and social service, were […]

Puri: Soon after the Odisha government came under fire for its plans to sell over 35,000 acre of land belonging to Lord Jagannath, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) on Thursday clarified that the report is totally false and motivated. In a series of tweets, SJTA Chief Administrator clarified on the issue and urged the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha witnessed a never-seen-before spectacle in its recent political history on Thursday when bowing to mounting Opposition pressure Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik stepped out of the confines of his residence, Naveen Niwas and agreed for a discussion over the contentious anomalies in procurement of paddy in the State. As opposition BJP MLAs laid a […]

New Delhi: As many as 725 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) will be deployed in West Bengal for the conduct of forthcoming assembly elections, CRPF chief Kuldiep Singh said on Thursday. Addressing a press conference on the eve of the 82nd anniversary of the country’s largest paramilitary force, Singh said that 495 […]

Bhubaneswar: After witnessing a steep rise in the day temperature for the past couple of days, several parts of Odisha will experience rain and thunderstorm activities till March 23, predicted India Meteorological Department on Thursday. As per the IMD, yellow warning for thunderstorm and lightning has also been issued for several districts in the State. […]

Bhubaneswar: On the sidelines of the high drama that unfolded in front of the Odisha Assembly on Thursday when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators marched towards Naveen Niwas ‘in search of’ CM Naveen Patnaik, Odisha Panchayati Raj Minister, Pratap Jena made a caustic remark which did not go down well with fellow Opposition legislators. Making […]

Bhubaneswar: “Political life loves volatility” goes the saying. The power corridors in Odisha – from State Assembly to Naveen Niwas – witnessed the spectre of volatility on Thursday when the main opposition BJP launched a walkathon between the two edifices of Odisha politics. In order to upstage the marathon run by the ruling BJD – […]

New Delhi: The Delhi police has busted an online sex racket which was operated through 150 WhatsApp groups in Delhi and NCR. The gang used to kidnap girls and later sell them to pimps who supplied the girls in 5-star hotels in the Capital. Four pimps including two women have been arrested and a minor […]

Bhubaneswar: With Winter 2021 emerging as the third warmest in the country’s history since 1901, how will the summer month of April pan out for the common man? No respite in store for the common man as the long-range forecast recently released by the IMD for the first fortnight of April predicts sunny days ahead. […]

Cuttack: A youth, who is lodged in jail for going back on his promise of marrying a minor girl with whom he had a love affair, finally tied the nuptial knot with her inside a prison in Odisha on Thursday. The marriage of Narasingh Das and Puja Das was solemnised as per Vedic tradition at […]

Bhubaneswar: A district court in Odisha on Thursday convicted a man in the sensational Banchan Sudha Patnaik murder case and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Khordha district and sessions judge found Dipti Ranjan Patnaik guilty of murdering Banchan Sudha (53), wife of businessman Manu Charan Patnaik in Rasulgarh area of Bhubaneswar in September 2013. Dipti […]

New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday announced 157 candidates for the West Bengal Assembly polls. The list includes names of former Union minister Mukul Roy, Lok Sabha member Jagannath Sarkar, former state unit chief Rahul Sinha, footballer Kalyan Choubey and folk singer Ashim Sarkar. Releasing the list of party candidates, BJP National General Secretary Arun […]

Berhampur: Two employees of TATA Power Southern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPSODL) in Berhampur were tested positive for Coronavirus on Thursday. As per reports, both of them are asymptomatic and they are being treated at a hospital in Bhubaneswar. Following detection of the virus, the office of TPSODL has been sanitised, informed District Collector, Vijay Amruta […]