National News Updates

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress President Mamata Banerjee has written a three-page letter to 15 top opposition leaders in which she has mentioned that the BJP wants to…

Haveri (Karnataka): Exactly a month after directing his staff to visit Karnataka Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil’s house to administer the Covid-19 vaccine, the health officer of Hirekerur taluk, Z.R. Makandar, has been suspended by the state’s Health and Family Welfare Department. After conducting a thorough inquiry into the matter, K.V. Trilok Chandra, the Commissioner of […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of the rapid surge of COVID-19 cases, the Odisha government on Friday directed officials to step up vaccination and expand health infrastructures among other measures to mitigate the pandemic. “Vaccination of comorbid categories should be stepped up on a war footing,” State additional chief secretary (health) Pradipta Mohapatra wrote in a letter […]

Bhubaneswar: As the Covid-19 count in the State is seen zipping up fast towards the 500-mark (461 new positives) on day one of April, western Odisha with over 54 per cent burden in the new caseload has apparently emerged as the coronavirus epicentre in the State. Even the Minister of State (Home) Dibya Shankar Mishra […]

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police on Friday arrested six middlemen including four ambulance drivers on the charges of influencing and taking patients from SCB Medical College and Hospital to various other private clinics and hospitals in Cuttack. All the six accused were arrested after a special drive launched by Mangalabag Police, informed DCP Prateek Singh. Cuttack: […]

Bhubaneswar: The Utkal University which will be observing its 50th Convocation on Saturday, April 3, 2021, has started conducting RT-PCR tests of its faculty members, students and employees ahead of Vice-President’s visit to the varsity for the occasion. As per reports, keeping the prevailing surge in COVID cases in the State in mind, the University […]

Jhursuguda: The district administration of Jharsuguda on Friday announced ban on weekly haats throughout the district for a period of three weeks. Apart from restrictions on weekly haats, the administration has also decided to disperse daily markets selling vegetables and non-vegetarian food items to multiple locations. The administration has appealed for cooperation of all citizens […]

Srinagar: Two of the three terrorists killed in an encounter at Kakpora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday were responsible for attacking a BJP leader’s residence in Srinagar, said police. “Less than 24 hours after the Nowgam terror attack, police have solved the case,” Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said at a press […]

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted that rain and thunderstorm activities will continue in different parts of Odisha till this weekend. Light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kandhamal, Khurda, Nayagarh, Puri, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Balasore and […]

Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the DMK and Congress have failed to understand the ethos of the people of Madurai and charged that the Congress manifesto of 2016 promised to ban “Jallikattu”. He was addressing a public rally for the NDA in Madurai. Modi said, “The DMK and Congress should be ashamed […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday ordered repoll at a polling station in the Ratabari Assembly seat of Assam after the EVM was found in a BJP candidate’s vehicle on Thursday evening. The EC in its order said: “The presiding officer and 3 other officials have been placed under suspension. Although the seals of […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of the surge in the Covid-19 cases in the districts bordering Chhattisgarh, the Odisha government on Thursday asked the concerned district officials to step up health care infrastructure in their respective areas to deal with the emerging situation. The State’s infection rate reached a new high on Friday when 461 persons tested […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been witnessing a steep rise in the instances of wildlife crimes which was again evident after the Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch seized a leopard skin at Bolagarh in Khordha district on Wednesday. Though the STF has so far managed to nab a number of poachers and traders of […]

Cuttack: A woman was allegedly killed by her brother-in-law at Uparsahi in Sikharpur area of Cuttack early on Friday morning. The brother of the deceased woman claimed that the murder is the fallout of a property dispute. The Chauliaganj Police which rushed to the spot after receiving the information has detained the man for interrogation. […]

Karimganj: Violence broke out in Karimganj district of Assam on Thursday night after a mob spotted a BJP candidate’s vehicle being used to take a polled EVM to the strong room, forcing the police to fire in the air to bring the situation under control. The vehicle of the polling party of Indira MV School […]