National News Updates

New York: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been named among the world’s 100 most powerful women by Forbes, a list topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the 10th year in a row. Other powerful women include US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Biocon Founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and HCL Enterprise CEO Roshni Nadar Malhotra. The women […]

Cuttack: Ollywood actress and wife of actor-turned MP Anubhav Mohanty, Varsha Priyadarshini has once again lodged a complaint with police alleging offensive statements made against her on social media platform. She has also produced the screenshots containing the vulgar remarks before the Purighat Police Station in Cuttack. Varsha alleged that some users have posted abusive […]

Cuttack: The Orissa Cricket Association (OCA) Senior Men Inter District T-20 League has been scheduled to start from 14th December 2020. As per reports, 37 affiliated teams will be participating in this tournament. All the teams have been divided into six groups. The OCA will scout best talents for the ensuing OCL T-20 League and […]

Bhubaneswar: The Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) staff, who have been on dharna for last 13 days at Lower PMG square here demanding regularisation of job, have resorted to road blockade after four staff members of them fell ill on Wednesday night. As many as 15 members among them staged a hunger strike after the government […]

Bhadrak: Normal life has come to a standstill in Bhadrak as the district Congress is observing a dawn-to-dusk bandh demanding establishment of a medical college and hospital here. The 12-hour bandh observation which began at 6 AM this morning would continue till 6 PM. Shops, markets and business establishments in Bhadrak town have remained shut […]

Bhubaneswar: Normal life has been thrown out of gear due to dense fog that enveloped several parts of the State on Thursday. The extreme foggy condition especially in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack and interior parts of Odisha has also disrupted the road as well as railway traffic due to poor visibility. Such condition continued till late […]

Berhampur: Hundreds of nursing staff engaged in the Covid duty have staged an indefinite sit-in at the premises of MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur demanding regularisation of their services. Recently, the Odisha Sub-Ordinate Staff Selection Commission floated a notification inviting applications from eligible candidates for filling up of 6432 vacant posts of nursing […]

Balasore/Sonepur/Sundergarh: Herd of elephants has wreaked havoc after sneaking into human habitation in search of food, damaging several houses and standing and harvesting crops at different places of Odisha on Wednesday night. Three elephants went rampage at several villages in Kuldiha sanctuary area in Nilagiri of Balasore district. The pachyderms destroyed huge quantities of paddy […]

Bhubaneswar: Akash Pathak – the son of tainted IFS officer Abhaykant Pathak – who has been accused of defrauding people promising them jobs in Tata Motors Limited (TML), will be taken on a 5-day remand by the State Crime Branch from tomorrow. The SDJM court in Bhubaneswar allowed CB to take Pathak on remand for […]

Bhubaneswar: The Higher Education Department is hopeful that colleges across Odisha would reopen in January 2021. However, a final decision in this regard will be taken by the Odisha government after reviewing all aspects including the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the State, said Secretary, Higher Education Department Saswat Mishra on Thursday. While talking to reporters […]

Nayagarh: The newly appointed Odisha in-charge of BJP, D Purandeswai on Thursday lashed out at the BJD-led State government for ‘protecting’ Agriculture Minister Arun Sahoo whose alleged role in the abduction and killing of five-year-old Nayagarh girl, ‘Pari’, has come under the scanner. During her maiden visit to Odisha following her appointment as the new […]

New Delhi: The agitation by the farmers on the Delhi borders since November 26 demanding the revocation of the new agricultural laws continued for the 15th day on Thursday. After rejecting the central government’s proposal to amend the new laws, the parleys of farmer leaders with the Centre seem derailed at the moment and no new […]

Nagpur: The mother of Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde, Mukta Bobde was was cheated of over two and half crores. The shocking development came to light when Nagpur Police arrested one of two persons involved in the crime, top officials said. The prime accused Tapas Ghosh, 49, was nabbed while his wife, who is also […]

Bhubaneswar: There is a likelihood of reopening schools across Odisha in January 2021, said School and Mass Education Minister Sameer Ranjan Dash on Thursday. While talking to reporters, Dash said that in the event a decision on reopening schools in January is arrived at, priority will be given to conducting classes for Class X and […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament building in New Delhi. Leaders from various political parties, cabinet ministers and ambassadors of different countries attended the event. Modi also performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the building, which is expected to be completed by 2022. Pujaris from the […]