National News Updates

Bhubaneswar: Even as the doors of the Lord of the Universe (Jagannath) are going to get unlocked for general devotees after over 270-days of lockdown on the coming Wednesday, the pandemic of novel Coronavirus, termed by many in Puri as the Kalapahar of this century, has rendered this one among the top-10 prosperous temples in […]

Cuttack: Lok Sabha member Anubhav Mohanty on Friday appeared before the Cuttack SDJM court and submitted his response through his counsel on the domestic violence charges levelled against him by his wife and Ollywood actress Varsha Priyadarshini. Dodging the questions about spat with his wife Varsha, Mohanty said. “I have complete faith on the judiciary. […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will undertake a two-day tour of West Bengal from Saturday, during which he is slated to eat food at the houses of a farmer and a baul singer and also meet with state BJP leaders. The senior BJP leader will also pay homage to Swami Vivekananda at the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police on Friday sought to term the accusations made by a youth that he had been offered Rs. 5 lakh by SIT chief Arun Bothra to own up the alleged kidnapping, rape and murder of 5-year-old Nayagarh girl ‘Pari’, as ‘baseless’. The police clarification came a day after Saroj Sethi, a resident […]

Koraput: An ancient statue believed to be representing Jainism has been reportedly discovered on Friday during a temple restoration and excavation of nearby sites at Subai, a place of archaeological importance in Koraput district. According to reports, State Archaeology department has been undertaking restoration of neglected shrines in the district. During the restoration of the […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the reopening of the Lingaraj temple on December 27, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for devotees and servitors to keep COVID-19 at bay. As per the official decision, the gates of the Lingaraj temple would be initially thrown open for the sevayats and their families […]

Bhubaneswar: Getting a learner’s or a driving licence will be user friendly but stricter for people of Odisha, the State Transport Authority (STA) said on Friday. The STA is taking a slew of new measures to make the entire process user friendly so that people do not face much hassles in obtaining a learner’s or […]

New Delhi: The four accused in the alleged gang rape and torture of a young Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras in September, have been charged for gang-rape and murder by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the SC/ST court here. The CBI has put the charge of gang-rape and murder against Sandeep, Luvkush, […]

Cuttack: Odisha has immense talent in Cricket. Especially the youths from interior districts who seldom get scope and opportunity to showcase their flair will get their due recognition this time, said Prabhanjan Mallik the Chief Selector of Orissa Cricket Association (OCA). OTV’s senior sports correspondent, Niranjan Reddy caught up with Mallik in Cuttack while he […]

Cuttack: Shock gripped residents of Cuttack after bodies of a woman and her minor daughter were recovered from their house located at Shelter chhak under Bidanasi police limits on Friday evening. While the body of the woman was found hanging, the body of the seven-month-old infant with injury marks was found inside the house at […]

Sambalpur: Samaleswari temple, the abode of presiding deity of undivided Sambalpur district Goddess Samaleswari, will reopen for the devotees on January 3, 2021 after remaining out of bounds for several months in the wake of Covid pandemic. The decision to reopen the 16th century shrine was taken by the district administration on Friday. As per […]

Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi stoutly defended the new farm laws on Friday, saying they were in the works for decades and those who are opposing these laws now for gaining lost political ground were once votaries of the same reforms. The opposition parties were against the new laws as they were upset that he […]

Balasore/Kadapa: A day after publication of a news in odishatv.in, on ordeal of some girls from Odisha who were subjected to ‘inhuman torture’ at a spinning mill in Andhra Pradesh, the Kadapa police in the neighbouring state on Friday jumped into action and rescued four girls and five boys from the mill. The development came […]

Puri/Bhubaneswar: For devotees, the months of longing to witness Lord Jagannath is finally going to be over as the district administration of Puri took an in-principle decision on Friday to throw open the Singhadwar of Srimandir for devotees from 23 December, albeit with restrictions. It may be mentioned here that the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration […]

Rourkela: Miscreants open fired on a jeweller and robbed him of valuables near RGH flyover in the steel city of Rourkela on Friday night. As per reports, the jeweller, who is yet to be identified till the latest reports came in, was on his way to home after closing his shop when some unidentified miscreants […]