National News Updates

Gajapati: At a time when missing and subsequent deaths of children have triggered a debate on the alleged degrading law and order situation in Odisha, yet another eight-year-old boy has gone missing while he was playing near his house at Kumuti Sahi under Kashinagar NAC of Gajapati district since Wednesday evening. A complaint about the […]

Balasore: Panic gripped residents at Lunapahi village in Balasore district after some explosive materials, believed to be parts of a missile that was test-fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, fell in a farmland close to human settlement with a deafening noise on Wednesday night. The impact of the fallen object left 8 […]

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre here has predicted a drop in minimum temperature from the next week onwards. However, foggy and chilly conditions have started to grip many interior areas of the State. On Wednesday, the lowest minimum temperature of 13 degree Celsius was observed in Phulbani, Sundargarh and the picturesque Daringbadi. Next in the […]

Cuttack: The Odisha government on Thursday announced that Corona Warriors including doctors and other frontline health workers will get COVID-19 vaccine free of cost in the State. Informing this development, the State Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Das said that the vaccination against coronavirus is likely to begin from January 2021. While talking to […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Odisha Crime Branch submitted an affidavit to the Orissa High Court mentioning that Pari was raped before being killed, serious allegations have been levelled against senior IPS officer and SIT chief Arun Bothra investigating the abduction and murder of the 5-year-old girl. Sources quoting the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has recommended the Central Government for the compulsory retirement of ‘very corrupt and high-flying’ IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak. “It is for the first time that an All India Services Officer has been recommended by the Odisha Government for compulsory retirement on grounds of corruption,” stated CM Naveen in […]

Malkangiri: In what could be an attempt to make their presence felt in Odisha, armed Maoists axed a contractor to death at Golia area under the Mathili police limits in Malkangiri district on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Sukumar Mandal. As per reports, around 15 to 20 Maoists first thrashed Mandal before slicing […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has taken Akash Pathak on a four-day remand on Thursday to interrogate him into the allegations of Rs 65 lakh fraud levelled by Sky King, a Bhubaneswar-based travel agency. The District and Sessions Court, Khurdha has granted the remand of Pathak. The accused has also filed a bail application in the […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the reopened rail link between Haldibari in India and Chilahati in Bangladesh during the virtual bilateral summit. The rail link has been reopened after 55 years. The railway line from Haldibari (West Bengal) to Chilahati (Bangladesh) has been defunct since […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday urged Centre to hike the monthly pension of EPF pensioners who are running from pillar to post to get their grievances redressed. In a letter, Patnaik has requested the Union Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar to take necessary steps to protect EPF Pensioners with reasonable financial and social […]

Nabarangpur: In a broad-day light heist, miscreants looted lakhs of rupees from a businessman in Umerkote area in Nabarangpur district. The incident took place at 12 noon on Monday. The loot scene has been recorded on a CCTV camera. Police sources said Sanjay Kumar Tripathy, a shopkeeper at Gulipatana had come to Umerkote to buy […]

Ahmedabad: Noted Odia writer Susmita Bagchi and her renowned entrepreneur husband Subroto Bagchi, the co-founder of Mindtree, have endowed a Chair Professorship in public health at Ahmedabad University. Ahmedabad University has announced the School of Public Health and is looking for a Dean to lead the school. The Dean’s chair would be called the Susmita […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after some serious allegations were levelled against the chief of Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Odisha Crime Branch investigating the abduction and murder of five-year-old girl, Pari, the Odisha unit of BJP has claimed that attempts are on to save Minister Arun Sahoo. State BJP general secretary Golak Mohapatra criticised the State government […]

Bhubaneswar: Already neck deep in trouble over the alleged ‘Tata Motors’ job scam, arrested Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi sought to absolve himself of the charges against him while he was taken for production before the SDJM Court in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. “Wait and watch’ was Panigrahi’s impromptu retort when journalists sought a sound bite from […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Crime Branch on Thursday arrested one Sarbeswar Rao, a close aide of arrested Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi in connection with the Tata Motors ‘recruitment fraud.’ Rao’s arrest came after the investigating agency found credible evidence regarding his involvement in the job fraud. He was earlier grilled by the probe agency for several hours […]