In a written reply to a question raised by BJP MLA Kusum Tete regarding the number of crimes occurred in the last five years starting 2018, Home (MoS) Minister Tusharkanti Behera said the number of crimes has increased in the last five years. 

Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Mallik informed in the House that Dimirimunda, Kushakala, Gotipur, and Gopur in Keonjhar district; Joshipur, Suriaguda, Ruansila, Dhushura hill in Mayurbhanj district and Adas area in Deogarh district have gold deposits. 

The scene turned ugly when Chandan suddenly threw acid at Banita, leaving her seriously injured. She had suffered 80 percent burns. Even Banita's elder sister and her two children (minor) were injured in the brutal acid attack. 

BJP spokesperson Manoj Mahapatra said, “In 2005, then minister Prafulla Mallik attacked Kamakhyanagar IIC Ratan Kumar Sahu and vandalised government properties. Did the police lose their willpower then?”

BJP's Odisha in-charge Sunil Bansal laid emphasis on the formation of booth, ward and panchayat committees by the end of March. 

Special Relief Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Jena has been appointed as the next Chief Secretary of Odisha. He will replace Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, who is retiring on February 28.

The arrested petrol pump owner has been identified as a resident of Kalahandi who received the stolen diesel. Among the rest arrested persons, four are from Sambalpur district and the rest two belong to Bargarh district. The police also seized a tanker, a car and a generator used in the crime. 

“The MLAs of the ruling party are venting out their dissatisfaction with the government when they are either in the lobby or outside the Assembly. But people shouldn’t fear to speak what is true,” Mishra said.

The people of Nayagarh district have been demanding GI tag for ‘Chhena Poda’, the identity of their district. 

Lamataput block residents are not alone in their predicament. Such complaints of being provided with rice mixed with plastic rice are pouring in from different parts of Odisha, including Balasore and Sundargarh districts. 

What ails the students is that the agitating teachers have threatened that they would not participate in examination and evaluation. 

A State Level Booth Empowerment Workshop was held at the party headquarters in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. While the party’s Odisha in-charge Sunil Bansal was present at the workshop, MPs, MLAs and senior leaders also took part in it. 

Launching a scathing attack on the BJD-led dispensation, BJP’s State general secretary Golak Mohapatra on Saturday wryly said, “The State government’s budget is like a big school bag containing fewer study materials.” 

In the clash, two persons from the bride's side suffered severe injuries and are undergoing treatment at a hospital in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur. Their identities are yet to be ascertained.

In the budget, the government has made an allocation of Rs 750 crore for Ama Hospital Yojana. Under this scheme, as many as 147 hospitals will see a transformation in a period of one year. 

On the other hand, while Leader of Opposition (LoP) Jayanarayan Mishra termed the budget as a means to garner votes, Congress leader Tara Prasad Bahinipati termed the budget as a rosy picture.  

Dharini had been under severe mental stress. Unable to cope with the situation, he collapsed in the mandi itself. Though he was rushed to nearby Baunsuni government hospital, the doctors there declared him received dead.

On the 30th day, the agitating women cooked their food at the dharana site in front of the district Collector’s office as a mark of protest against the administration and the government turning a deaf ear to their demand. 

Like any other day Md Kurban, a native from Islampur of Bihar, had his dinner and came to the office. He went to the ground floor of the office to sleep. As he was going to sleep, some six to seven masked miscreants entered the room and before he could understand anything they started beating him up mercilessly. 

The mishap occurred when the SUV they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck at Barabanka Ghat road under Rugudi police limits in Keonjhar district.