Miscellaneous News Updates

From the preliminary investigation it is found to be a case of suicide, sources in police said, adding that Mishra has transferred over Rs 25 lakh to different people belonging to Rajasthan and West Bengal through UPI payment gateways in the last two months. 

Incessant rainfall activities have unleashed floodgates of worries for people in many parts of the State.

Odisha SRC informed that seven ODRAF, three NDRF and 12 Odisha fire services teams have been deployed to Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Khordha for response support. He said he has personally discussed with all collectors in lower Mahanadi areas and advised them to keep all field level officials and elected representatives in full alert to deal with eventual flood situation.

Meanwhile, Hirakud chief engineer Anand Chandra Sahu has demanded corrections in the rule curve of the reservoir. 

Several villages in Boudh district have been marooned due to floodwater surge. If reports are anything to go by, as many as 55 villages in the Harbhanga tehsil were cutoff following flashflood in the region. Watch this video.

Flood Threat Looms Large In Angul, Odisha

The officials have been asked to monitor possible flood situation in critical districts, and in case of problems, they will discuss with district Collectors and take necessary steps. Here’s what the Engineer-in-chief of Water Resources Dept said on the current situation in Odisha.

Swelling of rivers has inundated several parts of Odisha. Watch these visuals from Sambalpur, Binika, Bargarh, Baramba, Boudh, and Basta as the state faces a possible flood situation.

Author Salman Rushdie has been taken off his ventilator and is talking as he recovers from being stabbed in the US.

Odisha government on Sunday put the Collectors of several districts on alert in view of a medium-scale flood in Mahanadi and directed officials to carry out necessary evacuation and rehabilitation measures if required.

As Mahanadi swells, floodwater from the river gushes into Maa Bhattarika Temple in Baramba, Cuttack. Acres of farmlands have been inundated in Narasinghpur and Baramba area of the district. Watch this video.

One of nature's unnatural occurrences has left the netizens baffled. In the viral video, a  tree can be seen breathing quite heavily just like any human breathing after running or doing any hard work.

A total of 1,082 Police personnel have been awarded Police Medals on the occasion of Independence Day 2022.

Even though the Odisha government has predicted a small-scale flood due to release of massive amount of floodwaters from Hirakud Dam in a day or two, several low lying regions of districts from east to west Odisha especially the ones situated around the Mahanadi basin have already witnessed flood situation.

The accident took place in the early hours of Saturday as a result of excessive speeding, which led to the explosion of the front tire of the microbus and caused it to overturn several times