Miscellaneous News Updates

A visit to Cuttack from a remote coastal village was not easy six decades ago. It did not take a few hours as there was no motorized transport. People had to walk, cycle or ride a bullock cart.

As Niranjan wanted to go back to his village and meet his family, his daughter helped him return to his village using GPS app   

Two women were allegedly misbehaved and beaten up by a servitor inside the Jagannath Temple on Wednesday. They were in Puri to perform ‘Habisha’ in the holy Kartik month.

Though the administration made alternative accommodations for the evicted families, they refused to move there alleging lack of basic amenities.

The goods train laden with cement was en route to Sambalpur city station from Jharsuguda when the mishap occurred. 

Police also recovered huge quantities of country-made liquor stored in drums which were hidden under the debris of fodder in farms.

The state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday demanded Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to immediately sack his minister Samir Ranjan Dash from the cabinet and pave the way for an unbiased investigation into the death case of Nimapara Zilla Parishad member Dharmendra Sahoo.

An elderly man from Jamshedpur is in search for justice. Gangadhar Singh has accused an NGO-led medical facility of removing his eye orb and installing a marble glass ball instead.

Meet Shauryajit Khaire, the youngest Mallakhamb player at the National Games 2022 who hogged the limelight with his unparalleled strength and talent.

When the lady entered the Temple to avail darshan of Lord Jagannath, a servitor allegedly pushed her and when she fell down, the servitor even set his foot on her neck.

The saffron party leaders staged a dharana at the statue of Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das in front of Raj Bhawan, demanding the scalp of the School and Mass Education Minister.

The Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) is all set to go for polls on October 28. The polling will be held for the posts of president, vice president, secretary, joint secretary, treasurer and member of the apex council of OCA. While the filing of nomination will be held on 21 October, candidates can withdraw their nominations on 23rd October.

Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD) Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on Wednesday dismissed all rumours surrounding a possible cyclonic storm. He said there is no possibility of formation of cyclone over the Bay of Bengal in the next seven days. Hence, there is no threat of cyclone to Odisha.

The Department only took one year to set up the dense forest by adopting the Japanese Miyawaki method.

In Odisha, more than 82,000 divyang students study at 64,000 schools without any support from special educators