Miscellaneous News Updates

Drawing on evidence from about 90 countries and in-depth data collected in local communities, the report shows that gender norms and expectations can affect the ability to participate in and benefit from remote learning.

In Mayurbhanj, a person died after being stung by bees at Kharambeda village under Bisoi Police Station on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Krushna Munda.

This man from Odisha’s Balasore district is having a tough time because of a goat.

Police, while investigating the case, had found CCTV footage in which Santoshini’s mother-in-law was seen handing over the infant to a woman. However, the exact reason for which she gave the baby to the woman has not been ascertained yet.

Rourkela has been placed at 57th rank among 372 cities of India with population of 1-10 lakh in the Garbage Free City Category, informed the Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) through a tweet.

Naveen thanked the PM for providing free-of-cost rice under PMGKY for distribution among NFSA beneficiaries in the State from May 2021 to November 2021. Similar facilities were also provided to the State’s own beneficiaries under its own Food Security Scheme. During this Covid-19 period, not a single person was deprived of food grains.

Meet Bajrang Agarwal from Odisha’s Bolangir. The 73-year-old man is collecting different rare currency notes has been his passion since childhood.

Irate over the move, the villagers, who were opposing the land acquisition for a long time, held the officials' hostage. They were released at least after two hours following the intervention of local police who reached the village and pacified the angry villagers.

In a video that went viral, Bala can be heard saying: "He's not at all dead. How did this happen? Look, he wants to say something, he is breathing."

RTI activist Dillip Baral had sought information regarding the status of Ratna Bhandara’s original and duplicate keys. The district treasury officer’s letter, received by Baral in response to his query, has laid it bare that the keys of inner treasure chamber have been missing since 1970. 

The family has alleged that doctors were present at the centre while they were calling out for help. But, their cries fell on deaf ears.

The speed limit for motorcycles has been fixed at 60 kilometre per hour (kmph) on the four lane and above divided carriageway (roads with median strips/dividers). 

"These villagers are still far away from minimum basic facilities. There is no proper road for commutation and I have taken up this issue with the Block Development Officer (BDO)."

A war of words erupted in Odisha between the ruling BJD and Opposition BJP on Saturday over the three Farm laws, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to repeal the reforms.

Salepur JMFC court has directed police to submit probe status report and call detail records (CDRs) of prime accused late Prafulla Biswal and two associates of Minister Pratap Jena- Sarat Nayak and Bapi Biswal.