Miscellaneous News Updates

As per a notification issued by the Special Relief Commissioner, there shall be a graded unlocking throughout the State with effect from 5 AM of November 1 till 5 AM of December 1, 2021.

On the advice of the medical team, Pratap Jena was rushed to Bhubaneswar in an air ambulance at 2.30 pm for better treatment, the official said.

Addressing a presser, Youth Congress President Smruti Lenka today said that a massive demonstration will be organised in front of Odisha Raj Bhawan for two consecutive days on November 6 and 7.

The move from the district collector came soon after a report regarding the same was first aired by Odisha’s leading news channel OTV on Saturday.

Odisha government has completely waived off MV tax and registration fees on purchase of electric vehicles.

Failing to get the power supply, Deepak carried his bed-ridden mother on a rickshaw to the collector office on Sunday to recount his miseries and draw the attention of the administrative head of the district hoping that it would aid his problem. 

Led by BJP’s national spokesperson Sambit Patra, the party activists today staged a demonstration at Patel Chowk in Delhi. Party lawmaker from Puri Jayanata Sarangi and Brahmagiri MLA Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mahapatra also joined the demonstration.

Hundreds of agitating ruling party workers hit the streets with bullock carts, bicycles and trolleys and demanded immediate cut in the fuel prices. Similarly, women leaders and party members of Biju Mahila Janata Dal staged a sit-in and lit hearths on road to protest LPG cylinder price hike. 

Seeking justice for the deceased soul and her family, little girl Pihu along with his father rode bicycles from her home to Naveen Niwas with placards and submitted a letter to the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik

Poonam, who is the wife of eminent economist Deepak Mishra, has been inducted into the reconstituted seven-member EAC of the Prime Minister as a part time member

On October 8, 24-year-old Mamita left for Mahaling from her village Jharni and was received the president of the managing committee of her school Gobinda Sahu near Sindhikela. Later, her family failed to contact her as she went missing for several days until the missing teacher's brother alleged involvement of Sahu behind the case.

It is pertinent to mention here that, since 1993, people in Hemagiri block of Sundergarh have been displaced from their lands following the land acquisition by MCL for coal mines. 

Amid the rising protests against the government and the Minister, BJD spokesperson Pratap Deb during a presser on Saturday said, “If any party person is convicted for any crime, BJD will drop him/her. Such stringent actions have been taken earlier and will continue in future as well.”

The minor girl was playing on the terrace with her mother when she accidentally slipped and fell into the 15 feet deep wall cavity between two houses. 

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has been demanding the dismissal and arrest of Odisha Home Minister, Dibya Shankar Mishra, over his alleged links in the sensational Mamita Meher murder.