Miscellaneous News Updates

The Court passed the order while hearing three separate petitions regarding the death of labourers in septic tank mishaps in Cuttack, Rayagada and Bhubaneswar. 

Though the State Government has permitted other parts of Odisha to continue with the maximum number of 250 attendees in such gatherings, the BMC had limited the number of guests in these functions to 50 as the Covid-19 cases remained high in Bhubaneswar in comparison with the other parts of the State.

Youth Congress scuffles with police during protest demanding action against minister in Mamita murder case.

During the special drive, people can apply for addition and deletion of names, correction and other facilities. This time, people can avail such services including getting Elector’s Photo Identity Card (EPIC) online and it will be delivered directly at the doorsteps of applicants via post.

13-feet long King Cobra found from Deulasahi area under Dhenkanal city limits, Odisha. It was suspected that the snake had come from the hilly areas in search of food.

While some of the applicants are still waiting to receive their disability allowances, others have given up hopes for the grants to build homes.

These are images of children of Nagada Village, which had shot into national headlines for malnutrition deaths. It seems nothing much has changed. Students here reportedly have to walk 20km to collect the MDM ration.

Thousands of farmers are in distress in Badachana block under Jajpur district as pest attack has destroyed acres of lands with standing Rabi crop

Baijayant Panda who has been continuously aiding distress migrants from Odisha immediately reached out to the Indian Embassy in UAE for helping the youth return home. 

The BJD and the YSR-C have declared total donations Rs 28.20 cr and Rs 8.924 cr respectively. The top five parties have received 81.10 per cent or Rs 189.523 cr of the total donations.

Pralhad Joshi, who is on a three-day visit to the State, reviewed the progress made in auction of mineral blocks in the State with Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Kumar Mallick and other officials of Ministry of Mines and Directorate of Mines, Odisha. 

Apart from the AIIMS, the State government also put forth the demanded for the operationalization of the integrated campus for a 500 bed hospital and 100 seat medical college at Sundergarh which has already been completed by the NTPC.

A uniformed man, believed to be a police personnel, was reportedly spotted entering the Puri Gundicha Temple on a motorcycle. Matters came to light after a video of the alleged incident went viral on social media platforms.

This was SRK's second trip to the jail - earlier he had gone on October 21 for a 10-minute morale-booster tete-a-tete with Aryan inside the jail ahead of his bail plea in the Bombay High Court.

On October 29 in 1999, a cyclone ripped through Odisha. Such was its intensity & extent of damage, it was termed the Super Cyclone. The disaster left around 10,000 people dead and over 3 lakh houses were destroyed. Over two lakh animals were killed and 25 lakh people were marooned.