Miscellaneous News Updates

Bhagyalaxmi Patra had a quarrel with her husband M Rajesh Patra over some unknown issues and left home along with their two children yesterday. 

The aircraft belonged to the NMIMS Academic of Aviation, linked with the reputed Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVPKM)'s group of educational institutions in Mumbai.

The Odisha government has approved the 2020-21 action plan for the modernisation of prisons in the State.

The state government had on March 3 signed a memorandum of understanding with ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel for setting up a 12- million tonne integrated steel plant in Kendrapara with an investment of Rs 50,000 crore.

Puri tehsildar Rabi Pradhan said the drive is underway against violators and stringent action will be taken against those who have not followed the curfew directive during the Rath Jatra  

Afghan special forces had been fighting to retake the main market area of Spin Boldak in Kandahar province when Siddiqui and a senior Afghan officer were killed in what they described as Taliban crossfire, an Afghan commander told Reuters.

Khordha district has reported as many as 113 dengue cases since January. Out of the total cases, a whopping 103 were detected only this month.

The poll body stated that it had received the data on ballot boxes from various districts which is much lesser than the boxes supplied to them

Bus services for incoming passengers will continue from railway station to Cuttack and Khordha even on weekend shutdown from Friday to Sunday.

The Odisha government exempted Motor Vehicle (MV) Tax of bus operators for the month of July, 2021

The excise sleuths intercepted the vehicle mid-way and inspected it in search of illegal contraband items. However, they failed to find any such materials from the vehicle following which the travellers got into an argument with the raiding officials.

The Minister who was elected to the Rajya Sabha from the State had discussed with senior officials of his ministry regarding the pending works in Odisha

DMK MP and former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran was pleasantly surprised when he came to know that fellow parliamentarian Rajiv Pratap Rudy was the pilot of his flight from New Delhi to Chennai.

Poor innocent tribals residing in the left wing infested areas are not only killed by these ultras, but also become alleged victims of the bullets of security forces those have been deployed in those areas to eliminate the Maoists.

A purported video which is doing rounds on social media has brought to the fore the sorry state of affairs prevailing in the rural pockets of the State.