Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Sunday, 20 June 2021

A crisis like never before, this pandemic has struck dread in the minds of Dhanu Pradhan and millions of other labourers who migrate to Surat, Mumbai, Chennai and many other distant trade and commercial hubs beyond the boundaries of state to earn a livelihood. More

The new cases in the 41-60 years age group were 68 per cent of the combined cases in the age group during both waves. The deaths from this age group have been around 52-55 per cent of total fatalities in the second wave  More

One person lost his life while as many as two others had to sustain injuries after facing the wrath of public over suspicion of practicing witchcraft. More

Odisha will be witnessing heavy rain for only 48- hours in the remaining 10-day period of June. Deficient rainfall in Bhadrak and Gajapati till date. A trough line will bring heavy rain from Kalahandi to Mayurbanj on June 23-24. However, a significant amount of rainfall will be only from July 4 More

Like darkness under the lamp, in the very backyard of the State’s administrative capital where there are no dearth of engineers, workers and most of all vigilance, shoddy construction of a road seemed to be a tight slap on the government’s tall claims of corruption free development and welfare. More

Fishermen are advised not to venture into the deep sea areas of North Bay of Bengal and adjoining central Bay of Bengal during next 24 hours. More

The Commissionerate Police on Sunday busted a sex racket operating from a private guest house in Laxmi Sagar  Buddheswar area of Bhubaneswar. Acting on a tip off, a team of police raided the guest house & caught some customers and woman from the spot. At least 4 people including a woman has been detained for questioning.

In the last week of March this year, a similar instance of flesh trade was traced from an apartment in Laxmi Sagar area. Police had caught two girls and two other customers during a raid.

Two youths were  killed after drowning in the bank of Brahmani river near Sankarakula village in Bari area of Jajpur district. Identified as Sunil Mishra and Jitendra Panda, the duo who belong to the nearby Balia village, were taking a bath in the river when they accidentally slipped deep into the strong current of the river. Locals with help of fire fighters from Bari fished out the bodies of the youths.

Earlier, the SJTA had announced to conduct Covid test (RTPCR) of all sevayats and others who will be engaged for the conduct of rituals for the upcoming Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath. More

More ex-regular students are also expected to clear Plus II this year as compared to the last years. More

Puri: RT-PCR tests of the servitors and officials of Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), who are set to take part in the Deva Snana Purnima, began at the Utkal Hindi Vidyapitha in the town today. The tests will be carried out in two phases (9am to 1pm and 3 pm to 6pm) till June 22. It has been decided that the Covid-19 test reports of the persons to take part in the Deva Snana Purnima should be negative before 48 hours of the ritual.

Odisha Government on Sunday announced a new scheme--‘Ashirbad’ under which children, who lost their parents to Covid-19 in the State, will be provided a financial assistance on a monthly basis More

The State government has also asked District officials to plan for both online and on-site sessions based on feasibility. At the same time, the beneficiaries already due for 2nd dose shall be mobilized to ensure timely vaccination. More

A man sleeping in footpath was hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants at the College Square area in the city More

Joker Trojan steals information from the victim’s device via SMS messages, contact list, and device info. More

To minimise the spread of Covid-19, servitors, police personnel and officials of Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), who are set to take part in the annual Rath Yatra festival, will undergo RT-PCR tests from today More

Fadi a house where kendu leaves are collected, stored and Processing, Binding and Bagging (PBB) activities are done. More

Odisha now has 38,727 active cases, while 8,35,132 people have recovered from the disease so far. More

Cuttack: One person was killed, one woman sustained critical injuries after being attacked by some miscreants at CDA market under Malgodown police station here on Saturday night. The miscreants attacked the duo with sharp weapons when they were sleeping on the footpath. The exact reason behind the attack is unknown. Malgodown police has launched an investigation into the matter.

Tributes started pouring for noted singer Tapu Mishra from all sections of the society including politics, Ollywood and her innumerable fans across Odisha More

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a 200-bed COVID-19 hospital set up by aluminium major Vedanta Resources in Kalahandi district. More

Noted Ollywood playback singer Tapu Mishra passed away while undergoing treatment for Covid complications at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar today. More

Amid despair and gloom due to Covid-19 related mortalities in the second wave of the pandemic, a 100-year-old woman in Odisha’s Nayagarh district rekindled hopes in many by emerging victorious over the disease. More

In a good news for the farmers of Delanga and Kanasa block of the district, Odisha Government has granted an amount of Rs 10.34 crore for the renovation of Luna river More

Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh, who passed away on Friday due to post-Covid complications, had a special connection with the iconic Barabati Stadium of Odisha. More

Among the top-scoring capital cities under Citizen Perception Survey, the State Capital of Odisha has scored the highest rank with 94.8 percentage.  More

As per experts, a vaccine will be considered a marathoner protector if it is able to produce good spike protein antibodies. A spike protein antibody test can confirm whether claims made by Covisheild and Covaxin are true More