Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Monday, 05 July 2021

The Odisha Staff Selection Commission has released the revised schedule of examinations for recruitment into various posts during the month of July 2021. More

A total of 4,02,434 doses were administered to beneficiaries at 1735 centres across the State More

Data available with IBPS reveals the number of applicants for jobs in the public sector banks in the country dropped drastically to a mere 50 lakh (for both at the officer and clerical level) from a high of 145 lakh in 2019-20 More

A handwritten note recovered from the crime scene revealed that accused Jagannath Pradhan had also planned to eliminate deceased woman's three-year-old son before attempting suicide. More

A special offering is being served to the deities of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri to help them fully recover from the fever ahead of the Rath Yatra. The herbal medicine called Dasamula Modaka is offered to the divine siblings as per the long-followed tradition. More

Alleging that no action has been taken by cops, the complainant allegedly attempted to commit suicide by pouring kerosene on her More

Odisha is grouped with 5 COVID intensive states like Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Manipur and Chhattisgarh. The central team will analyse trigger points in the State like slowing down of the declining active caseload and daily count. Post Delta+. Only Deogarh sticks to 70:30 RTPCR to RAT  More

Around 1200 gram of gold will be required to renovate the ornaments of the Holy Trinity at Puri Jagannath Temple. The required amount of the precious yellow metal will be brought from Lord Jagannath’s bank account with the State Bank of India. More

In a letter, CM Naveen said the State has identified the left-out eligible households through State-developed RH Portal observing the procedure similar to Aawaas+ in the 16 districts More

Odisha government on Monday informed that as many as 129 cases of black fungus have been reported from the State so far while a total of 18 people have succumbed to the fatal disease. As per sources, Ganjam and Khordha districts have reported 21 cases each while 8 cases of infection have been confirmed in Balasore. More

Light to moderate rain or thundershower is very likely to occur at many places over the districts of North Coastal Odisha in the next 24 hours More

The Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a gunrunner named Dhananjaya Sahoo from Nougaon area of Jagatsinghpur district and seized five Illegal country-made pistols and 6 live ammunitions from his possession. He is an accused in an arm trade case in which eight fire-arms and 20 live ammunitions were seized. Previously, two accused persons were arrested, but Dhananjaya had escaped and was absconding. Since 2020, the STF in a special drive has seized 37 illegal arms and 76 live ammunitions.
 

50 per cent Roster Attendance System which was introduced for teaching and non-teaching employees in view of the Covid-19 pandemic in April, has been withdrawn. More

Alleging gross irregularities in the allotment of pucca houses under PM Awas Yojana, the Odisha unit of BJP has decided to stage state-wide protests for three days on July 7, 8, 9 in all the districts across the State. More

A married woman was found dead at her residence in Bhubaneswar. Another man was also rescued in a critical condition from the spot. More

A controversy has cropped up over the presence of 'Nara Birala' painting on the chariots after the chief carpenter of Nadighosh Ratha (chariot of Lord Jagannath) Bijay Mohapatra questioned the tradition of such image on the chariots. More

The central team deployed by the ministry of health to monitor Covid-19 management arrived in Odisha on Monday.The team consists of two members -- Professor of Kolkata-based AIIH&PH Dr Shibani Dutta and Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra, a professor in AIIMS Bhubaneswar. More

The Congress party in Odisha on Monday announced to launch State-wide protests from July 7 to 17 over the hike in the prices of fuel More

The Odisha Health Department today attributed the rising single-day fatality figures to a lag period between infection and deaths even as the daily positive cases are stable in the State. More

Burglars broke into three temples at Khoksa village under Kamakhyanagar police station in Dhenkanal district and allegedly decamped with gold ornaments worth over Rs 3 lakh.

According to reports, the burglary from Nilakantheswar temple, Ganesh temple and Tarini temple came to light on Monday morning. The burglars also stole brass items from these temples.

Around 40 tribal families residing in a forest on Kalahandi-Nabarangpur border were allegedly beaten up and looted by a group of people from the neighbouring village in the district. More

The recent announcement of celebrity couple Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao on their mutual divorce has not gone down well with Odisha Congress leader Suresh Chandra alias Sura Routray among many culturally deep-rooted intellectuals in the country. More

Total Covid-19 cases in Odisha rose to 9,24,699 while the death toll surged to 4,248 after as many as 2,803 people tested positive More

In an effort to boost Odisha's tourism potential along its coastline, the state government has decided to develop and beautify five more beaches to secure the Blue Flag certification, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. More

Candidates displeased over the evaluation of Matric examinations can fill up forms from today for the special offline examinations to be held this month. More

As many as 14 Maoists from Odisha among 160 ultras across the country have died in encounter with security forces in the last one year. More

The Covid-19 pandemic has not only proved to be a health disaster for humanity, but the deadly virus also robbed people of livelihood, even pushing many affluent families into acute poverty. More

Four days into the Odisha government’s order for partial relaxing Covid lockdown regulations in as many as 20 districts of the State under Category A which exhibited virus infection test positivity rate less than 5%, the most awaited bus service in such districts continues to remain off the limits. More

According to the calculation, the DA rate in July will be around 31 per cent. If you're drawing the minimum salary of Rs 18000, then the arrear amount will be Rs 23,760. More

Lord Jagannath, and his siblings, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra developed a fever after they were given a bath with sacred water contained in 108 pitchers on Snan Purnima day. More