Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Friday, 16 July 2021

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced a financial assistance package of Rs 453.50 crore for the welfare of women under the State Mission Shakti programme. More

The Odisha government on Friday highlighted the funding pattern for management of Covid pandemic in the State and issued crucial instructions to the authorities at various levels for requisition of funds. More

The Orissa High Court has issued fresh instructions to be followed for functioning of district and other subordinate courts in view of guidelines issued by the State Govt for graded unlocking of the economic activities. More

All departments of the Government of Odisha and other Sub-ordinate Offices in the State have been asked to function with full strength of employees with effect from 16th July, 2021 until further orders, a notification issued by the GA department said. More

The sky is the limit for the love of a mother and she can go to any extent to ensure the well being of her child. Time and again, instances of a woman’s selfless love, sacrifice and strength have immortalised her identity since time immemorial. More

According to the ICMR study, the mean age of the suspected cases for dengue was 30.3 years (95% CI 29.5–31.1). Also, the study found that males were more commonly affected than females. Studies show in Odisha, the most common age group affected by dengue infection is 11– 20 years, says ICMR More

Forget about the common man, theft of electricity has come to fore from the official residence that too from the top most official of a NAC in Odisha. More

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

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. More

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   More

As many as 26 transgenders have submitted online applications for selection in the rank of Sub-Inspectors (SIs) in the mega recruitment drive initiated by the Odisha police department recently. More

At least three persons sustained critical injuries in an explosion at a milk chilling plant of OMFED (Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation) at Koksara in Kalahandi district on Friday. The blast occurred when three workers were repairing a leakage in the refrigeration compressor pipeline of the chilling plant. The leakage was found in the refrigeration pipeline a few days back and three workers were called in from Cuttack and Bolangir to repair it. The trio was welding the pipeline when the blast occurred. “We were welding the pipeline to repair the leakage when suddenly the blast occurred,” said one of the injured workers. All the injured have been admitted to Bhawanipatna hospital.
 

The sea conditions reveal that while the SST will hover over 30 deg C, the VWS will remain moderate in the range of 10-12.5 knots More

Despite Odisha government allowing resumption of bus services across the state from today after several weeks of pandemic lockdown restrictions, private bus owners have however refused to normalise the operations until reaching an agreement with the government on fulfilment of demands. More

A major tax fraud to the tune of Rs 115 crore was unearthed by the State GST enforcement wing on Friday with the arrest of two persons. More

Light to moderate rain/ thundershower has occurred at many places over South Coastal Odisha in the past 24 hours. More

Prime Minister urged the states to take proactive measures to prevent a third wave and stressed on moving forward with the strategy of test, track, treat and 'tika (vaccine)'. More

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. More

The cases are revolving around a particular figure in the two cities, he said attributing the phenomenon to the regular movement of outsiders to Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. More

As many as 9 lakh expectant mothers are registered in the State annually out of which 4.5 lakh women can be identified for Covid vaccination. More

An assistant engineer and a junior engineer of Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) in Koraput were caught red handed by Odishas anti-corruption Vigilance wing in the Capital City while demanding and accepting Rs one lakh bribe from a contractor to clear dues on Friday.

The accused have been identified as Bharat Nayak and Khirod Behera. The bribe money has been seized by the police. Further investigation into the incident is underway and the accused are being questioned. 
 

Ministry of Education (MoE) has designated the University Grants Commission (UGC) as the authorized body to implement the National Academic Depository (NAD). More

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 More

As many as four bogies of a goods train derailed in front of the main gate of PPL (Paradeep Phosphates Limited) at Paradip late on Friday night. The train was on its way to the plant to collect gypsum from its premises when four bogies of the train went out of the track.

However, the cause of the derailment is yet to be ascertained. Effort is on to place the derailed bogies back on the tracks again. An inquiry into the accident is underway. However, railway service has not been hit because of the accident.
 

Police while recovering the body found deep injury marks on the head and neck of the deceased which indicated it as a case of murder. More

As per legends, Lord Jagannath left for his aunt's house along with his brother Lord Balabhadra and sister Devi Subhadra while leaving behind his wife Goddess Laxmi at Srimandir. More

Odisha on Friday reported 64 deaths while 2,070 were tested positive for Covid-19, informed the State Health and Family Welfare(H&FW) Department.

With this, the death toll due to the virus in the State surged to 4,925 and the positive tally touched 9,49,929.
The active cases in the State reached 21,742 while 9,23,209 patients have recovered, including 2,563 on Thursday, from the disease so far.

The score secured by the students in the offline examination would be considered as the final result and binding on the students. More

A joint team of vigilance officials from Bolangir, Sonepur, Bargarh and Sambalpur is carrying out the crackdown. More

People residing in these areas have been advised to stay indoors. Similarly, ban has been imposed on the entry of outsiders into the restricted zones More

Amid the allegations of curfew norms violation during Ratha Jatra, police have started an investigation and issued show-cause notices to accused More

The results of annual Higher Secondary Examinations 2021 have to be published by July 31 as per the verdict of the Supreme Court More

A total of 320 posts of Associate Professor will be filled up by the OPSC through the recruitment process. More

Lack of improvement in the Covid situation in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack seems to have worried the State government More

Police said Rana had invested in more than six Odia movies like Hari Bhai Harena, Target, Gote Sua Gote Sari.  More