Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Friday, 06 August 2021

Odisha Higher Education Department released detailed guidelines on the commencement of physical classes in universities and colleges from August 16 and conduct of examinations for UG and PG students. More

At least six persons were reportedly injured after a violent clash broke out between two groups in Mancheswar police area of Bhubaneswar on Friday.  More

As per the State of Electricity Access in India 2020 report, Odisha is among the top 8 states where daily power cuts are high More

Odisha Youth Congress on Friday demonstrated in front of the DGCA office in New Delhi before submitting a memorandum against privatisation of Bhubaneswar Airport More

The total cases pending for trial in the special POCSO courts in 2017 were 1,808, the same had grown to 4,798 in the year 2020. Odisha is eighth highest in pendency More

Differently-abled candidates have been asked to furnish detailed information of scribe for the Odisha Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination-2020. More

Body of 19-year-old Tusharkanta Sahu was found at the Jobra Barrage in Mahanadi river on Thursday. More

The approved locations for drone operations for the NISER survey include the Lord Lingaraj temple and Raja-Rani temple in Bhubaneswar. More

Odisha unit of BJP has decided to gherao Raj Bhawan on August 10 demanding shifting of Western Odisha Development Council (WODC) headquarters to Sambalpur.  More

Trained teachers in Bhubaneswar resorted to a unique protest by kneeling down on the busy Gandhi Marg demanding jobs against vacant positions More

Superintendent of Police (SP), Vigilance, R Prakash on Friday said that around 114 admit cards of aspiring candidates were recovered from Sahoo’s residence during searches on July 30, 2021. More

People should wear masks and strictly abide by Covid appropriate behaviour, Mohapatra said. More

Rohidas was under severe mental stress due to the huge losses he had suffered due to crop failure. The problem was aggravated when he faced difficulties in selling his paddy stock. More

The family members of Kshyatee alleged that her condition has not improved as yet and she is in severe pain. More

The slot booking for LL test will be available from August 9 from 11 am. Subsequently, the applicants can book slot from 7 am to 10 pm every day. More

The Universities and Colleges will open for physical classroom teaching from August 16, 2021 for the Post Graduate (PG) first year and Under Graduate (UG), Pre-Final year students. More

The Special Task Force of Odisha Crime Branch on Thursday arrested as many as 3 people while cracking a deal to sell a live pangolin in Bhubaneswar. More

The Covid-19 positive tally in Odisha surged to 9,84,731 while the death toll touched 6,302 with the addition of 1,208 fresh cases and 66 fatalities on Friday, informed the State Health and Family (H&FW) Department.

Of the fresh cases reported today, 702 are from quarantine centres, while the rest 506 are local contact cases, informed the Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department.

Khordha district reported the highest 399 cases in the last 24 hours, followed by Cuttack (173), Balasore (62), Jajpur (57) and Angul (55). 

In terms of deaths, 19 fatalities were reported from Khordha district, 11 from Cuttack, 10 from Ganjam, six from Balasore, four from Angul, three from Keonjhar, two each from Bolangir, Mayurbhanj and Puri districts and one from Bhadrak, Jharsuguda, Kandhamal, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Rayagada and Sambalpur districts.

With this, the active cases in the State remained at 13,006 while 9,65,370 patients have recovered, including 1,652 on Thursday, from the disease so far.

Odisha has so far conducted 16424645 sample tests, including 69,369 in the past 24 hours. The daily test positivity rate stands at 2.03 percent.

The famous Dhabaleswar Temple in Cuttack has reopened for the public from today after staying off the limits for over 3 months in the wake of the second wave of the Covid pandemic. More

73-year-old Covid patient undergoing treatment at SCB Hospital died after collapsing in toilet on Tuesday night. More

In a tragic incident, a woman died after being run over by a pick-up van near Durga temple in Bolangir on Friday morning.

According to sources, another woman accompanying the deceased to the temple also sustained serious injuries in the mishap.

Meanwhile, the pick-up van has been seized and police have detained the driver. Further investigation into the matter is on.

Indian National Hockey player Amit Rohidas spoke exclusively to OTV after the teams Bronze Medal win at the Tokyo Olympics More

Miscreants looted gold jewellery, cash, mobile phone from a lecturer on the pretext of showing her driver an oil leakage in the engine More

An INCOIS study had said a high of 20 cyclones occurred during the La Nina years, while nine were in the El Nino period. IMD studies show negative IOD results in stronger than usual cyclone genesis in the Bay of Bengal More

Physical classes for Class 9 students will resume in government, government aided and private educational institutions from August 16. More

Dengue situation in Odisha is under control, said the Director of Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar on Thursday More