Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Friday, 20 August 2021

Scanty rainfall and shortage of Urea continues to pile up worries for the farmers in the State. While some farmers are not getting fertilizer at the LAMPS, some are forced to buy the same at higher prices from private sources. Shortage of Urea along with rainfall deficit has created a double whammy situation for the farming community already reeling under Covid crisis. More

A youth suffered critical injuries on his hand after an explosion while he was conducting experiments using electrical equipment by watching YouTube tutorials. More

The dilapidated condition of the historic MPC College in Baripada has attracted demands from several quarters to restore its past glory by renovating it More

As many as six people have been arrested with a consignment of 50 kg of Marijuana in Jharkhand's Simdega district on Friday. More

In Apr-Jun 2021, Odisha generates only 1 per cent of the total jobs created in the country. Significantly, when the labour force population in the State is nearly 3 per cent of the country's labour force More

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is up in arms after the Odisha government made amendments to the existing Panchayat Election rules More

The civic body had spent an estimated Rs 70 lakh in 2017 to construct sanitary toilet complexes. However, in just four years, the structures have been completely damaged. More

High rate of infections among children and adolescents has become a major cause of concern for the health authorities when Odisha government is preparing for possible third wave of Covid-19 pandemic. More

A total of 1,85,00,748 trees have been felled for the widening of roads in Odisha from 2010-11 to 2020-21. More

Earlier this week, Bahinipati had threatened to resign from his post over what he called ‘indiscipline behaviour’ of State party unit chief Niranjan Patnaik. More

Never before in the preceding five years, the State has ever witnessed such a surge in deaths due to causes not known so far More

Ashwini also met Padma Shri awardee and social worker Shanti Das in Rayagada and sought her blessings. More

In a similar instance on August 11, a woman and her daughter were allegedly tied with ropes and mercilessly beaten by a group of men on suspicion of practicing witchcraft at Gadigaon village under Khunta Police limits in Mayurbhanj district. More

Mamata Panda, OIC of Gurandi police station was questioned by the Crime Branch team for three hours in connection with the death of Paralakhemundi assistant conservator of forest (ACF) Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra. More

War of words ensued between BJP and BJD over several tweets made by BJP leaders who are on a campaign trail in Odisha ahead of Panchayat polls More

The Admission certificate (admit card) for the upcoming Odisha Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination-2020 has been released on www.opsc.gov.in. More

The AIIMS Bhubaneswar researchers found the rare species of fungus in a 26-year-old youth from Odisha in March, 2018. More

This is a part of the mega ongoing expansion project which is being undertaken by the IIT Bhubaneswar More

CCTV footage gathered from the locality suggests that she was last seen stepping out of her house at around 1:55 am on Friday. More

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) Smart Card scheme at a special programme at the Sanskruti Bhawan in Malkangiri More

The petrol pump owner is yet to ascertain the exact amount of money looted from the staff. A case has been lodged in this regard at the local police station. More

As many as 128 children tested positive for Covid-19 in Odisha in the last 24 hours More

Former player and assistant coach of Indian team-Giridhari Samal from Dhenkanal has been suffering from acute poverty thanks to the alleged apathy of the State government More

The Regional Meteorological Department in Bhubaneswar has issued rainfall and lightning alert for three districts of Odisha for the next two hours. As per the latest information from the MeT department, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Balasore are likely to witness rainfall and lightning for the next couple of hours.

Employees of the Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation (OMFED) have been brought under the provisions of Odisha Essential Services (Maintenance) Amendment Act 2020. More

With the onset of Panchayat polls in Odisha, the three major parties in in the State gear up to woe voters to win seats in the elections. More

In her three-page complaint, Sakshi has alleged that she was harassed by her in-laws and husband over dowry. In her complaint, she alleged that her parents gave sway gold jewellery worth Rs 2.5 crore and clothes as dowry in the marriage. But, her in-laws demanded more money. More

The Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) on Thursday urged the State School and Mass Education (S&ME) department to consider reopening of elementary classes in the State.  More

As many as 11,006 new posts of nursing officers have been created in the Odisha Health department, an official statement said on Thursday.  More