Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Monday, 23 August 2021

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  • Nitesh Kumar Sahoo
  • 3 years ago
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MGNREGA Scheme Or Scam: No End To Sufferings Of Job Card Holders In Odisha

All efforts of the job card holders to get their outstanding payment are allegedly going in vain even after expressing their plight to the Grama Sathi and even the Block Development Officer (BDO).  More
  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha Man Records Self Video While Committing Suicide Over Wife's 'Illicit Affair'  

A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging after keeping his mobile phone in video recording mode at Sologaon village Parjang police limits of Dhenkanal district. More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha: Police Rescue Woman Held In Captivity Over ‘Witchcraft’

The Berhampur Police in Balasore rescued a woman suspected to have been practicing witchcraft on Monday. More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 years ago
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OPCC President Created Rift In Koraput Congress, Alleges Minakshi Bahinipati

The infighting among the Congress leaders was made public on Monday after the Koraput district Congress chief accused OPCC chief Niranjan Patnaik of causing a rift in party More
  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 3 years ago
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Four Involved In Athagarh Cooperative Society Loan Scam Dismissed From Service 

Four persons have been dismissed from service for their alleged involvement in a loan fraud to the tune of Rs 1 crore at Gurudijhatia Cooperative society in Cuttack. More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 years ago
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Jagatsinghpur Land Fraud: Tehsildar, 4 Revenue Inspectors Held

Odisha Vigilance department arrested a former Tehsildar of Kujang Block under Jagatsinghpur district and four Revenue Inspectors on Monday following multiple raids in connection with a major land fraud probe More
  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 3 years ago
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Ganja Worth Rs 1.5 Crore Being Smuggled To Haryana Seized, 26 Held

Police on Monday seized 21 quintals of ganja from R Udayagiri in Mohana area of Gajapati district while the contraband was being smuggled to Haryana in four vans. As many as 26 persons have been arrested in connection with the seizure. Seven of them are women. The value of the contraband is said to be Rs 1.5 crore. 

  • Sanjeev Kumar Patro
  • 3 years ago
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Third Wave Warning: Below 18 Yrs Hospitalisation In Odisha Up 1066% In 2nd Wave

Respiratory infections in (0-5 years)  during second wave peak up 3,005 percent, Pneumonia up 1,962 percent and Asthma up 1,038 percent. Moreover, severe underweight children below 5 years detected were at 2.23 lakh More

  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 3 years ago
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Kharasrota Project Protesters Framed Under False Charges, Alleges Congress

Congress party on Monday alleging that wrong charges were framed against those arrested for opposing Kharasrota mega drinking water project in Kendrapara district.  More

  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 years ago
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Jharsuguda Road Widening: Admin Fells 8 Huge Trees Amid Stiff Peaceful Resistance By Locals

Tension erupted at Belpahar under Jharsuguda district on Monday after the district administration went ahead and felled eight huge trees on a stretch of road for its widening More

  • Odishatv Bureau
  • 3 years ago
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Unsmart Roads, Clogged Drains In Smart City Bhubaneswar: BJP Targets Odisha Govt

Hundreds of BJP activists took out a ‘Padayatra’ from Jaydev Vihar Square to Mayfair Square and staged demonstration by burning tyres on the road. The protesters raised slogans like 'Unsmart Roads In Smart City' and accused the administration of showing callous attitude to the situation. More

  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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Lightning, Thunderstorm Alert Issued For Several Odisha Districts In Next 3 Hours: IMD

People are advised to keep a watch on the weather and accordingly move to safer places to protect from lightning strike, said IMD. More

  • Sharmili Mallick
  • 3 years ago
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Nayagarh Minor Girl Murder Case: Supreme Court Directs Victim’s Family To Approach Orissa HC

Parents of a five-year-old, who was allegedly raped and murdered in Nayagarh district, have been asked to approach the Orissa High Court by the Supreme Court. More

  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 years ago
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BJD Pulls Centre Over PMFBY, Alleges Farmer Harassment By Insurance Cos

Rajya Sabha member and BJD leader Sasmit Patra targetted the Central government on Monday by alleging that the farmers of Odisha have been harassed by the insurance companies over PMFBY claim settlement More

  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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Dipu-Om Double Murder Case: Top Wanted D-Brothers’ Aide Nabbed From Rayagada

Pradip is the one of the close aides of gangster brothers- Sushil and Sushant Dhal Samant who were earlier arrested in connection with the double murder case More

  • Rashmi Ranjan
  • 3 years ago
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3 Arrested For Selling Infant In Odisha’s Mayurbhanj 

The mother of the baby, identified as Malati Diga of Sankhabhanga village under Jharpokharia police limits in the district, had filed an FIR with the Jharpokharia Police on Sunday in this regard.  More

  • Rajendra Prasad Mohapatra
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha Govt To Set Up Covid Centre Of Excellence At Sishu Bhawan In Cuttack

Odisha government will be making special arrangements for the treatment of children in all Covid hospitals in the State in view of the possible third wave of the pandemic More

  • Sharmili Mallick
  • 3 years ago
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Six Arrested In Athagarh Cooperative Society Loan Fraud

Highly placed sources in the police said that over Rs 1 crore had been misappropriated from the cooperative bank accounts of many people in the district. More

  • Suryakant Jena
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha Govt Lays Out Action Plan To Tackle Possible Drought In State

The Odisha government on Monday chalked out a comprehensive action plan to tackle any emerging drought situation in the State which appears increasingly imminent in the wake of an acute deficit in precipitation this season. More

  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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Ex-BJD MLA Pradeep Panigrahi Moves Supreme Court Against Odisha Lokayukta

Panigrahi’s counsel Pitambar Acharya has alleged that the Lokayukta has submitted ‘forged’ documents in the Supreme Court. More

  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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Land Fraud: Vigilance Conducts Raids On 6 Retired Odisha Govt Officials

As many as 9 teams led by one Additional SP, 11 DSPs, 6 inspector rank officers are conducting the raids at multiple locations in the four districts. More

  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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Pending Semester Exams In Offline Mode: Law Students Hold Protest Outside Utkal University

Students from the University Law College, Capital Law College, MS Law and The Law College alleged that they are now forced to appear all the pending four semesters More

  • Sharmili Mallick
  • 3 years ago
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Religious Institutions Reopen In Bhubaneswar And Bhadrak

Lingaraj Temple and ISKCON Temple in the City will open their doors for devotees from September 1. More

  • Rajendra Prasad Mohapatra
  • 3 years ago
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Covid Third Wave Peak In October, Odisha Fully Prepared: DMET Chief

DMET in Odisha, Dr. CBK Mohanty said the State is fully ready to meet any kind of eventuality in case of a third wave in Covid-19 pandemic More

  • Rajendra Prasad Mohapatra
  • 3 years ago
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Afghan Crisis Serious, Many Indians Still Stranded: Odia UN Official

There are still 1,000-1200 Indians stranded in Afghanistan and they are staring at an uncertain future More

  • Sharmili Mallick
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha's Puri Jagannath Temple Reopens Its Gates For All Devotees

Devotees can have darshan of the Holy Trinity between 7 am and 7 pm on all weekdays except Saturdays and Sundays.  More

  • Suryakant Jena
  • 3 years ago
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Monsoon Avian Census In Bhitarkanika From Today

The seasonal bird count at Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara district has begun today. The annual headcount of the avian species which is carried out during the monsoon season every year will continue for a week. More

  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 years ago
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Women Self Help Groups On Odisha Govt Focus, Opposition Says 'Panchayat Poll Bait'

The Odisha government directed as many as 19 departments to encourage and employ women SHGs in several works and at the same time reprimanded some others for lagging behind in doing so. More

  • Sanjeev Kumar Patro
  • 3 years ago
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Monsoon 2021: No Rain In Next 48 Hrs, Low Pressure Likely Near Odisha Coast In Sept

As per APEC Climate Centre seasonal forecast, Odisha is predicted to record above-normal rainfall in the range of 1.2mm/day over the normal rainfall in the month of October More

  • Rajendra Prasad Mohapatra
  • 3 years ago
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Students Celebrate Raksha Bandhan With Cops In Odisha, Share Social Message On Environment Protection

The Rovers and Rangers- student wing of RMD Degree college at Patia celebrated Raksha Bandhan in a unique style in Bhubaneswar on Sunday More

  • Rajendra Prasad Mohapatra
  • 3 years ago
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2 Bars Sealed In Bhubaneswar For Gambling During Weekend Shutdown

BMC officials sealed two bars in Laxmisagar area of Bhubaneswar for gambling activities and operating during weekend shutdown on Saturday night More

  • Sanjeev Kumar Patro
  • 3 years ago
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Drought Grips Jajpur, Bhadrak, Keonjhar, 11 Others On The Verge In Odisha

In Odisha, the actual SPI of Jajpur and Bhadrak is estimated at (-)3.12 and (-)2.76, respectively. While it is over (-)2 in Keonjhar,  a high of 11 other districts have a value of more than (-)1. In the rest of the 16 districts, the value is negative but below (-)1 More

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