Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Thursday, 26 August 2021

Even as Odisha continues to face a possible drought threat due to acute rainfall deficiency this monsoon season, the situation has catapulted a serious drying up of reservoirs in the State. More

The JMFC Court on Thursday ordered the IIC of Mahanga Police Station to reinvestigate the double murder case with a focus on Minister Pratap Jena's alleged involvement in the case More

State alone is bearing nearing 21 percent of human lives lost in man-elephant encounters in the country when it accounts for only around 7.2 percent of the country's elephant population. This disproportionate number drive home the scale of man-elephant encounter in Odisha. More

As per the Odisha Forest Minister's data laid in State Assembly, the majority of the jumbo electrocution deaths have been attributed to live wire traps set up by poachers, though nearly 25-30 percent of deaths were also blamed on the discoms More

The headcount of tigers and elephants will be conducted together for the first time from next year (2022), Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF), Odisha, Shashi Paul informed on Thursday. More

Apart from the reduction of the syllabus, it has been proposed to implement terminal examination (in two terms) for Class 11 and 12 students. More

India on Thursday granted safety permission for restart of Boeing 737Max operations in the country.

Aviation regulator DGCA granted the safety permission to operators of Boeing 737Max to restart operations.

"This rescission enables operation of Boeing Company Model 737-8 and Boeing Company Model 737-9 airplanes only upon satisfaction of applicable requirements for return to service," the DGCA said in its order.

 

The members of BJP held a protest rally in Berhampur over the alleged partying of BJD leaders in Ramalingam Park which has been closed for the public More

The ‘Ratna Bhandara’ of Lord Jagannath temple in Puri is under serious threat, a report obtained through Right To Information (RTI) has revealed. More

Happiness came back to Cuttack resident Sangram Sahoo’s family after he finally saw his mother 11 long years after she went missing under mysterious circumstances. More

Uma Sankar Mishra, a senior IPS officer from Odisha and former CBI Director passed away at a private hospital in New Delhi.

The 1968-batch IPS officer was appointed as CBI director in 2003. Mishra was ill and was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Delhi.

He was the sole IPS office from Odisha to have been appointed as the CBI director. Apart from his stint as a CBI director, Mishra also held several important posts in his long and illustrious career.

The Orissa High Court on Thursday refused to entertain BJD MP Anubhav Mohanty's plea to fast track his divorce petition against wife Varsha Priyadarshini More

As per Odisha Police officials, 645 wanted accused against who warrants had been issued were arrested in Balasore district, 547 wanted in Khordha district and 278 each have been rounded up in Kandhamal and Cuttack districts. More

The alert has been issued for the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati,Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Kandhamal and Rayagada. More

On August 10, Nayak had proceeded on a hunger strike opposing the diversion of water from Kharasrota River to neighbouring Bhadrak. More

Pratap Jena told reporters that the BJD-led State government will table the necessary amendments required for the Pachayat election in the next Legislative Assembly session. More

The Odisha Health Department has geared up to complete the drive to inoculate teachers and other teaching and non-teaching staff in schools and other educational institutions following the Centre’s appeal. More

The Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities has asked Collectors of 10 districts to reopen class 9 in Special Schools and hostels for students. More

Swadhin’s innovation cost him around Rs 20,000 and he claims the technology can help elderly and differently-able people. More

When asked whether the rise in the number of Covid infection among children can be attributed to the third wave, Jagdev said that it is too early to draw any conclusion. More

Mohapatra, in the letter, asked the district collectors to remain prepared till March 2022. More

Police on Thursday seized a huge quantity of ganja from Ambaguda and Koraput-Jeypore ghat in Koraput district and detained six persons including a home guard for their alleged involvement in the smuggling of the contraband.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of Sadar Police led by Jeypore SDPO raided the area and seized the ganja. The exact quantity of ganja seized is yet to be known.

Further investigation into the matter is on.

Of the fresh cases reported today, 429 are from quarantine centres while the rest 357 are local contact cases, informed the Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department. More

Both the Ministers demanded the Center to take immediate steps to address the issue helping people of Western Odisha get PMAY benefits. More

Expressing resentment over the public hearings in the past, the villagers along with the local MLA C S Rajeen Ekka blocked the road for the Officials of the district administration and the police who were on their way to conduct another round of public hearing at Kesharmala area to take feedback from the people who would be affected by the expansion of mining companies. The authorities were accompanied by the company officials.  More

Resentment is brewing among locals of Berhampur over restrictions on entry of visitors to Ramlingam Tank Park and its alleged use by BJD MLAs. More

The last date to submit application for the post of Livestock Inspectors has been extended by the Odisha Sub-ordinate Staff Selection Commission (OSSSC).    More

Except for Khordha, the fully vaccination rate is not enthusing. While Nuapada fares the poorest in Odisha, It is far from satisfactory in Sundargarh and Cuttack - the second wave epicentres More

An elderly man ended his life by jumping into his wife’s funeral pyre at Sialjodi village under Golamunda block in Kalahandi district More