Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Saturday, 28 August 2021

State-level serological surveillance to estimate age-wise Covid prevalance will be undertaken in 12 districts of Odisha from August 29 to September 15.   More

Instances of insensitivity towards patients while being ferried to hospitals in ambulances continue to emerge from different places in the State. More

A day after a disturbing video of cruel torture to a father-son duo from Khordha district went viral on social media creating massive outcry in Odisha, shocking details about the involvement of a local group identifying themselves as members of ‘Manabavad Sangathan (Humanitarian Organisation) in the incident has began to emerge. More

However, refuting the allegations, Bobby said that his brother had parked his car at Tapi's parking place as the latter had pulled up his vehicle at the spot allotted to the former. This incident ignited a fall-out between them.  More

The Odisha government has released a set of guidelines for the launch of a special Covid vaccination campaign for teachers and non-teaching staff of schools across the State. More

The IIFL-Hurun India Rich list 2020 reveals that in the top-20 ultra-rich guild, Andhra Pradesh has 7 to its credit,  West Bengal has 32, Jharkhand and Bihar have four each More

Family of a migrant labourer from Odisha who is in a state of induced coma at a hospital in Nagpur, after suffering from the life-threatening hepertensive intracerebral hemorrhage, is making all out efforts to keep him alive. More

In order to achieve daily target of 3.5 lakh inoculations, Odisha health department has asked Collectors, Municipal Commissioners, CDM&PHOs to improve the pace of Covid-19 vaccination.   More

The RT-PCR test along with antibody test of all MLAs and ministers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly will be carried out from August 29 to 31. More

Maa Kichakeswari College in Khiching of Mayurbhanj district having hundreds of students is presently run by a single lecturer, Mukesh Behera.   More

Sources said the assailants abducted the girl, identified as Madhusmita Panda, daughter of Gaurahari Panda of Ugratara village on August 19 when she was returning home after attending tuition classes. More

Two meritorious students in Odisha are staring at an uncertain future due to acute poverty More

Odisha government will provide 15 percent subsidies on each purchase of electronic vehicles More

Three miscreants allegedly looted Rs 80,000 from Saiba Sushil Hansdah, the former Rairangpur MLA. As per reports, the miscreants looted the money after thrashing the former MLA near Brahmanbas village. Hansdah, who sustained injuries in the attack, has been admitted to Bahalda hospital.

Ollywood actor Bobby Mishra has been accused of threatening and misbehaving with his neighbour following some dispute over car parking. More

The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch has arrested Sk Raju for his alleged involvement in illegal drugs trade in Odisha.

The accused is an inter-state drugs peddler and was nabbed from Balasore on Friday. Earlier, the STF had arrested Raju’s three associates and seized over 2 kgs of brown sugar from their possession.

A critical ill woman of Firozabad village under Korei block in the district had to be carried on a cot for more than one kilometre to the ambulance in absence of a motorable road More

Victims Manguni Nayak and his son lodged a complaint against seven persons following a field inquiry by Begunia police More

Heavy rainfall is also likely to occur in some places in southern and coastal belt of the State in the next 24 hours. More

Teachers/lecturers are deprived of the pension benefits even if the 1981 Pension rule clearly mentions that it is applicable for the employees of aided institutions, said the association members. More

 Another 779 new cases of Covid-19 infection were reported from different parts of Odisha in the past 24 hours. With this, the overall Covid tally in the State reached 10,0,5654 on Saturday.

Out of the total 779 fresh Covid-19 cases, 105 are children in the age group of 0 to 18 years which has now emerged as major concern for the health officials in the State.

A maximum of 259 Covid-19 cases were reported from Khordha district, followed by 84 in Cuttack district, 39 in Puri and 34 cases were reported from Jajpur district in the past 24 hours. As per I & PR department, the Covid-19 active case tally in Odisha now stands at 7,996.

Preliminary reports indicate that the businessman from Barbil area and his associate from Kendrapara were engaged in transportation of minerals. They were called to Bhubaneswar by some members of the web channel on August 5, 2021. More

In a massive setback to the BJP ahead of the upcoming three-tier Panchayat Elections in the State, as many as 15 Zilla Parishad members of the party's Mayurbhanj unit resigned from their post as well the primary membership of the party on Friday. More

The Odisha Sub-ordinate Staff Selection Commission (OSSSC) has published the result of the Radiographer recruitment examination 2020. More

The Odisha Health Department has directed district collectors, municipal commissioners, chief district medical and public health officers to remain vigilant following reports of falsified Covishield vaccine and fake vaccination sessions.  More

As the third wave threat of COVID19 looms large over Odisha, the experts call for no relaxation in lockdown norms as the festive season could increase the infection rate More

The proposal to amend the Odisha Social Security Services (Methods of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2021 received the nod of the State Cabinet on Friday.  More