Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Saturday, 04 September 2021

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  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 3 years ago
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Pipili Bypoll: ECI Restricts Campaigning, Mandates Vaccination Of All Officials 

ECI said all polling personnel and election officials including private persons engaged in the election duty shall be double vaccinated before taking their services.  More
  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 3 years ago
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Sex Racket Busted On Bhubaneswar Outskirts, 8 Women Rescued

A prostitution racket running from a hotel at Bharatpur on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar was busted on Saturday. 
Eight women, all from neighbouring West Bengal, were rescued by the police. Two persons including the owner of the hotel have been detained. Further investigation is underway. 

  • Sanjeev Kumar Patro
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha Power Play: July Demand Crosses 5000MW, Buys Costly Power To Avert Crisis

Data shows Odisha has the capacity to produce over 46,067 MU when the consumption in 2020-21 was 30,295 MU. But energy generation in July stood at 2204.1 MU against the requirement of over 3410 MU. Is State failing in capacity utilisation? More

  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 3 years ago
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CET, Bhubaneswar Now A Unitary University As Odisha Assembly Passes Bill  

College of Engineering and Technology (CET), the four decade old premier technical institute in Bhubaneswar, will now be called Odisha University of Technology and Research.  More

  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 3 years ago
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Plus 2 Offline Exam: Students Will Get Another Chance For Plus 3 Admission, Says Minister

Odisha Higher Education Minister Arun Sahoo allayed fears of Plus 2 students and announced Phase-II UG admission for those students who are appearing for offline examination.  More

  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 years ago
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Farmers Ransack LAMPS Office In Odisha’s Nabarangpur Over Discrepancy In Urea Supply

The Koshagumuda LAMPS under Nabarangpur district turned into a war zone on Saturday after angry farmers vandalised the government office alleging discrepancies in the supply of fertiliser More

  • Sanjeev Kumar Patro
  • 3 years ago
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Low Pressure Area In Next 42 Hrs: 35 Hrs Of Heavy Rain In Odisha

Odisha will record moderate to heavy rains across the State from the morning hours of Sept 6 to the evening hours on Sept 7. Thundershower forecast for 15 districts on Ganesh Puja Day More

  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 years ago
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ACF Death Case: Watchman Claims He Saw DFO Visiting Soumya’s House At Midnight

A former watchman on Saturday claimed that he had once seen the DFO Sangram Behera visiting Mohapatra’s residence at midnight More

  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 3 years ago
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One More Held For ‘Defaming’ Olympian Dutee Chand, Special Probe Team Formed

Smruti Ranjan Behera, a reporter of a web channel, has been accused of publishing defamatory content against ace sprinter and Olympian Dutee Chand.  More

  • Sharmili Mallick
  • 3 years ago
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‘Mu’ Variant Of Covid-19 Might Increase Severity Though Not Proven Yet: Top Odisha Health Official

With a decline in the Covid-19 infection graph in Odisha, health officials in the State said the situation is gradually improving in the Twin Cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. More

  • Suryakant Jena
  • 3 years ago
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Odia Boy Pramod Bhagat Shuttles Gold At Tokyo Paralympics, Scripts History

World Champion Para Shuttler from Odisha, Pramod Bhagat etched glory for his State and the country by winning gold medal in the Badminton Singles event at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics, on Saturday. More

  • Pti
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha Records 41% Jump In August GST Collection

Odisha registered a growth of 41 per cent in GST collection to Rs 3,316.55 crore in August as against the year-ago period More

  • Sharmili Mallick
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha BJP Smells Massive Corruption In Sale of 121 City Buses For Scrap, Hit Streets In Bhubaneswar

The buses were decided to be sold off after their agreement period with the DTS (Dream Team Sahara) to operate them under JNNRUM for seven years ended in 2017. More

  • Rajendra Prasad Mohapatra
  • 3 years ago
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Living On The Edge: Road, Drinking Water Still Elude Tribal Villagers In Odisha’s Gajapati

Basic amenities elude people at Guriguda village under Antaraba Gram Panchayat at Mohana block in Gajapati district More

  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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Pipili By-Poll On September 30, Election Commission Of India Issues Notification

On September 1, the ECI had convened a meeting with the Chief Secretaries, senior officers from the department of Health, Home Affairs and DGPs of Odisha and West Bengal to assess the feasibility of holding bye-elections in both the States. More

  • Rajendra Prasad Mohapatra
  • 3 years ago
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Sahara India Investors Want Money Back, Protest Outside Odisha Assembly

Several people, who have deposited money with Sahara India, staged a protest in front of the Odisha Assembly demanding the intervention of the State government in getting repayment of their deposits with interest More

  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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Assembly Update: 24 New ITI Colleges To Come Up In Odisha; Report Sought On Hostels For Working Women

While responding to a question of Salepur MLA, the State Women and Child Development Minister, Tukuni Sahu said that efforts are on to establish working women’s hostel in all districts of the State. More

  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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B.Tech Graduate Arrested With Brown Sugar Worth Over Rs 1 Crore In Khordha

Preliminary investigation reveals that the STF officials managed to nab the B.Tech graduate while he was trying to strike a deal of the narcotics. More

  • Rajendra Prasad Mohapatra
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha's Abhishek Mohapatra Dies After 3-Month-Long ECMO Treatment In Kolkata

Despite undergoing ECMO treatment in Kolkata for around three months, critical Covid-19 patient Abhishek Mohapatra from Bhadrak passed away More

  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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Defunct Lift Irrigation Points Compound Miseries Of Farmers In Odisha

Though the concerned department in Bhadrak claims that only 35 out of the total 227 lift irrigation points are defunct, farmers allege that most of such points have become out of order. As a result, the farmers in the region are yet to ripe the benefits of such irrigational facilities. More

  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha Reports 681 Covid-19 Cases Including 118 Positives In 0-18 Age Group

Continuing with its declining trend, Odisha on Saturday reported 681 new Covid-19 positive cases from different parts of the State. Of the total 681 Covid-19 cases, 118 cases are in the 0 to 18 years age group. As per the I&PR department, a maximum of 222 new Covid-19 cases has been reported from Khordha district, followed by 101 in Cuttack, 34 from Balasore and 33 cases from Jajpur district.

  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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Telangana Mafia 'Looting' White Quartz Stones From Malkangiri, Admin Yet To Act

It is alleged that the mafia from the neighbouring State mislead the local tribals and engaged them in the excavation work. They have also constructed a temporary road to the quarry. More

  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha Plus 2 Students At Career Crossroads As Plus 3 Application Date Ends On Saturday

Students who opted for special offline Plus 2 examination are now in a state of utter confusion as the deadline of application process for Plus 3 admission ends tomorrow (Saturday). More

  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 years ago
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CM Naveen Launches 2 City Bus Depots, Flags Off 110 OSRTC Buses In Bhubaneswar

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday inaugurated two state of the art bus depots at Patia and Bhagwanpur respectively in Bhubaneswar More

  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 years ago
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Demand For Drought Announcement In Odisha Gathers Heat

The Opposition parties on Friday raised a unanimous voice seeking the government to declare drought in the State before taking urgent necessary steps for mitigation of the natural disaster. More

  • Sanjeev Kumar Patro
  • 3 years ago
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Post Covid-19 Second Wave Hiring Intent Up, But Odisha not in Top-15 Job Engines

As per the TeamLease Employment Outlook Report 2021, 14 cities in the country will see maximum hiring activities. Two tier-2 cities - Coimbatore and Indore - in the list, Odisha is not on the list More

  • Nitesh Kumar Sahoo
  • 3 years ago
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Exemplary Bravery Of Driver Of Ill-Fated Bus Saves Many Lives In Odisha

The applauding act of the bus driver, identified as Sunil Kumar Mohanty, saved the lives of many.  More

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