Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Monday, 06 September 2021

The opposition BJP in Odisha Assembly demanded to form a House Committee to study the situation in the State allegedly grappling with drought More

Principal Secretary, Higher Education department has cited 'COVID-19 related dislocation' as a reason for not taking up the proposal of introducing NCC as a general elective subject in universities and autonomous colleges in Odisha from this year.  More

As per the facts placed in the State Assembly today, Odisha police neither have enough teeth to bite nor a long tail to tighten the noose around the anti-socials.   More

The Odisha Municipal Rules (Amendment) Bill 2021 was tabled in the State Assembly on Monday. The introduction of the bill comes at a time when the elections are scheduled to be held next year. More

Around Rs 25.34 crore in penalty has been collected from motorists for traffic rule violations in Bhubaneswar-UPD from 2020 till Aug 2021. While Rs 13.50 crore had been collected in the whole of 2020, Rs 11.83 crore was collected till August this year. More

Bisweswar Tudu, the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti and Tribal Affairs on Monday assured that all the disputes pertaining to rivers in Odisha will be resolved soon. More

Ila–Bansidhar Panda Kala Samman for 2021 has been announced. Noted painter Jagdish Kanungo and eminent Ghumura artiste Jayanta Behera have been selected to receive the prestigious award. More

The data tabled by MoS Home reveals a disturbing trend. Majority of industrial districts in the State have recorded a very high growth rate in criminal cases More

Addressing the House during the on-going monsoon session of the State legislature, Pujari said, the per capita loan burden has increased to Rs 23,761 in 2021-22 as against Rs 9,144 in 2011-12. More

The Cuttack city unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced its decision to observe bandh in the city on September 13 to protest the several restrictions imposed by the State government during Durga Puja. More

Bhubaneswar police on Monday arrested the Chief of a web channel for his alleged involvement in torture and extortion from a businessman last month More

The Sundargarh AIIMS will cater to a large tribal population in the area and help in providing quality tertiary care in the backward area of Western Odisha. More

UCCI president Brahma Mishra said that the State Government had earlier defended the pre-emption policy where the mines owners in the State had to reserve 50 per cent of their raw materials for State-based plants. More

The proposed Medical College and Hospital (MCH) at Sundargarh will start its’ academic session from 2022-23, Odisha Health Minister Naba Das informed the Odisha Assembly on Monday. More

While replying to a written question of MLA Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia, Mishra informed that out of the total 20 sanctioned DIG posts, 13 are remaining vacant. Similarly, 15 posts of SP (Superintendent of Police), out of sanctioned 63 posts, are lying vacant at present. More

The students’ wing of the Congress party also backed the protest as the fate of the students now hangs in balance due to the alleged apathy of the State government and Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE). More

A total of 25 of 30 districts in Odisha have received deficit rainfall between -59% and -20 % in the last three months. More

The low pressure system has developed under the influence of a cyclonic circulation and is likely to move west-northwest wards during the next two to three days. More

More than 2.2 million vaccine doses have been administered in Bhubaneswar. The record-breaking status of the vaccination in the Odisha Capital city was shared by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday.

As per a Tweet by the BMC, as many as 2201761 Covid jabs have been administered in Bhubaneswar till September 5, 9 pm. While 1227542 people have been inoculated with the first dose of vaccines, 974219 have been completely vaccinated.

At least 36090 healthcare workers have been vaccinated with the first dose and 32614 health professionals administered double doses of the vaccines. Similarly, 56325 and 49421 frontline workers have received single and two doses of vaccines respectively, the BMC stated.

As per the notification issued by the Planning & Convergence department, the officers nominated as secretary-in-charge of the aspirational districts will closely supervise and follow-up on the 49 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in five sectors. More

The Odisha Cricket Association has announced a 22-member squad for the upcoming Under-19 Vinoo Mankad Trophy scheduled to begin from September 28 at Mohali in Punjab. More

Heavy rainfall, thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over several districts of the State till September 8, 2021 More

Morning shows the day and a class 10 student from Odisha has proved exactly that. Showing an exemplary act on how real talent shines early on, the boy has designed a robotic hand with the help of a high-tech 3D printer and gifted it to a divyang girl. More

The woeful tale of this voter from Siriapur village under Jasuapur panchayat clearly relates how easily political leaders forget their promises to voters after the elections.  More

Odisha BJP slammed the State Government while alleging it of indulging in a ‘massive corruption’ in the procurement of CCTV setups from a company, to be installed at a number of police stations across the State More

Officials of Hockey Odisha have alleged that the State authority is overlooking the parent administrative body of the game on its own soil More

Apart from small theft and burglaries, the safety of women has also evolved as one of the major concerns for the residents. The locals in the city have appealed to the administration to take immediate steps to tackle the situation time and time again, however, it has been alleged that the pleas have fallen on deaf ears.  More

During the outbreaks in Bangladesh and India, direct human-to-human transmission of the virus through close contact with people's secretions and excretions was clinically established. In Siliguri (2001), the transmission of the virus was also reported within a healthcare setting More