Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Friday, 17 September 2021

With a view to cut down carbon emissions, the Odisha Cabinet in August had approved the Electric Vehicle Policy 2021. Odisha became the 10th state in the country to have a full-fledged policy for the ambitious project. More

Including pending cases from previous years, the total cases under investigation under PCA stood at 1738. The State Vigilance could file charge sheets in only 153 cases. The charge sheeting rate is just around 9 per cent (8.8%) More

The survey highlights that most of the pre-school and elementary school students have forgotten what was taught to them as the Anganwadi centres remained closed in the State during the pandemic. The pandemic has also slowed down the overall learning process of these children. More

As they say, hard work pays off, Raju has never turned back since then. Now, along with setting up an advanced hair cutting and hair designing saloon in his home town, he has also set up several other branches in different states across the country.  More

Single emergency number 112 works under Emergency Response Support System to address all emergency signals received from citizens through voice call, SMS, e-mail, panic SOS signal, ERSS web portal etc. More

September dropped some big hints about how October is going to be in Odisha. All eyes are on the west Pacific ocean More

As the investigation into the sensational case concerning national security intensifies, the illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants and infiltrators crammed in the Abdul Kalam Island in neighbouring Bhadrak district have come under the scanner. The little island is plagued with several issues primarily arising out of these ‘personae non grata’. More

The siblings were later found in the vicinity of their home in critical condition after they were washed away by the strong water current.  More

Earlier in 2019, the Union government had announced to open the doors for girl students in all Sainik Schools across the country. More

Police suspect that Chaityanya Pujari, a resident of Pangurumila Village under Baliguda block had been killed by his own father Bhaskar Pujari who was peeved at the former’s addiction to alcohol and substance abuse which created trouble in the entire family. Bhaskar had allegedly buried the body in the forest. More

Initially a case was registered in connection with the fraud at Bharatpur Police in Bhubaneswar on the basis of a complaint filed by K.G. Sree Charan, Director of Varushapriya Agrotech Pvt. Ltd, a Bangalore-based firm. More

The offices of Bhubaneswar Sub-collector and Bhubaneswar Tehsil have been sealed by the city municipal corporation authorities as a precautionary measure to curb the outbreak of the Coronavirus cases. More

The well-marked low pressure area over north-west Madhya Pradesh and adjoining south-west Uttar Pradesh with the associated cyclonic circulation is likely to weaken gradually during the next 24 hours. More

Two minor siblings were killed after drowning at Luna river in Puri district today. The minors aged 7 years and 3 years old were brothers to each other and sons of one Sadasiba Pradhan of Nagana village under Dhanakera panchayat in Delang area. Sources said the duo was bathing at the nearby river ghat when both of them were reportedly swept away by the strong river current.

Three persons were swept away by the rising floodwater at the Baitarini Barrage near Anandpur in Kendujhar district on Friday morning.

As per reports, while fire brigade personnel managed to rescue one of them, the rest two are still missing.  

Sources said that the trio who are residents of a village near Anandpur had gone to collect firewood near Baitarani Barrage when the incident occurred. Due to the heavy downpour, the water level at the barrage had risen, creating a flood-like situation.

While collecting firewood from the banks, the trio slipped and fell into the waters. They were swept away in no time due to the strong currents.

The fire brigade launched a search and rescue operation after being informed. Hours later, they managed to rescue one of them while there was no trace of the other two. The searches are on. 

The High Court preferred not to interfere in the government order issued for larger public health and safety to check any further spread of Covid 19 virus during the pandemic times. More

Though there are no threats of any major flood, but it is anticipated that the floodwater might enter some low-lying villages in Bhograi and Baliapal in Balasore districts. More

The Health Services Director further said that reminders are also sent to the beneficiaries on the day of vaccination as well. More

The chief security officer of DRDO was reportedly interrogated by the IGP (Eastern Range). Besides, officials of NIA and Crime Branch reportedly met Balasore SP today. So far, five persons have been arrested on charges of leaking sensitive info to foreign agents.
 

A notice has been served to JSW Steel Limited in Keonjhar for alleged irregularities in the companies GST payment to the government between April 2020 and March 202 More

At least two women were killed after being hit by an unknown vehicle near Gokarnapur bridge on Berhampur-Digapahandi road on Friday. Soon after the incident, irate locals staged a road blockade demanding compensation for the kin of the deceased.

The flood-like situation in Subarnarekha river further turned grim after the authorities of Galudiha barrage released 6100 cusec water from the reservoir More

Odisha demanded higher allocation under different schemes including Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), Rural Infrastructure Assistance to States (RIAS), Long Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF) More

The commuters get impressed with Pratap’s style and unique approach of controlling the traffic. They don't hesitate to stop by to appreciate and thank him. More

The warning shot here is cyber crimes related to sexual exploitation had clocked a massive 75 per cent surge in the pandemic year in Odisha. Odisha police could file chargesheets in only 1 in every 3 cases. More

A two-member NIA team reached Balasore to find out if any mastermind is involved behind the spy ring of which five contractual as well as permanent staff of Integrated Test Range (ITR) have been arrested so far. More

While flood fear looms large in Brahmani-Baitarani, Subarnarekha basins, the scenario is not rosy for Mahanadi, Rushikuliya and Bansadhara More

The gadgets have reportedly detected some strong signals emanating at a place in front of the deities’ chamber and the entry point. More