Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Sunday, 26 September 2021

Trade and bank unions along with several non-NDA parties including the Congress have backed the strike called by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), the umbrella body of over 40 farm unions, from 6 AM to 4 PM on Monday. More

Major political parties intensified their campaigns at various places in the Pipili Assembly constituency in favour of their respective candidates as the deadline for campaigning will end tomorrow evening for the ensuing bypoll which is scheduled on September 30.

Leaders of BJP, BJD and Congress have been convincing voters to vote for them. Former Union Minister and BJP senior leader Pratap Sarangi visited the constituency today and joined in the campaigning for their party candidate Ashrit Pattanayak.

BJD candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy was also found convincing the people about various welfare schemes of the State government at various places like Chainpur, Govindpur and Hatasahi.

Congress candidate Bishwokesan Harichandan also left no stone unturned in the campaign as he along with his supporters tried their best to convince the voters to vote for the grand old party. Senior party leader Sura Routray also joined with Harichandan in their door-to-door campaign at Beraboi and Munida.

Notably, the by-election to the Pipili assembly constituency was necessitated following the death of sitting MLA Pradeep Maharathy in October last year. Altogether 10 candidates are in the fray for the September 30 by-election for which the counting of votes will take place on October 3.

Initially, the by-election was scheduled to be held on April 17. However, the by-poll was postponed following the death of Congress candidate Ajit Mangaraj due to Covid-19, just three days ahead of the polls on April 14, 2021.
 

The Sub-Collector of Keonjhar presented the cheque to the widow of Das at his village Raikala in the district in the presence of other officials More

The atmospheric pressure of the Bay of Bengal will rise to 1008 Mb in the next 72 hours preventing the formation of any fresh low pressure area for the next 120 hours. But monsoon is now strong over the Andaman sea. Ready to host a LOPAR during Durga Puja More

The danger for Odisha is not yet over. Heavy rain to thetune of 50mm/hr awaits Ganjam, Koraput, Rayagada and Malakangiri. No more impact on Bhubaneswar, Cuttack More

The cyclone will make landfall between Tekali and Moriguda in Andhrapradesh which is 25 km away from Kalingapatnam More

According to ICMR, 93 per cent of health workers have also developed antibody against the virus. Similarly, 70 per cent of children have also developed antibody. More

Police rushed to the spot after receiving the information. ODRAF and fire service personnel too reached the spot after receiving information and launched a search operation to trace Das. More

As per the official notification, as many as 40,611 students have been selected in the second round merit selection. Earlier, it was decided that these students will take admission between September 24-28 and final data of students will be uploaded between September 24-29. More

Odisha seems to be reaping the morphological dividend of Cyclone Gulab. The structure of the system carries a southern bias More

Sahu, a 65-year-old, has planted over 3,000 medicinal plants over only 1.5 acre of land behind his house. More

The ECoR said that all necessary precautions have been taken in view of the forecast of heavy rain with cyclonic wind. More

The cyclone will make landfall between Kalingapatanam in Andhra Pradesh and Gopalpur in Odisha. More

SRC PK Jena today said that already 5,000 people have been evacuated and the Chief Minister has directed to complete the evacuation process by 4:30 pm today. More

Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) PK Jena said that the CM has directed Collectors of 11 districts to keep schools and other educational institutions closed tomorrow in view of the cyclone. More

As per the latest weather bulletin, cyclonic storm Gulab is about 180 km East-Southeast of Gopalpur and 240 km East-northeast of Kalingapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. More

The examination is being conducted by the Odisha Sub-ordinate Staff Selection Commission (OSSSC) for the post of Livestock Inspectors (LI) under Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department. More

The cyclonic storm is likely to cause some damage in different parts of Odisha due to strong winds and heavy rainfall. More

Odisha Special Relief Commissioner PK Jena tweeted, “The cyclonic storm is likely to move nearly westwards and cross north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coasts between Kalingapatnam and Gopalpur around mid-night of September 26.” More

As per the Regional Meteorological Centre Bhubaneswar, the cyclonic storm ‘Gulab’ over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal moved nearly westwards with a speed of 7kmph in the last six hours. More

The advisory issued for the period from 8.30 am September 26 to 8.30 am September 27 has highlighted warnings, possible impacts apart from suggesting actions in view of the storm. More

In view of cyclonic storm 'Gulab' which is forecast to make landfall somewhere on north Andhra Pradesh - south Odisha coasts between Kalingapatnam & Gopalpur, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has canceled several trains apart from diverting and rescheduling some others.   More

Sitaram Murmu’s body was recovered near Kakhadi in Athagarh area, 24 hours after the ODRAF boat capsized during an operation launched to rescue a stranded elephant at Mundali barrage. More

The forecast shows a deep depression skirting north Odisha, but crossing the West Bengal coasts on Sept 29 to reach Jharkhand. Around October 24, model forecasts predict the formation of some weather disturbances in  the northeast Andaman seas More

The country's premier weather forecasting agency has issued an Orange Message in its latest cyclone warning for north Andhra Pradesh and adjoining south Odisha coasts. More