Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Tuesday, 28 September 2021

The protest gained momentum after the Jharkhand School and Mass Education Department reportedly decided to withdraw recognition of Odia language as the second official language of the state, about 10 years after according the status.     More

The written test for the post of Livestock Inspector was conducted by Odisha Sub-ordinate Staff Selection Commission (OSSSC) on September 26, 2021 (Sunday) across the State.  More

BJP on Monday targeted the Odisha government alleging that there was no eco-impact survey conducted by the IIT Hyderabad which had been cited by the Kendrapara district administration to get a go-ahead for the Bharigada drinking water project in Kendrapara More

The golden triangle is no more the pole star for tourists. Odisha takes a backseat in fort tourism when it's a trending craze among the visitors - domestic and foreign   More

Odisha government will provide Rs 50,000 compensation to the kin of those who died due to Covid19. Besides, kin of those who died by suicide within 30 days of testing COVID positive are also entitled for compensation. More

The sister duo applied for anticipatory bail after the deceased’s family alleged that they are the prime accused in the case and intensified demand for their arrest.  More

The system is a mere 26 km away from the West Bengal coast, and around 167 km away from the coast of Balasore at the evening hours today. At the current pace, it is likely to make landfall in South 24 Parganas just a few hours from now More

The girl has been identified as a Plus 2 student of Bhadrak Women’s College More

Local residents have expressed their resentment over the apathy of the government towards the historical place More

The accused, identified as Rajiv Prabhas Gupta who hails from Mumbai, was arrested by a special team of Commissionerate Police from Kolkata. Gupta, who is an MBA graduate, used to cheat jewellery stores on the pretext of making online payments through Unified Payments Interface (UPI) digital payment gateway and showing fake transaction related screenshots. More

As per IMD, a low pressure area has formed over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal areas of West Bengal under the influence of the cyclonic circulation over northeast and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal. More

The accused identified as Himansu Sekhar Padhi was caught red-handed while accepting bribe from one Duryodhan Barik from Pandakital village for issuing a Point of Sale (PoS) machine for his fertiliser centre More

The BJP launched a direct attack on rival Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for trying to influence the forthcoming by-election to the adjoining Pipili Assembly constituency. The party has also raised serious questions over the role of the police in the incident. More

It is speculated that both the sculptures date back around the 8th century. The researchers have also informed that the idols are made from Khondalite stone and they strongly believe that it belongs to the era of Bhaumik Sashan in Solampur's Boudha Vihar.  More

Polling is scheduled to take place in a total of 348 booths with strict adherence of the Covid-19 guidelines. While 102 booths have been declared ‘highly sensitive’, as many as 73 among those have been identified as ‘sensitive zones’ More

Priority on selection of locations will be given to malls, parking lots, hotels, residential complexes, workplaces and highways. More

The victim has been identified as Gadu Majhi. He has been admitted in the nearby medical in a critical condition More

The Odisha Police on Monday seized foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs five lakh in Jagatsinghpur district and arrested four persons in this connection.

Personnel of Paradip Model Police Station apprehended the four while they were loading consignments of UK-made cigarettes in a Kolkata-bound bus at Jagannath Cology in the port town, a senior officer said.

The cigarettes were being smuggled to Kolkata, he said.

An investigation has been initiated to ascertain how the accused procured the foreign cigarettes, Pardip Model Police Station inspector-in-charge R K Mishra said.

(PTI)

A Pakistani terrorist was killed and another captured by the army on Tuesday along the Uri sector of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, according to defence sources.

The sources said the captured terrorist was part of a recent infiltration bid that was going on since September 18 and 19 in Uri.

"Four soldiers sustained bullet injuries during the exchange of fire between the army and the terrorists."

They added that the army was able to establish contact with infiltrators at three different locations during the last two days.

(IANS)

The district administration had relocated over 8, 300 people to different cyclone shelter homes and ensured food supply throughout the day. No life loss has been reported in the district due to the preemptive evacuation and relief operation by the district administration, NDRF, ODRAF and fire officials. More

On Monday, the wife of Mahendra Jagranga, Salmi suffered labour pain following which her family dialed the emergency 108 ambulance service for her immediate admission to a nearby hospital. However, the ambulance could not arrive at the village in the absence of any proper road connectivity to the region. More

Earlier on Monday, Koraput, Gajapati and several other southern districts of Odisha recorded very to very heavy rainfall under the influence of the cyclonic storm. In the last 24 hours, Pottangi in Koraput has experienced highest rainfall - 148.0mm followed by Mahendragarh with 89.4mm. More

The explosion was so powerful that the entire office building was reduced to rubble while almost all the office items, documents, electronics have been completely destroyed in the fire. More

The Odisha Crime Branch said on Monday that the mobile phone of one of the five accused in the sensational intel leak case from the DRDO in Chandipur has been hacked for eight months. More

As per Assocham report, 85 percent of people from Odisha incur out-of-pocket expenditure for NCD treatment in comparison to the national average of 81 percent More

Both the Bhubaneswar Club and the Cuttack Club have got new presidents with the declaration of results of elections to the clubs on Monday. More

Suresh Pujari, BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Bargarh, has demanded Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to handover the probe of Dalit youth Gobinda Kumbhar’s death in police custody to an independent agency for free and fair investigation. More

The accused have been identified as Dibyaranjan Behera and Kaushal Pradhan. Both the accused allegedly tortured and harassed the deceased who was into a relationship with a girl, identified as Chulbul (name changed). Police said Dibyaranjan happens to be the boyfriend of the girl’s elder sister. More