Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Saturday, 09 October 2021

Basing on a joint value of jury marks and public votes, the OCA-2021 nominees were selected from nine different fields, and were presented the honours today. More

When Australian Weather Model predicts a depression hitting Odisha on Oct 15, the NCEP-GFS forecast a cyclone on Oct 17-18 and Bhubaneswar will record accumulated 137mm rainfall in 3hrs More

The entire medical fraternity paid homage to the brave soldiers whose lives were unfairly cut short amid the pandemic and also pledged to support their bereaved families through their loss. More

In the health sector, Patnaik laid the foundation stones for 5 projects which are estimated to cost over Rs 130.29 crore. The CM inaugurated multiple projects in the district and also laid the foundation stone for a 300-bedded hospital.  More

While the late actor's father had advised VK not to plunge into the badland of Bollywood, he once said, every day, I returned home with lots of anger and very agitated. Very discontented with my producers, directors and colleagues More

Rs 10 lakh was recovered from the car of the Bidhan Chandra Sahu, Superintendent Engineer of Baitarini Irrigation Division in Keonjhar district by the anti-graft agency. Sahu was intercepted while he was on his way to his residence in Cuttack. More

The tragedy was that though the couple waited indefinitely for the post-mortem, neither did the medical staff nor the policeman bothered to get the autopsy done even after 28 hours More

DFO Sangram Keshari Behera and Manmath Kumbha- the cook attached to the deceased officer’s quarters- the Crime Branch had filed a 300-page charge sheet against Bidya Bharati in the SDJM Court in Paralakhemundi on Friday. More

It is alleged that even though the target to complete the construction of the Jira bridge was November 2, 2020, it is yet to be completed More

The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) on Friday announced the final results of the main written examination of the Odisha Civil Services (OCS)-2019. More

Taking a cue from the developments elsewhere in the country, the Commissionerate police have now decided to mount surveillance for any such rave parties in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. More

The recruitment tests for selection of as many as 6720 posts of Trained Graduate Teacher (Arts), Trained Graduate Teacher Science (PCM), Trained Graduate Teacher Science (CBZ) and Telugu Teacher will be held from October 25 to 28, 2021. More

The accused is being questioned in this connection and details would be obtained only after the Police completed the investigation. More

Bidya Bharati has been charged for negligence as she did not make adequate efforts to save her husband (Soumya) who she founded engulfed in fire More

Bringing serious allegations against the Odisha government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said that the draft list of reservation which was published on Friday has several faults because it has been prepared in haste. More

The UCCI also requested the state government to communicate to the Ministry of Coal to give necessary direction to MCL and CIL to step up the supply of coal to local industries in the state so that stock out of coal is obviated and safe level of coal stock is maintained in critical units to prevent any eventualities in operations. More

The Health and Family Welfare department informed that the state during the last 24 hours has reported four fresh deaths which pushed Odisha's COVID-19 fatalities to 8,242. The latest COVID deaths have been reported from Nabarangpur (2), Jagatsinghpur (1) and Bolangir (1). More

While talking to reporters on the sidelines of a presser on Saturday, Priyadarshi said that adequate measures will be taken to ensure that the night curfew restrictions are strictly followed for a period of 10 days till October 20, 2021. More

In yet another instance of social injustice by a kangaroo court, three siblings were brutally thrashed and slapped with a fine of Rs 1 lakh as a punishment for allegedly practising sorcery at Hudisahi under Berhampur police limits in Balasore district. More

Locals spotted the body of a girl floating in a pond at Atri village in Baghamari area of Khordha district. In another incident, a businessman was reportedly found dead near Sunabeda police station in Koraput district More

A low-pressure area is very likely to form over the Andaman sea during the next 48 hours, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Bhubaneswar Centre here on Saturday. More

The fencers are V Ramesh Rao, Rakhal Kumar Sethi and Pujaswani Nayak. While Rao and Sethi are experienced campaigners, Pujaswani has been included in the camp as the first woman fencer from the State More

Locals staged a road blockade at Poda Bastia square on the Baripada-Udala road in Mayurbhanj district over death of a man due to alleged medical negligence bringing the vehicular movement to a grinding halt More

Jagdev, who had allegedly attacked a BJP leader last month, was shifted to the hospital for treatment of his heart ailment More

Online applications will be invited from the prospective candidates through OPSC website www.opsc.gov.in from October 26, 2021. The last date for submission of registered online application is December 3, 2021. More

While Moharana, who is the most experienced amongst the team that set off from Bharatpur base camp in Himachal Pradesh, successfully reached the Summit, Ajit Padhi and Avilipsa scaled 5800 metres and 5300 metres respectively More

It is not that people didn't opt for online shopping before the COVID situation, but the dependence of people over different e-commerce portals has grown massively amid COVID fear. Meanwhile, online shopping brands are throwing exciting offers amid the festivity to allure the 'new age' shoppers. The shoppers are also leaning towards the online shopping way with attractive discount coupons and more. More

"In 2014's brutal quadruple murder case that took place in Nayagarh's Shastri Nagar in Chandpur area, the convicted had robbed a house and killed four members of a family." More

The draft lists of reservations for the upcoming three-tier panchayat elections in Odisha was published by the Panchayati Raj Department on Friday More

The Lanjiberna mining expansion proposal of the erstwhile Odisha Cements Limited (OCL) of Sundargarh district hit another roadblock when tribal villagers took out a huge protest rally on Friday More

Aryan Khan's counsel took a jibe at prosecution's Whatsapp chats. He said both talking on a football match. ASG said how come they are discussing 'bulk quantity' in football game More