Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Tuesday, 26 October 2021

The OSCPCR issued a notice to Kalahandi SP on Tuesday seeking action-taken report within seven days after taking suo-motu cognizance of the well-being of students at the Sunshine English Medium School and Higher Secondary School at Mahaling in Kalahandi More

As per NCB briefing, 2.4 grams of Ganja was seized from Manish, while Avin confessed to having consumed ganja twice on board the cruise liner during the rave party. Both were intercepted after the ship was docked at the Mumbai port for the second time on October 4. Both Avin and Manish had joined the party as guests.  More

Even as the omission and commission of Bolangir Police in the Mamita murder case have received widespread flak from all quarters, the power-wielding status of main accused Gobinda Sahu was to fore today. More

The body of a girl student was found hanging under mysterious circumstances at the hostel of Yuvodaya College at Loisingha in Bolangir district on Tuesday. The deceased was a Plus 2 second-year student. While it is suspected that the girl has committed suicide, Loisingha police launched an investigation into the case. 

The Odisha Secretariat Service Association (OSSA) had written to State Chief Secretary requesting to entrust OPSC with the conduct the recruitment for the post of ASOs. More

The girl’s body was recovered from a pond with tied legs and hands, on October 23. During the preliminary investigation, it was discovered that she was raped and killed before her body was dumped into the pond. More

As many as 10 important recruitment tests are lined up between November 2 and November 30. However, the schedule of the examination is subject to change, said the secretary of the Commission in a notice.    More

The Headmaster of Ashram School in Boring village under Mayurbhanj’s Thakurmunda Police limits was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly harassing sexually a cook-cum-attendant at the school. More

All seems not well in the 'home' affairs of ruling BJD. When the Party is grappling with sleaze and murder charges, and all-around opprobrium had started hitting the 20-year old BJD government, senior BJD lawmaker and editor Soumya Ranjan Patnaik today vent out his angst in an editorial piece in his vernacular daily. More

Sameer Mohanty, the President of State BJP, on Tuesday said that there are hundreds of Gobinda Sahus roaming on the streets. The time is ripe to crush them before they could do any harm to another Mamita. More

Paramita Satpathy has been honoured with the State’s foremost literary award for her novel 'Abhipreta Kala'. More

Addressing a presser in Delhi, Patra termed the brutal murder of the lady principal Mamita Mehera as ‘unfortunate’ and castigated the initial reluctance of police in registering an FIR (in connection with Mamita’s missing). More

A decision on whether devotees would be allowed entry to the island shrine during the festive period will also be announced only after the declaration of the new Covid protocols. More

The Hockey India and International Hockey Federation (FIH) have jointly decided to hold the marquee quadrennial tournament under closed doors More

There are 34 police districts in the State and one child-friendly police station will come up in each police district. More

A Low Pressure area is likely to form over central parts of South Bay of Bengal in the next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. More

All Odisha Private Bus Owners' Association said the operators in the State are already in neck-deep losses due to high fuel prices and other commodities. Unless any support is forthcoming from the government, it will be hard on their part to continue the services. More

Though demonstrations were staged in places like Cuttack and Bhawanipatna, police had a tough time when the Party's youth brigade marched towards Naveen Niwas in a rally to gherao (lay seize ) the CM's residence More

Earlier, the SAT had nullified the appointment of the officials, who were given appointments in 2010 on the basis of an Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) advertisement published way back in 2006. More

Suchandra Meher, father of Mamita, also demanded immediate arrest and capital punishment for all those involved in the 'brutal murder' of his daughter. More

The Commissionerate Police on Tuesday put all the three accused arrested in connection with the alleged murder case of Manish Anurag Das to lie detection test. More

The villagers are deprived of all the government benefits as they need to produce their Aadhaar card in order to avail of the various subsidies or programmes of the government. More

The defunct irrigation points have failed to serve their purpose, leaving farmers to suffer from water scarcity issues. More

The BJP also demanded immediate release of Rs 50 lakh compensation to the family of Mamita. More

Some 5T feedback forms filed up by farmers have suggested that they are facing extreme troubles even before availing agricultural loans. Farmers have also alleged that the officials demanded more money while sanctioning agricultural loans and purchasing of fertilisers, and seeds. More

State Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das formally inaugurated a state-of-the-art liver transplant unit at the premier healthcare institute on Monday. More

Odisha bagged three National Awards under the regional film category this year. Filmmaker Nilamadhab Panda was honoured with the National Award for his movie 'Kalira Atita', while director Sabyasachi Mohapatra bagged the award for 'Sala Budhar Badla'. More

Protesting the incident, hundreds of JMM workers today used placards with slogans against BJD during their agitation and placed them near Biju Patnaik's statue. Even though the police were present at the spot, it has been alleged that it did not stop the protesters.  More

PMEGP, NULM, NRLM and SHG NPA per cent too high. Rise in NPA due to lack of Market Linkage has hit the Start-up sector. More