Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Thursday, 04 November 2021

Ahead of the Panchayat Elections in Odisha in a few months time, a new poser now lies before the government. A Bengaluru-based think-tank has ranked the State third from the bottom among the 18 larger states in the country in terms of the best governance. More

“We had minor tension among us but have idea why they would do like this,” said the deceased’s son. More

Hundreds of fraud teachers are playing with the future of the children by securing seats in schools in the State by submitting fake caste, residential, educational and all sorts of other certificates More

At least two people were killed while two others suffered critical burn injuries in firecracker explosion mishaps at separate places of Odisha on the occasion of Diwali. More

"On the auspicious ocassion of Deepavali, we all lit one more diya in the memory of Mamita. We hope the government to wake from slumber and take discernible action against all those involved in perpertraing the heinous crime of murdering the innocent teacher," said BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra. More

Odisha had some hiccups when they lost wickets in clusters during the last part of the chase. However, they managed to win the contest with a ball to spare and four wickets in hands More

Acting on a tip-off, the Mancheswar police conducted a raid at a hideout in the morning and nabbed the peddlers red-handed when they were about to strike a deal More

A huge cache of illegal firecrackers was seized in Cuttack on the ocassion of Diwali on Thursday. A team of Lalbag Police raided a building at Chaudi Sahi and confisctated firecrackers worth around Rs 5 lakh from the location. A youth named Rahul Bhagat has been arrested on charges for operating the cracker selling unit. After interrogation of the accused, police revealed that he had been stashing firecrackers at the unit after procuring them outside to sell them in Cuttack for Diwali festivities. The Orissa High Court has recently permitted the State governemnt to allow trade and use of only green crackers during Diwali. Prior to that Odisha government had banned the sale of firecrackers in view of Covid pandemic.

The AICC on Thursday approved a proposal made by the OPCC to constitute a seven-member Disciplinary Action Committee, effectively making former Odisha Minister and Sundargarh MLA Kishore Chandra Patel its Chairman More

The saffron party leader also urged the people of Gajapati to extend their wholehearted support to the bandh to make it successful across the district More

Moreover, the youth wing of the party has also questioned the stoic silence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over the case More

During questioning, the police came across several inconsistencies in his narration of how he landed up at the house and why he had dressed himself in a dress while wearing a helmet. This is in the backdrop of the initial suspicion that Rupesh had plans to rob the house, police said. More

Following the Centre's announcement to cut excise duty on petrol by Rs 5 and on diesel by Rs 10, retail prices of petrol and diesel fell between Rs 5-10 per litre on Thursday. The move was in view of containing surging rates. More

Though the State Government offers compensation of Rs 4 lakh for death in crocodile attack while Rs 1 lakh for people who sustained grievous injuries in the attack, locals have however alleged that the forest department is not giving any compensation if the attack happens inside the territories of the Bhitarkanika National Park. More

A joint team of Crime Branch Special Task Force (STF) and Forest Department have rescued an alive Pangolin under Ghens Forest Range in Bargarh. 

As per reports, the Crime Branch STF sleuths and forest officials, acting on a tip-off, launched a sudden raid at the place. The sleuths rescued an alive pangolin and have arrested a person in connection to the case. 

The arrestee will be presented before the Court today, informed sources. 

In a shocking incident, two youths went missing after the car they were travelling in fell into a canal in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on Wednesday midnight.

Sources informed, two vehicles of a company were on their way to Shivshakti Nagar. However, the driver of one of the vehicles reportedly lost control of the steering and fell into the Puri main canal near Atala under Balianta Police limits. 

A team of Fire officials rushed to the spot after receiving the reports about the incident. The rescue team launched a rescue operation and lifted up the car from the canal with the help of an earthmover machine. 

However, the two youths including the driver have not been traced yet.

However, there is no large change in minimum temperature(night temperature) during next 3 to 4 days and gradual slight fall thereafter over the districts of Odisha. More

The administration has taken such strict measures in the wake of containing pollution as well as restricting COVID transmission. Moreover, devotees are restricted from entering Srimandir today. More

“We have given our suggestions and names for Puri and Gajapati Maharaj has welcomed the decision. They will inform Odisha Revenue Department and legal process will be followed accordingly,” said Ashok Mohapatra, SJTA Member.  More

As per the notification issued by SRC, to make quick payment of such assistance, an online application platform — CAPS (Covid-19 Assistance Payment System) — has been developed by the IT Department. More

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced a 25 per cent hike in the remuneration of persons employed through outsourcing agencies and on contract basis in various departments of the state government. More

The bypoll outcome shows the trust and appreciation for PM Modi across the country, especially in the North East where people have overwhelmingly supported and given a landslide win to NDA, said the former Parliamentarian.  More

With the Court ordering for the sale of PESO approved firecrackers, the firecracker market in Odisha, usually dominated by local-made crackers, is at sea More