Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Friday, 12 November 2021

Police sources said that elaborate security arrangements have been put in place for the scheduled visit of the Chief Minister. As many as 18 platoon of police force will be deployed and higher police officials have been given the responsibility to maintain law and order during the visit More

A latest study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) revealed that Cuttack reports the maximum instances of brain stroke cases among cities in India. More

The Odisha Higher Education Department on Friday issued guidelines for PG SPOT selection and Admission under SAMS. More

The CCTNS system was implemented by the Union Home Ministry to curtail the incidence of crime across the country. Under this system, the state police has to proactively upgrade its working system as per the latest technology under certain parameters. More

Healthcare, Pharma, IT, Logistics and FMCG will be throwing open more job opportunities. Bhubaneswar is nowhere in the map. While Bangalore and Delhi leads the table, Indore at 14th More

The body of the toddler Soumya Bhoi had been found in a canal in the village on Wednesday after he went missing for two days More

With the harvest season around the corner, the cunning middlemen in Sambalpur district have reportedly taken advantage of the unpreparedness of the State government and left no stone unturned to continue the irregularities in the Kharif paddy procurement process this year as well More

Under the impact of the Tamil Nadu deep depression, Odisha may record heavy rainfall on Nov 13 and 14. IMD model predicts extremely heavy rainfall in the State on Nov 18, but US model predicts only light rainfall More

A woman aspirant said that they (Government) had put up notification for 1304 posts where the reservation for ST candidates was higher than the general category. “We cleared all the tests required for the job with many difficulties and still we are jobless,” she alleged. More

As many as four persons have been arrested in this connection. Police seized two pistols (one 9 mm, another toy gun), two live rounds, Rs 1,00,000 cash, five mobile phones, two bikes, a sharp-edged weapon and other incriminating materials from their possession during the raid at a hideout More

The ‘hartal’ across the State from 6 am to 12 noon passed off peacefully. Normal life was partially affected even as shops and business establishments remained open and public transport continued to operate in most of the places across the State More

The Odisha vigilance department on Friday dug out over Rs One Crore more illicit money belonging to suspended Deputy Manager of Odisha Police Housing Welfare Corporation (OPHWC), Pratap Samal More

The appointment will be for a period of one year on a fixed pay (consolidated) of Rs 35,000 per month. More

“It has been brought to the notice that Govind Sahu, who was recently arrested in connection with lady teacher Mamita Meher murder case, sexually exploited minors in the school,” the Commission’s letter to Kalahandi SP read. More

As per IMD, the system is likely to move west-northwestwards and concentrate into a Depression over eastcentral and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal on November 15, 2021. More

A cashier at Tihidi block of Bhadrak district, Prabhakar, who has been arrested in two bribery cases, has also been given compulsory retirement from the State government, added the CMO release. More

A legislator from Andhra Pradesh has added fuel to the fire in the contentious border dispute between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh by making unilateral claims that the residents of villages in Kotia Gram Panchayat of Koraput want to be part of Andhra Pradesh.  More

The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha has asked authorities of all high schools in the State to take steps for correction of mistakes in the original pass certificates issued by the Board.  More

Senior EOW officials said the duo, posing as Assistant Section Officer and the other as a senior official of Home Department, had duped 38 job aspirants including the complainant Badal Kumar Raula More

Bijay Panigrahi, Director, Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday said that the government has targeted to administer first dose of Covid vaccine to all eligible beneficiaries among the target population by December this year. More

Based on the complaint, police have initiated a probe into the incident while the hospital authorities have also constituted a five-member medical team led by RGH Superintendent Jagadish Chandra Barik and started an enquiry. More

The selected candidates will be posted at various Medical College and Hospitals in Odisha under the Health and Family Welfare Department in the Academic level 12 of ORSP (MCT) Rules, 2019. More

As directed by the HC, the members of Congress held peaceful demonstrations at several parts of the State. However, normal life remained unaffected in the six-hour bandh as most of the shops and business establishments remained open in the State, including in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. More

The district administration of Cuttack has enforced strict prohibitory orders on entry of people into the famous Dhabaleswar Temple and its adjoining areas to prevent gathering of large crowd during the Panchaka, Anla Navami and Bada Osha festivals as per Covid protocols. More

Mamita Meher murder probe is all but fair said former Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra during an intellectual congregation organised by the BJP on Thursday. More

At least 40 villages in Malkangiri will be submerged and its residents displaced if the Pollavaram project sees the dawn of completion. Similarly, Gunupur and Kashinagar of Rayagada will be washed away if the Neradi project is given a go ahead. More

Demanding justice for the deceased lady teacher Mamita Meher, Odisha Congress has called for a 6-hour shutdown over her sensational murder case on November 12. More

The predicted intensified system that will hit south Andhra Pradesh may bring rains to as far as Bhubaneswar. The State's Capital is predicted to record rain on Nov 18, 19 and 20. More

The Odisha State Police Housing and Welfare Corporation (OPHWC) has suspended one of its senior officer and Deputy Manager, Pratap Samal who has been arrested by the State Vigilance over a DA case. More