Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Monday, 15 November 2021

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  • Ramakanta Biswas
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Odisha Panchayat Poll: Expenditure Limit Of Candidates, Polling Time Increased By SEC 

A candidate contesting for Zilla Parishad member post can now spend up to Rs 5 lakh while the expenditure ceiling for panchayat samiti member and sarpanch has been hiked to Rs 2 lakh.  More
  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 2 years ago
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Class VI, VII Reopening: Schools In Odisha To Conduct Baseline Assessment Of Students 

The Director of Teacher Education (TE) and SCERT has written to the State Project Director of Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) regarding the conduct of the baseline assessment.   More
  • Nitesh Kumar Sahoo
  • 2 years ago
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BMC Prohibits Congregation At Temple, Water Bodies On Kartik Purnima/Bada Osha

Public congregation won't be allowed at Bindusagar Lake, river ghats and other water bodies within the jurisdiction of BMC. More
  • Odishatv Bureau
  • 2 years ago
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Brown Sugar Worth Rs 30 Lakh Seized From Bhubaneswar Outskirts, Press ID Card Found On Buyer 

A press identity card was seized from the vehicle of the buyer who hails from Kedarpalli of Bhubaneswar.  More
  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 2 years ago
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Bhubaneswar Administers Over 26 lakh Covid-19 Vaccines 

As on November 14, a total of 26,48,813 vaccine doses have been administered to beneficiaries across all eligible age groups, stated the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a release on Monday. More
  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 2 years ago
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OSSC Computer Operator Cum Store Keeper Recruitment: 171 Selected For Skill Test, Check Details   

The roll numbers of the provisionally shortlisted candidates for appearing in the Computer Skill Test have been uploaded on the official website of the OSSC (ossc.gov.in). More
  • Vikash Sharma
  • 2 years ago
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OMC Recruitment 2021: Apply For General Manager Post, Check Details

As per the official notification, one post of General Manager (Contract & Procurement) will be filled up in the recruitment drive. More
  • Nitesh Kumar Sahoo
  • 2 years ago
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Odisha Forest Ranger Suspended For Secretly Burying Dead Tusker With Gunshot Wounds

As per the protocol, if a wild animal is found dead under suspicious conditions, the matter should first be reported to the higher authorities for facilitating further probe. But, the local staff failed to follow the procedure and buried the carcass secretly. More
  • Vikash Sharma
  • 2 years ago
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NISER Recruitment 2021: Apply For Software Engineer Post, Salary 50k

Candidates who have domain knowledge to support and manage the Office Automation system hosted at NISER are eligible to apply. More
  • Somatirtha Purohit
  • 2 years ago
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India Poised To Field Best Breaking Team For Paris Olympics 2024, Says AIDSF Gen Secy

The International Olympics Committee (IOC) executive board has also announced that skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing will also feature in the Paris edition after their debuts were postponed at the Tokyo Games in 2021. More
  • Vikash Sharma
  • 2 years ago
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Low Pressure To Become Well Marked In 48 Hours; Check IMD Forecast For Odisha

As per IMD, the system is likely to continue to move nearly westwards and reach westcentral and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal off south Andhra Pradesh- north Tamil Nadu coasts on November 18, 2021. More
  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 2 years ago
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Odisha Ministers Face Black Flag Protests, 5 BJP Workers Picked Up   

Health Minister Naba Kishore Das and Labour Minister Susanta Singh faced black flag protest near OMP square while they were returning to the circuit house after attending a programme of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. More
  • Nitesh Kumar Sahoo
  • 2 years ago
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Bargarh BJP MP Suresh Pujari's Presence At CM Naveen's Programme Sparks Debate

Suresh Pujari had lashed out at Patnaik and the Odisha Government after several workers of the saffron party were arrested while staging protests over the sensational murder case of Kalahandi lady teacher Mamita Meher. More
  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 2 years ago
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Wouldn’t Let Minister Dibya Shankar In Assembly During Winter Session, Says Congress 

Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra has been in the eye of storm for his alleged close proximity with Gobinda Sahu, the prime accused in the sensational Kalahandi lady teacher Mamita Meher murder case. More
  • Sharmili Mallick
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Northern Range DIG Has No Standing In Mamita Murder Case: Former Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra

Meanwhile, Mishra, during a briefing to media persons at Bhubaneswar, said he would like to raise his concerns over two aspects of the investigation into the murder case wherein the interference by the Northern range DIG was unwarranted. More
  • Vikash Sharma
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Job Or Jail: Junior Teacher Job Aspirants Try To Storm Odisha Assembly, Clash With Cops

A scuffle broke out between police personnel, deployed outside the Assembly premises, and the junior teacher aspirants when the latter tried to break the security cordon. More
  • Vikash Sharma
  • 2 years ago
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2000 Hirakud Dam Project Displaced Families To Get Homestead Land: CM Naveen

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik made the announcement on the occasion of distribution of BSKY smart health cards programme held virtually. More
  • Somatirtha Purohit
  • 2 years ago
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FIH Hockey Junior Women’s World Cup 2021: 2 From Odisha Make It To The Indian Squad

India, who are grouped in Pool C, will begin their campaign on December 6 against Russia. They will take on defending champions Argentina on December 7 in their second match in the round-robin league, followed by a clash against Japan on December 9. The knockout matches will take place between December 10 and December 16. More
  • Somatirtha Purohit
  • 2 years ago
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Similipal National Park Closed For Tourists For Indefinite Period

The authorities said that most trails in the park have become slushy under the impact of rainfall for last few days and thick blanket of fog engulfing the national park could become dangerous for the travelers or safari, so it has been decided to keep visitors away from the biosphere reserve.  More
  • Sharmili Mallick
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Camera Traps In Bhitarkanika To Keep Eye On Wildlife And Poachers

Apart from the home to a rich biodiversity of flora and fauna, the national park is abode to as many as 1,768 saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus), as per the census held in January this year. More
  • Suryakant Jena
  • 2 years ago
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Panchaka Brata Begins: Lords Deck Up At Srimandir In Laxmi Narayan Besha Behind Closed Doors

The five-day period of Panchaka Brata of the Kartik Month began from Monday. The festive occasion will culminate with the Kartik Purnima on November 19. More
  • Suryakant Jena
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5 Killed In Separate Road Mishaps In Odisha

As many as five people were killed in road accidents at separate places in Odisha on Sunday.

Two youths reportedly died on the spot while one other succumbed to serious injuries at the hospital after they rammed into a roadside tree with their speeding motorcycle near Bakingia in Gadisila valley area. All three of them were riding a bike in violation of the traffic regulations and travelling towards Raikia from G. Udaygiri when their vehicle reportedly lost control and hit a tree near the road.

In another incident, two youths riding a motorcycle had to lose their lives after suffering a mishap near Sukuda under Bhatli police limits in Bargarh district. The duo was returning after darshan at the nearby Kedarnath Shiva Temple when they reportedly hit an electric pole with their bike. Both of them reportedly died at the spot.

  • Nitesh Kumar Sahoo
  • 2 years ago
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Health Experts Sound Serious Warning Over Overuse Of Antibiotics In Odisha

The experts highlighted that people more often tend to purchase medicines from the stores without necessary and proper advice from doctors and take antibiotics even for simple allergies or infections. Parents even do not hesitate to give antibiotic drugs to their children with hopes of effective treatment.  More

  • Odishatv Bureau
  • 2 years ago
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Kharasrota Mega Drinking Water Project Lands In New Row 

The information given by the office of Kendrapara collector in response to an RTI application stated that land acquisition for the mega drinking water project on Kharasrota River has not been carried out yet. More

  • Sanjeev Kumar Patro
  • 2 years ago
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Sooryavanshi Grosses Rs 139 Cr: Akshaya Kumar, Hindi Cinema's New Age Manoj Kumar!

After fit-as-a-fiddle action hero and lover boy, 16 consecutive flops piled up on Akshaya's table. From 2016 onwards, he is the 'nationalistic' hero on the Bollywood silver screen More

  • Nitesh Kumar Sahoo
  • 2 years ago
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Odisha Schools To Welcome Back Class 6, 7 Students Tomorrow After 18 Months

Even though children below 18-year-old are yet to get vaccinated, students seem to be quite excited as this will put an end to 'study from home' and they will be attending the physical classes after nearly a year and half. More

  • Rashmi Ranjan
  • 2 years ago
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Odisha Professor Develops Smart Stick For Visually Impaired, Elderly People

Dr Debabala Swain, the head of Computer Science department at the university, has developed the stick and recently put it up for display during a research conclave held at Utkal University. More

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