Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Monday, 13 December 2021

Congress MP Saptagiri Ulaka raised concerns over alleged involvement of several ministers in criminal cases in the past and levelled allegations that Odisha government has shockingly turned a blind eye to all this. More

Members of the Orissa High Court Bar Association staged a peaceful dharna on Monday demanding the transfer of the incumbent Chief Justice of Orissa High Court S. Muralidhar, alleging that his conduct smacks of 'anti-lawyer'. More

An associate of senior BJD leader and State Planning Board Vice President, Sanjay Das Burma, who was missing since Saturday night was found dead from river Nuanai under Sadar Police limits in Puri on Monday. More

The year 2022 will see the PSBs going for advertising recruitment notice for nearly 6000 posts at the officer level and around 9000 -11000 posts at the clerical level. More

As many as 131 blocks of 12 districts in Odisha have been badly hit by cyclone Jawad which brushed the State coast on December 5 and 6, bringing record rainfall and unleashing floodgates of misery for people in the State.  More

As per RBI State of  State Finances, development spending in Odisha has been lower than Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. Edu and Health spending high in poll years More

With the Panchayat election in Odisha expected in February next year, the political environment in rural areas is getting charged up.  More

The shrine, one of the four Adi Shakti Pithas of the country, was closed for public entry along with other places of worship in mid-April, shortly after the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic struck. More

The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) on Monday issued a notification for the Odisha Judicial Service Examination 2021. More

Two persons, including a woman were arrested by the Kamakhyanagar Police on Monday for allegedly stealing a nine-month-old child from his parents in Jiridimali village under Kanapura Gram Panchayat in Dhenkanal district. More

The Orissa High Court has on Monday directed the State government to put on hold the 31st edition of the Odisha State Film Awards function which was scheduled to be held on December 14.

Hearing a petition filed by Bobby Islam, the High Court directed the government to put the event on hold and re-examine the winners announced in all the 27 categories.

The HC also directed the government to inform the Court and the petitioner about the entries selected for awards.

January 7 has been fixed for the next hearing on the petition.

CM Naveen first inaugurated 40 projects worth Rs 93.28 crore and laid the foundation stones for 95 projects worth Rs 1,474.88 crore in Cuttack. Later, he visited Begunia in Khordha district, where he inaugurated 126 projects More

Official sources said that the system is a next generation missile-based standoff torpedo delivery system. More

41 lakh people of the State are yet to receive their first dose of vaccine.  More

The online common application form will be available from December 15, 2021. The last date for providing fresh option in the common application form in the student login is December 19, 2021. More

The Commissionerate Police have recovered Rs 5 lakh cash, 20 mobile phones, 50 ATM cards, swapping machine, 4 laptops, Press identity card, rubber stamps and letter pad of Capital Hospital from Rajendra’s house. More

School and Mass Education Minister Samir Dash said some isolated cases of Covid infection are being reported from educational institutions in the State, tut it will not hamper the overall study atmosphere.   More

The protesting workers demanded minimum of Rs 21,000 monthly salary and Rs 10,500 monthly pay for Anganwadi helpers. More

Applications are invited from poor and meritorious students of Class 11 in government and non-government aided higher secondary schools affiliated to the Council of Higher Education (CHSE). More

Interested candidate will have to report at the interview venue with duly filled application form, updated curriculum Vitae (CV) and all original certificates of educational qualifications, experiences certificates, passport size photo (two copies) and a set of photocopies. More

Rajesh Yadav of Udit Nagar area died after being hit by a four-wheeler on Thursday. His body was kept in the mortuary of RGH for post-mortem. However, the parts of the face of the deceased were found eaten up by a dog.  More

A medical team from Kaptipada visited the educational institution and collected samples of students, teachers and other staff.  More

A Central team is scheduled to visit Jajpur district on Monday for an assessment of the damages caused by the cyclonic storm. More

The completely filled in application forms along with other document should reach the office of the Chief District Medical Officer, Cuttack on or before December 27, 2021 till 5 PM through Speed Post/ Regd. Post.  More

A joint team of excise officials and Baliguda police destroyed Illegal hemp cultivation over 145 acres of land in Gumapadar and Situpaju area under Mahasing panchayat in Kandhamal district on Monday.

The value of the destroyed cannabis trees is assumed to be Rs 15 crore.
 

Law and Panchayati Raj Minister Pratap Jena attended Sarat Ustav at Erakana of Mahanga on Sunday evening when the incident took place.  More

As the initial poor attendance just started improving and the schools are limping back to normalcy, another variant in the form of Omicron emerged. More

The projects are spread over various sectors including roads, bridges, drainage, education, health, livelihood, irrigation, energy, women and child development. More

After preliminary discussions with the Odisha Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), the six-member Central team led by Joint Secretary (CEPI) in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Saurav Ray, today took stock of the situation in Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Puri and Cuttack. More

At a time when the issue pertaining to missing keys of Ratna Bhandara continues to haunt the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), it seems to have attracted a fresh trouble over huge pendency of utilisation certificates (UCs).  More

A two-day-long district executive meeting cum training session (Prashikshan Sibir) of the saffron party was held in Kendrapara to discuss various issues and lay out strategies for the upcoming civic polls. More