Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Sunday, 23 January 2022

As 107 municipalities and notified area councils (NACs), besides Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Berhampur municipal corporations are likely to go for polls by the end of April or beginning of May, the State government is working overtime complete the necessary exercises, like Ward delimitations.  More

Among others, lack of road communication and mobile network services have been in the wish list of the residents of the villages under Paraposhi, Jharagogua, Jharamunda, Gandam and Dimirikuda Panchayats in Tileibani block.  More

Revenue Minister of Odisha, Sudam Marndi on Sunday lashed out at Union Tribal Affairs Minister of State Bisheswar Tudu for allegedly thrashing two State government officials on Friday. More

Warning that threat level is high, INSACOG's latest bulletin said BA.2 lineage takes a substantial fraction in India. So, S-gene dropout based screening is thus likely to give high false negatives More

However in India, the 5G bands run between 3300MHz and 3670MHz with a gap of 530MH and this is the frequency used by the airlines, TRAI added. More

According to the Home Ministry, a "large number of minority Bru (Reang) families migrated to North Tripura in 1997-1998 due to ethnic violence in the western part of Mizoram in October 1997. Approximately 30,000 (5,000 families) Bru migrants were given shelter in six relief camps set-up in Kanchanpur district of North Tripura". More

Except for Bihar, there is a 40-50 percent probability of recording above normal temperature in all other states during the period of February to April 2022 More

Sutar, who hails from Fakirpur village in Keonjhar district and is presently working as a director in a multi-national company in Singapore, paid tributes to Netaji by singing the Indian national song- Vande Mataram - at Saigon in Vietnam. More

Some local people reached Khantapada police and enquired about the detention of the woman, a scuffle erupted between them and personnel of Haryana police More

Namita Sagaria's nomination was rejected after her caste certificate was found out to be invalid.  More

According to sources, the fifth accused, one Manas Ranjan Panda had supplied the ultrasonography machine to the Alfa Healthcare Clinic which was running without registration for the last six months at Kathagola Sahi and determining pre-natal sex. More

For last many days, the number of Covid-19 cases detected per day in the State is on the downslope, despite more than 70,000 tests per day More

From the CCTV footage, it has been ascertained that two miscreants fled the spot in a two-wheeler after committing the crime. Following the incident, a complaint in connection with the loot has been registered at Laxmisagar police station. More

The company somehow convinced the duo to send the money via PhonePay to help process their job applications early. More

As per reports, the incident occurred when a group of villagers had come to the police station to resolve a dispute. The dispute was over the assault of an Adivasi woman by the local Madhupura panchayat sarpanch’s family members over the death of a swan. More

Sushant Rout, who is a Plus 3 Commerce student, took nearly six months to develop the stylish vehicle by using the engine of an old bike and scrap materials More

In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, six educationists, including the former Principal of Choudwar College, Tusharkant Pattnaik, have sought the former's intervention in rehabilitating ‘Coco’ with its pet parents in Cuttack. More

A series of programmes were organised at Netaji’s birthplace museum in Cuttack amidst strict observance of the Covid-19 protocols. More

Of the total 8520 Covid-19 cases reported in the past 24 hours, highest 2262 new cases have been reported from Khordha district, followed by Sundargarh (932), Cuttack (789), Balasore (346), Kalahandi (226) and Nayagarh (216). More

The visibility dropped to less than 50 to 100 mts at several parts of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. It is for the second time in the past three to four days that the dense fog cover was witnessed in the Twin City. More

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced a revised list of venues for India's upcoming series against the West Indies. More

In many remotest pockets, while parents are struggling hard to keep the wolf away from the door, buying their children smart phones for online classes is an unfathomable reality.  More

In 2018, a year after BJD's big loss in 2017 Panchayat polls, the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) had done a survey in Odisha. As per survey, schemes (Yojanas) for Water, Jobs and Roads (Paani, Kaam And Sadak) the vote winner More

Electoral politics has been like a game of Snakes and Ladders across the globe with political figures witnessing many ups and downs in their career. More

After examining witnesses and appreciating evidence, the special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court convicted the couple. More