Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Wednesday, 22 June 2022

The husband of Surapratappur Sarpanch, Bhajaman Samal and his supporters allegedly hurled bombs and fired shots at Jayaprakash Rout (51), Jitendra Rout (53), and Subhankar Priyadarshi Rout (22), injuring the trio seriously. More

The Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC), which operates all the hydropower units in the State, has its hands tied as the dearth of water in the reservoirs has rendered their turbines useless. More

Eight cancer survivors including Swagatika were given chance for the mountain trekking by a private hospital. More

The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) on Wednesday released the schedule for conduct of the written examination for special recruitment to the post of Assistant Agriculture Officer. More

A resident of tribal-dominated Uparbeda village under Kusumi Tehsil of Mayurbhanj district, Murmu passed her matriculation from the Unit II Girl’s High School in 1974. She studied there for three years (Class 8, 9 & 10) before joining Rama Devi Women’s college for her higher studies. More

In a tweet, Patnaik wrote, “Appeal all the members of Odisha Legislative Assembly, cutting across party lines, to extend unanimous support to elect the daughter of Odisha - Smt Draupadi Murmu to the country’s highest office More

"It’s a matter of pride for 104 crore Odisha people.  We should thank our honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Parliamentary Board of BJP for picking up Draupadi as the President candidate”, said BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi. More

Terming it as Purvodaya from Purva Bharat, Odisha BJP chief Sameer Mohanty said, this is another gift from PM Modi to the people of Odisha. More

As per the official release, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved 663 posts (security boys) including 221 posts for each battalion More

At present, a cyclonic circulation lies over East Jharkhand and adjoining north Odisha between 1.5 km and 5.8 km above mean sea level tilting southwards with height. More

Murmu has suffered multiple tragedies in her personal life. Her husband, Shyam Charan Murmu had passed away following a cardiac arrest. Later in 2009, one of her sons died under mysterious circumstances. More

The court observed that there is no relevance of hearing the petitions after the directive of the Supreme Court.  More

The post-mortem report of Odia television actress Rashmirekha Ojha, who was found dead in her rented house recently, indicates that she died by suicide. Her death was due to suicidal hanging, stated the autopsy report. More

Baijayant Panda has termed the nomination of Odisha tribal leader Draupadi Murmu as NDA candidate for the Presidential election as a fantastic choice. More

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Naveen took to Twitter to congratulate Murmu on her candidature. However, from his tweet it was crystal clear that Naveen had prior knowledge about Murmu’s selection. More

As per sources, a common friend of the two girls got a call from an unknown number on Tuesday night in which the caller claimed that the duo had gone to Bhubaneswar.  More

For 23-carat, the price of 10 grams of yellow metal is Rs 50,500 while the rate of 22-carat gold has reached 49,400. More

In Cuttack, customers are paying Rs 103.54 and Rs 95.10 per litre of petrol and diesel respectively. More

Draupadi Murmu visited Lord Jagannath, Hanuman and Shiv temples at Rairangpur and offered prayers today morning. She also swept the premises of Purnandeswar Shiv temple before offering prayers.  More

The armed squad took over the security of Murmu, 64, early Wednesday morning, a senior officer told PTI. More

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The Naveen’s team will try to bring as much investment as possible in the fields like petrochemicals, plastic, food processing, sea food processing, textiles and tourism.  More

The fraudster has been identified as Prabhat Kumar Nahak from Koraput district. More

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda announced Draupadi Murmu from Odisha as NDA's Presidential candidate for the upcoming elections. More

Sona asserts that as a woman she has to face a lot of restrictions and through this documentary she wants to give a response to all those diktats. More

On the heels of widespread protests by opposition political parties demanding a rollback of the Agnipath scheme, the Indian Metal And Ferro Alloys (IMFA) Limited has decided to give the young Agniveers a chance to work for them after completion of their tenure with defence forces. More