Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Sunday, 17 July 2022

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Shocking! 5-year-old washed away in canal in Bhubaneswar

Reports said, the incident occurred while the boy was playing outside his house when all of a sudden he went missing.  More

GST after GST; Now, popular Odia foods to get costlier from Monday 

Some services such as work contracts for roads, bridges, railways, metro, effluent treatment plants and crematoriums too will see tax going up to 18% from the current 12%. More

Pramod Bhagat goes down fighting to Daniel Bethell, settles for silver

Pramod had to content with the runner-up finish and settled for a silver medal. He went down fighting in straight sets in the 50-minute clash. The final scorecard read 21-17 and 21-09 in Daniel's favour.  More

VP Election: BJD to support NDA's Jagdeep Dhankar, PM Modi holds talks with CM Naveen

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also held a discussion with Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik seeking his support to Dhankar. More

Family's lone breadwinner, 15 YO boy secures A1 grade in Odisha class 10 exams

While his exam score would hardly turn heads of many given the trend of this year's results, what separates this boy from others is the tough circumstances from under which he came out with flying colours in the first major test of his life. More

'No Mask, No Goods’ in Bhubaneswar 

Issuing a fresh advisory to all the grocery stores, the BMC has directed them to put the poster of ‘No Mask, No Goods’ outside the stores.  More

Utkal Hospital suspends CEO Alok Lodh

Under severe pressure, the hospital management put Lodh under suspension and clarified that the hospital authorities did not endorse his act.  More

Watch: 2 tourists stranded in Nagavali river in Odisha's Rayagada

The two tourists from Podapadi area under Kashipur block had visited the tourist site but were stuck in the middle of the river after the water-level swelled up due to incessant rainfall. More

Presidential election 2022: Odisha BJP leaders pray for NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu’s victory

BJP Bhubaneswar unit leaders led by State party President Samir Mohanty lightened lamps at Lingaraja temple and performed yagna at Bibhisaneswara temple for Murmu. More

Illegal loan App case: Look out circular against 3 Chinese Nationals

The look out circular has been issued against- Shen Zhenhua alias Tony, Quan Hongwei and Yang Haiying on the request of Economic Offences Wing, Bhubaneswar. More

Swiggy delivery boy found dead in Cuttack

A Swiggy delivery boy has died under mysterious circumstances in Cuttack. More

Puri admin gears up all arrangements for Bol Bom Yatra

Every year during the auspicious month, many Shiva devotees visit Lokanath temple in Puri, Dhabaleswar temple in Athagarh, Kapilash temple in Dhenkanal, Gupteswar temple in Koraput and Harishankar temple in Bolangir. More

NEET 2022 exam today; Over 12000 candidates to take test in 18 centres in Bhubaneswar

NEET is scheduled to held at 497 cities throughout the country and 14 cities outside India. The exam will begin from 2 PM and conclude at 5:20 PM today. More

Odisha reports 872 new Covid-19 cases, active cases reach 5696

With the detection of the new cases, the Covid-19 active cases tally has now reached 5696. More

Rain continues to batter Odisha; Check places that recorded over 200 mm of rainfall

Heavy and intense spells of rain continued to batter several places in Odisha on Sunday. More

Woman kills father-in-law with axe in Odisha’s Dhenkanal

A woman allegedly hacked her father-in-law to death over some suspected feud at Kuturia village under Parjang police limits in Dhenkanal district. More

Heavy rains trigger landslide in Gajapati, rescue teams at spot

Several houses have been damaged in a major landslide incident at Jangiditul village under Badakalakote panchayat of Gajapati district. More

Emerging swimmers eye National Junior Aquatic Championship glory, aim to cement place in Indian team

Some of them also want to cement their places in the Indian team on the back of their stellar shows at the championship. Twenty participants including 12 boys and eight girls from the host State Odisha are also trying their luck in the event. More

Monsoon, poor road-bridge connectivity expose state of affairs in Odisha

The scenes of a pregnant women being assisted by the personnel of Odisha Fire Services department to cross a swollen river with the help of a rope on a stretcher in Talapada panchayat in Keonjhar district speaks volumes about the problems faced by people and the available infrastructure in rural areas of Odisha. More

Petrol and diesel prices today: Check fuel rates in major towns of Odisha on July 17

The fuel rates in Odisha have also been steady.  More

Wasim Jaffer steps down as Odisha Ranji head coach

Jaffer resigned from the post due to a coaching assignment from Bangladesh Cricket Board for their U-19 team. More

Malkangiri battles rain fury as it faces worst deluge in over 3 decades

Locals attributed the flood like situation in Motu area to the reverse flow of water from Polavaram project. More

Sonepur accident: Lady cop Snigdharani suspended with immediate effect

During the period of her suspension, she will remain under the disciplinary control of Sundargarh SP, said the order issued by the State police headquarters.  More

Heavy rainfall may cause landslides in these Odisha districts, check IMD's latest forecast

Yesterday's Low Pressure Area over coastal Odisha & neighbourhood now lies over Northwest Bay of Bengal off north Odisha-West Bengal Coasts and the associated cyclonic circulation extends upto 7.6 km above mean sea level. More

‘No mask no fuel’ rule returns to Bhubaneswar as BMC tightens curbs to check Covid spike

The BMC has ordered the fuel refilling stations to not sell fuel to those customers who turn up without wearing a face mask/face cover appropriately. The fuel station owners are also directed to put proper signage in the appropriate place for information of all More

Odisha govt employee duped of 92K by cyber crooks on pretext of online AC repair service

The cyber crooks sent a link to Mohanty and asked him to register himself in order to avail the AC repair service. No sooner, he registered himself via the link, a total amount of Rs 92000 that was in his bank account vanished automatically. More