Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Tuesday, 02 August 2022

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India beat Maldives, book spot in SAFF U20 C'ship final with Bangladesh

India, who finished on 9 points will take on Bangladesh U20 in the final which is slated on August 5 More

Opposition up in arms over CAG report on plantation irregularities in Odisha, BJD downplays

While Santosh Singh Saluja from Congress alleged that this is a massive corruption and this was made possible only because of a lack of coordination between the DFO and the PD-DRDA. More

Sans bridge over Rushikulya, it's either risk your life or stay at home for these Odisha students

No less than five large villages and several other small villages under the Nuagada Panchayat cross the river at Keshara to avail health, education and administrative services endangering their lives More

Dumped German Shepherd rescued

Acting on a tip-off, People for Animal members rushed to the spot and provided treatment to the animal.  More

SAFF competition: Scuffle erupts between Nepal and Bangladesh players

Later, situation became tensed when players from both the teams went on to assault each other. The match got disrupted for the reason. More

IPS/OPS reshuffle: Several police officers promoted in Odisha, new SPs at these districts

Odisha government effected a minor reshuffle in the IPS, OPS cadres. Similarly, several officers in the rank of additional superintendent of police on Tuesday were promoted to the rank of superintendent of police (super time scale) in Odisha. More

Odisha releases rankings of polytechnic colleges; equal numbers of pvt, govt institutes in top 10

The top 10 colleges in the rankings were equally shared by private and government colleges while a Bhubaneswar-based private college topped the ranking chart. More

IMD issues yellow warning for heavy rainfall in these Odisha districts

Several parts of Odisha experienced light to moderate rainfall on Tuesday. Though the rain provided much needed relief from heat conditions, there won’t be much change in the maximum (day temperature) over next couple of days. More

Over 70000 contractual data entry operators in Odisha stare at uncertainty 

The State government is reportedly preparing to file a writ petition against an order passed by the High Court to regularise the service of DEOs who have been working for many years. More

Casting couch case: Court acquits actor Papu Pom Pom 

A special POCSO court on Tuesday acquitted Ollywood actor and comedian in connection with the sensational casting couch allegations leveled by a minor girl.  More

Gold price soars, silver plummets; check rates of precious metals in Odisha

Similarly, the rate of 20, 18 and 14-carat gold remained at Rs 45,300, Rs 41,100 and Rs 32,500, respectively. Pure Ginni (gold coin) are being traded at Rs 41,300 on Monday. More

CMC mulls to complete road repair works by Ganesh Puja

According to sources, a decision in this regard was taken during a meeting between CMC and Cuttack Mahanagar Nigam Shanti Committee held on Monday.  More

Bhubaneswar college student alleges rape by teacher, Govt orders thorough probe

The Internal Complaints Committee constituted at the college level immediately took up the matter and conducted a preliminary enquiry.  More

Diarrhoea claims 17 lives in Odisha: Minister

According to the minister, the first outbreak of diarrhoea was in Kashipur block of Rayagada district on July 13, and till now, 159 persons of 11 villages spread over 5 panchayats in the block were infected with the disease, of which 10 died. More

East Coast Railway cancels and reschedules several trains; details here

As per notification, it is being done for commissioning of Double line work between Maneswar-Hatibari-Jujomura Railway Section in the Angul-Sambalpur route and modernisation work in Lakholi-Titilagarh-Theruvali Railway Section. More

Odisha Speaker forms committee over MLAs salary hike demands

The salary of Odisha MLAs is far less compared to many other states. Odisha MLAs’ monthly remuneration is 19th among Indian states.  More

CAG unearths massive irregularities in Odisha Forest department's plantation activities

The audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (Performance and Compliance Audit) for the year ended March 2020, Government of Odisha revealed massive irregularities in “Assessment of Plantation Activities” covering the period from 2013-14 to 2017-18. More

Sambalpuri Day 2022: Satyanarayan Bohidar & his contributions to Koshali language

‘Sambalpuri Din’ or Sambalpuri Day marks the birth anniversary of Guru Satyanarayan Bohidar whose age defining contributions to the promotion of the language through his books literally provided the Koshali language the identity it has today. More

Odisha registers 4 drowning deaths each day

At least four people on average lose their lives due to drowning each day in Odisha. More