Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Monday, 14 November 2022

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Amazon plans to fire 10,000 workers as losses mount: Report

Amazon has now planned to fire thousands of employees and implement cost-cutting measures due to its recent lack of profitability according to the sources. More

Huge drama in Padampur bypoll politics: BJP holds up nomination, BJD names Barsha Bariha candidate

Barsha is the elder daughter of its sitting MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha, who passed away on October 3, necessitating the bypoll. Interestingly, Barsha is also the daughter-in-law of BJP leader Ramaranjan Baliarsingh. More

National Sports Awards 2022: Arjuna Award for Odisha hockey player Deep Grace Ekka

The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on November 30, 2022. More

HC bench protest: Get back to work or face license suspension, SC warns Odisha lawyers

The lawyers have been striking over the demand for a permanent bench of Orissa High Court in western Odisha at Sambalpur.  More

Odisha chit fund scam: SC appoints amicus curie, grants more time to CBI to submit report 

While the chit fund beneficiaries are still waiting desperately to get back their hard-earned money, the appointment of amicus curie has rekindled their hope.  More

Derogatory statement against Lord Jagannath: Servitors seek stringent action against rationalists

Earlier on Saturday, Chhatisa Nijog shot off a letter to Chief Minister urging him to take action against the so-called rationalists. More

Delhi murder: Odisha parallel saw wife’s body chopped into 300 pieces

According to Delhi police, Aftab Ameen Poonawalla and Shraddha were in a love relationship. However, Aftab strangled Shraddha to death after they had a fight on May 18 this year. More

Demand for district status gains momentum in poll-bound Padampur

“This time, we don’t need any sort of discussion. All we want the Chief Minister to make an announcement in this regard at the earliest”, the protestors said. More

Arrest of Archana Nag’s aide by ED exposed Odisha police-criminal nexus: Congress

Congress leader Narasingha Mishra said, “The ED arrested the person who was spared by the Odisha police for long. Khageswar Patra is a criminal working for BJD ministers and Odisha police was shielding him for obvious reasons.” More

Little 'mermaid' Jiya Rai swims 21-km in Chilika for a cause

Born on May 10, 2008 to Indian Navy officer Madan Rai and wife Rachna, Jiya was diagnosed with autism in 2010. However, when her parents discovered that she has a liking for swimming, there was no looking back for her. More

Minimum temp drops to 15 degrees at 14 places in Odisha; check top 5 coldest places

India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said G.Udaygiri in Kandhamal district recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 9.6 degrees yesterday. More

ASO result: Orissa High Court quashes petitions over irregularities in exam

Orissa High Court directed OPSC to publish the marks of all the candidates who appeared in the ASO examination after completion of the recruitment process. More

OSSTET 2022 online application begins, check syllabus and step-by-step instructions

Interested candidates can fill up forms online by visiting the official website: www.bseodisha.ac.in.  More

'Fake' Maoist encounter: Police picks up protesting villagers; ultras refute death

The villagers blocked the Highway alleging a fake encounter by police which took place at Ramagiri forest under Baipariguda police limits on November 10 that reportedly saw killing of two ultras and recovery of arms and ammunitions from the Maoist hideout. More

Boy who lost both hands to electrocution seeks Odisha govt's help for artificial limbs

Abhijit Nayak, a 10-year-old boy from Ghasapada village of Mohana in southern Gajapati district, lost his hands after accidentally touching 11kv electric wire in December 2019. More

Odisha RWSS engineer in vigilance net, raids underway in Bhubaneswar

Simultaneous raids were conducted in eight places linked to Panda including Bhubaneswar, Kendrapara and Udala. More

'Save us from corruption'- OSSC CGL aspirants demand removal of descriptive type in main exam

Aspirants feel that the main examination in the descriptive type format will lead to more corruption and demanded the conduct of CGL main examination in objective type (MCQ) and computer based test (CBT) to ensure transparency. More

Kalinga Literary Festival rescheduled to Feb 24-26

The Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) has been rescheduled and will now be held from February 24-26, 2023. Earlier, the festival was supposed to take place from December 16-20 in Bhubaneswar. More

Balasore: 9-year-old begs to raise funds for after-death rituals of father who died of cancer

The family of the deceased doesn’t have enough money to conduct the after-death rituals. Left with no other option, Umesh’s 9-year-old son Chandrakanta Jena is knocking on every door and begging for some alms so that he can conduct the after-death rituals of his father.  More

Padampur Bypoll: BJD’s brainstorming over candidate selection still continues 

The BJD is at crossroads over selecting the candidate for the Padmapur bypoll. While Tilotama, and Madhavi are in the race to get the ticket, the entry of Barsha and Kadambini has left the party in a confused state.   More

Vijay Hazare Trophy: Odisha register emphatic victory over Nagaland

Odisha registered an emphatic victory over Nagaland in a match of Vijay Hazare trophy cricket tournament. More

Lady blackmailer case: ED interrogates Archana Nag’s father

According to sources, a five-member team of the national investigating agency is questioning the honey trap queen's father at its office to elicit more information about her modus operandi. More

Security guards treat patients in Mayurbhanj hospital, video goes viral

As per reports, security guards are often providing treatments to patients in Nilagiri hospital due to the absence of doctors. More