Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Monday, 27 March 2023

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Mahanadi water crisis deepens, all eyes on Tribunal's field visit in Odisha  

While the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal is all set to conduct a field visit in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, all eyes are now on the preparedness of Odisha government to furnish impactful fact and figures to help strengthen the case in its favour. More

Highway chain snatcher arrested in Bhubaneswar

Chadan, who is involved in seven chain snatching cases under three police stations in the capital city in the last three months, was arrested by the Khandagiri Police. More

18,268 individuals issued arm licence in Odisha

This was informed by the Minister of State (MoS) for Home, Tusharkanti Behera, in the Odisha Assembly on Monday. More

Odisha Apartment Bill tabled In Assembly

Besides, the promoter needs to transfer all unpaid amount collected from the allottees, security deposits, corpus fund, advance collected, if any, along with interest thereon, to the association of allottees within thirty days of issue of the occupancy certificate. More

Puri's oldest, last remaining cinema hall razed to ground

The cinema hall, which was located behind the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) office, was demolished as part of the ambitious Parikrama Project or the Srimandir Heritage Corridor Project. More

BJP comes up with action plan to topple govt in Odisha; BJD says it will have no impact

The state unit of the BJP has now drawn up a strategy and action plan to take on the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government in Odisha. More

Producer arrested for cheating Rs 75 L from lady assistant professor in Bhubaneswar

The accused was arrested based on the complaint filed by the victim at Khandagiri Police Station on March 25, 2023. More

Special drive to curb underage student driving in Odisha from Mar 28

Strict action will be taken against the violators and the registered owner of the vehicles that are found driven by underage students, sources informed. More

Covid 19 threat: Odisha stipulates minimum Covid beds at govt hospitals

In a letter to the director of Capital Hospital, RGH Hospital, CDMOs, and superintendents of all government medical colleges and hospitals, the Public Health department director directed to keep all healthcare facilities ready to manage Covid cases requiring hospitalization. More

India Post GDS job applicant's matric certificate found to be fake  

The aspirant, identified as Anita Jena of Lunia village in Bhadrak district reportedly submitted the fake Matriculation certificate.  More

Rising cases of youths, celebrities killing self in Odisha: Health expert cites reasons

Today’s youths are very vulnerable to stress and they are not capable in handling any kind of adverse change taking place in their lives, say experts. More

Western disturbance: IMD predicts fresh rainfall, thunderstorm in Odisha; yellow warning for several districts

IMD’s Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar has also predicted that several parts of Odisha will also experience thunderstorm with lightning activities till April 1, 2023. More

Plus 2 student dies, 2 missing while taking bath in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur; search operation underway 

While the identities of the deceased and missing students could not be ascertained immediately, it was learnt that they were from Bhubaneswar.  More

‘Fake certificates sold for price up to Rs 5 lakh; certificates of 41 universities seized’

Terming it just the tip of the iceberg, Bolangir SP Nitin Kusalkar said that around 1,000 to 5,000 fake certificates have been seized from a coaching centre named Reliance Education Institute. All the certificates looked almost similar to the original ones with properly printed holograms and logos. More

Odisha Assembly adjourned till 4 pm amid Congress ruckus over Rahul Gandhi's disqualification  

Finding it difficult to run the House because of the ruckus, Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukha adjourned the House till 4 pm.  More

19 postal job aspirants among 21 arrested in Bolangir fake certificate case

Many government employees have gone missing after the fake certificate racket was busted. It is believed they had all produced fake certificates from this coaching centre to land their jobs. More

Fear stalks Nuapada villagers as tiger kills calf 

The fear of tiger has been gripping the people of the villages near the sanctuary for a week now. But the forest department officials are allegedly not taking any measures to do away with the tiger fear.  More

Dawn-to-dusk bandh for district status to Ghumsar cripples normal life in Bhanjanagar

From the morning, the members of the Ghumsar Kriyanusthan Committee were seen picketing at strategic locations in the town.  More

2 dead, 5 critical as bus hits hyva truck in Odisha

The injured persons were immediately rescued and rushed to Rourkela government hospital. More

Odia album actress Ruchismita found dead in Bolangir, suicide suspected  

Ruchismita Guru acted in a number of albums. She was also known as a singer who performed at several stage shows.  More

CM Naveen conducts marathon visits to Ganajm; BJP terms visits as political

During his marathon visits, the CM addressed three meetings at Kabisuryanagar, Hinjlicut and Chatrapur in Ganjam district. On this occasion, he also distributed loans without interest and assistance to SHG women. More

Odisha girls not physically fit enough for police jobs! 

Hundreds of female aspirants took part in the written and physical tests for 51 female constable posts lying vacant in Sambalpur district. But only six of them could manage to scrape through. This means, only 11.76 percent of posts are fulfilled, and 45 posts still remain vacant.  More

We toppled Congress govt in 2000, this time it will be BJD: Odisha BJP chief  

“We may get either three months or six months or nine months. But we are always ready for the election. Neither will we sleep nor will we let anyone sleep. Naveen Babu we will not let you sleep,” said Samal. More

Your notice period has started: BJP National VP Baijayant Panda to BJD 

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Vice President Baijayant Panda launched a scathing attack against the conch party at the felicitation ceremony held at the State party office in Bhubaneswar where the newly appointed Odisha chief Manmohan Samal was welcomed and felicitated in a grand way.  More

Item dance row: Would boycott stage if Nisha Maharana performs, threaten Jatra artistes

It was rumoured that actress Nisha Maharana would perform an item dance in the show. At this, the artistes went off the handle and started opposing her. More