Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Friday, 28 July 2023

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State Transport Authority issues direction to penalise buses not allowing women to board as first passengers

"The owner or conductor of a stage carriage cannot deny any women as first passenger to enter into buses. Any deviation shall amount to violation of permit conditions and punishable under Section 192A of M.V. Act, 1988,” read the letter.  More
  • Pradeep Pattanayak
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Tension erupts during press meet of Utkal Cine Chamber of Commerce 

As the press meet started, producer Sanjay Nayak along with his supporters opposed it, leading to a chaotic situation.  More
  • Pradeep Pattanayak
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OSSC question paper leak: Balasore SP seeks departmental action against 3 accused 

For action against the mastermind, who has been identified as Vishal Kumar Chaurasia, working in the Accountant General’s office in Patna, the SP has written a letter to the Bihar Accountant General for departmental proceedings.  More
  • Rajendra Prasad Mohapatra
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Gym enthusiasts in Odisha beware of side effects of protein supplements

In the long term, it may be detrimental to one’s body resulting in cardiac arrest, kidney failure and brain stroke. More
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Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi questions massive land purchases by non-Odia with 'high & mighty-support' 

"After getting the complaints, I visited Chandaka area to see where the lands have been purchased," said MP Sarangi. More
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BJP, Congress corner BJD on demand for women’s reservation bill 

Acting on the direction of the BJD supremo, Naveen Patnaik, MP Sasmit Patra intensified the demand for 50 percent reservation for women in both Parliament and state assemblies through a special mention in the Rajya Sabha More
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Gopal Das killed Naba Das as he feared threat to own life: Polygraph report 

During the polygraph test, accused Gopal Das revealed many important facts pertaining to the sensational murder of the health minister. He revealed that if he had not killed Naba Das, then the latter would have eliminated him. More
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Missing minor boy found dead; irate villagers set police van on fire in Odisha’s Angul

When a team from the Kiakata Police Station reached the spot they had to face the ire of the villagers. The angry villagers vented their ire at the police van by setting it on fire.  More
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Stalemate over Banakalagi ritual at Puri Srimandir continues as sub-committee meeting bears no fruit 

It was expected that something positive with respect to the ritual would come out of the Niti sub-committee’s meeting today. But the meeting ended without any consensus.  More
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Odisha BJP demands CBI probe into OSSC question paper leak

Speaking to the reporters, Odisha BJP Chief Manmohan Samal said, “I demand the Odisha government to hand over the probe to the CBI. If the State government has moral courage and wants to come clean then the government should hand over the probe to the CBI.” More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
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Odisha Police IIC accused of subjecting youth to ‘third-degree’ torture

As per reports, Akash was summoned to the police station after his wife filed a complaint against Akash over a domestic dispute. More
  • Rashmi Ranjan
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Liquor mafia attack excise dept officials during raid in Athagrah, 4 vehicles ransacked

Before they could understand anything, the assailants attacked the officials with sharp weapons leaving them critically injured. More
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Miscreants loot cash from donation box of Puri Srimandir

The matter came to light after the Jagannath Temple Police (JTP) personnel recovered an empty donation box from the backside of Nrusingha temple. The JTP has handed over the donation box to Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA). More
  • Rashmi Ranjan
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Mayurbhanj villagers plant paddy saplings on slushy road protesting govt apathy

The protesting villagers alleged that the road connecting Pandu Chhak and Ghuntibila has now turned into a slushy track making it difficult to commute daily on the route. More
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World Nature Conservation Day: Blackbuck population triples in Ganjam as locals turn saviour

Thanks to the awareness about the conservation of nature and massive protection drive by local people and Forest Department officials, the blackbuck population has increased threefold in Odisha’s Ganjam district over the last 12 years. More
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Odia actress accuses Ollywood producer of making intimate videos viral, lodges police complaint

The actress has lodged a police complaint at Laxmisagar police station in this connection following which a case has been registered. More
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Breach in canal embankment in Puri, farmlands inundated

As per reports, the villagers of Gadachandanpur are marooned after the water from the canal entered their village. More
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Woman in Odisha ‘sells’ two-and-a-half-year-old son for Rs 10k over domestic dispute

The incident came to the fore after the father of the child, Akhaya Putel, approached the Titilagarh Police Station to lodge a complaint. However, the police allegedly did not accept his complaint. More
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Elderly man missing after suspected crocodile attack in Kendrapara

The elderly man, identified as Amulya Das, had gone to the river to attend nature’s call. In the meantime, he was attacked and dragged into the river by a crocodile, locals said, adding that the elderly man’s slippers were recovered from the riverbed. More
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Smart city's 'unsmart roads' with full of craters, potholes turn commute into nightmare in Bhubaneswar 

However, all their hopes were dashed as the residents continue their struggle with the streets full of craters, potholes and puddles.  With the onset of monsoon, the condition of the roads has worsened further and emerged as a nightmare for the daily commuters. More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 10 months ago
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Dharmendra Pradhan meets Gadkari to discuss ongoing, proposed NH projects in Odisha

As per reports, the two leaders discussed environmental clearance, tender process and the alignment of the projects. More
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OSSC Amin prelim exam: Important notice issued on availability of admit card, check details

The Preliminary Examination for recruitment to the post of Amin -2022 under the H&UD Department is scheduled to be held on August 6, 2023. More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
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Police conduct flag march in Bhadrak ahead of Muharram

As per reports, the flag march, which was conducted jointly by Bhadrak Police and the personnel from OSAF begun from Goshala square in Bhadrak and moved through Puruna Bazar, Santhia, Mochi Chhak, Kacheri Chhak and reached Goshala Chhak. More
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Impasse over Banakalagi ritual of deities at Puri Srimandir continues 

Even on Thursday, the Banakalagi ritual of Lord Jagannath and his siblings at Srimandir in Puri could not be conducted, leaving the devotees dejected.  More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 10 months ago
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OSSC question papers leaked from printing press: Balasore SP

As per reports, the Balasore Police arrested eight more persons including the mastermind behind the leak of the question paper of the Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) JE (Civil) Main Written Examination. All the accused have been arrested from Bihar. More
  • Pradeep Pattanayak
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Tug of war ensues between BJP and BJD over PM Kissan Samman Nidhi Yojana beneficiaries 

When the Prime Minister Kissan Samman Nidhi Yojana was launched for the first time, 9,73,860 farmers of the state received the financial benefit. In the subsequent phases, the number of beneficiaries kept changing. More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
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BJD’s renewed focus on Lok Sabha seats, an attempt to gain more bargaining power at centre!

Sources said, apart from acquiring more bargaining power at the Centre, by winning more LS seats, the BJD is trying to eliminate the headache that some of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs particularly Bhubaneswar MP, Aparajita Sarangi have been giving it. More
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