Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Friday, 11 August 2023

The Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras will be set up at 50 stations under a pilot project, including one in Odisha (Khordha Road). More

The pay scale of the posts is Rs 56,100 in level 12, cell 1 of the pay matrix as per the ORSP Rules 2017 with usual dearness and other allowances. More

So, is the new scheme launched to empower the youth by providing necessary skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling opportunities or it is just a means to capture the youth vote bank? More

The slain Odia jawan's mother is also reportedly not keeping well and she is now undergoing treatment at Bhubaneswar. Sushant’s sister is looking after his mother. More

It is through the mid-brain activation technique that children from class II to Plus II are now able to do wonderful things like reading books without looking at pages. Not only this, but the children can also read text messages by opening their mobile lock blindfolded. More

After the encounter, both the injured jawans were airlifted to Ranchi for better treatment. At the hospital one was declared dead, said Chaibasa Police. More

On August 5, an irate mob set the police station on fire during a protest alleging the involvement of policemen in the smuggling of ganja. More

Light to moderate rain or thundershower is very likely to occur at a few places over the districts of Odisha on the occasion of Independence Day on August 15. More

The Cabinet gave its nod to Nutana Unnata Abhilasha (NUA) Odisha scheme with an outlay of Rs 385 crore to skill 1,00,000 youths every year in the state during the next three years.  More

Expressing its concern, the NGT has directed for immediate suspension of any kind of construction work in the lake, a protected Ramsar site.   More

The development happened following the arrest of a Hindi teacher identified as Minamayee Panda who was working at Randa high school in the district for the last ten years by allegedly submitting fake B.Ed (Bachelor of Education) certificate. More

As the news of the woman's death spread, family members and villagers came to the hospital and created a ruckus, alleging medical negligence as the cause of death.  More

She also said that she chose to refrain from talking about the tragedy during the release of 'Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway' as it would have been seen as a promotional strategy. More

Mostly, the drones will be deployed in inaccessible locations like abandoned plots, narrow lanes, drains, slums and household surroundings. More

Udasingh village is inhabited by families belonging to 16 tribal communities. There is a tube well in the village which is no longer dispensing water. The villagers said it is lying defunct.  More

During the usual night patrolling in Barang area on Thursday, the Cuttack excise department cops saw an SUV coming towards them suspiciously. They tried to wave down the van. Seeing the cops, the miscreants fled from the spot.  More

Even though six days have passed since Subhalaxmi’s body was found in a hotel room in Bhubaneswar, the suspense over her death is yet to end. More

As per the doctors, such a huge tumour is rarely found inside a man’s body and it’s a rare surgery. More

With monsoon playing hide and seek in Odisha, the condition for farming has gone from bad to worse. From Koraput to Ganjam, Kharif crops are on the verge of going to waste, thanks to inadequate irrigation in the region. More

While some villagers garlanded him, some others raised slogans like Bharat Mata Ki Jai. Nandakishore, who left as a labourer, returned to Khalipathara village under Bolangir’s Belapada block as a soldier, thanks to the Agniveer scheme. More

The scheme will be implemented from the next academic year 2024-25. The state government will provide free textbooks to students of classes 1 to 8. More

The outfit’s Convenor, Priyadarshi Patnaik alleged that the Odisha government provided the weight of the ornaments to the High Court in Kilograms (kg), whereas the ornaments were weighed in Tolas (Bhari) during the last inventory, held in 1978. More

Students and teachers have to wade through knee-deep dirty water and slushy road to reach the school, especially in the rainy season. More