Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Friday, 20 October 2023

On July 11, 1996, Biswajit Nayak, Dillip B. Ray, and Sarada Rath were brutally hacked to death by four persons in Baramunda over past enmity. More

The woman and her two kids – one aged 4 and the other 2 – had come to Bolangir for some work. They were waiting at Bolangir station to board a local train. More

The bus services will be resumed immediately, the association informed. More

With the Commissionerate Police having stepped up security and vigilance to maintain law and order during the ongoing Durga Puja, a robbery plan was thwarted by police in the Balipatana area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on Thursday night.  More

As Padmapur village under Basudevpur block has been tense since Thursday night after the clash, police personnel have been deployed at the village. More

As many as seven para-athletes from Odisha who will be participating in the Hangzhou Asian Para Games. More

Earlier, the concerned Zone 2 ACP had said, “We urge people to ensure that their houses are properly locked. People should also inform their neighbours as well. People also should make a call to the local police station if they are likely to stay outside for a long period during the festive season,” said the ACP. More

BJD MLA Debi Mishra later made a U-turn and squarely denied having made such a remark at the meeting in his constituency and his statement is being twisted. More

As per the IMD, the system is likely to intensify further into a depression over the west-central Bay of Bengal around October 22. More

The next lunar eclipse will be visible from India on 7 September 2025 and the same will be a total lunar eclipse. More

The company had promised to provide litigation-free plots/land at Chandaka to the investors and also to pay high returns on the invested amount through its different schemes and money back policies like ‘Jeevan’ and ‘Jeevan (Gems)’. More

Addressing a press conference, BJP leader Manoj Mohapatra while showing a photograph featuring MP Misra and TMC MP Mahua Moitra said, “We want to know what is the reason behind the intimacy between Pinaki Misra and Mahua Moitra.” More

A stalemate situation has cropped up with the Odisha government seeming to be not budging from its stand while the private bus owners’ association is insisting on assurance from the state government, but this time a written one. More

Bairagi featured in a new Odia music video which has already been released on YouTube attracting many views and likes on the video-sharing site. More

Since Durga Puja has already set in, people, basically the job holders, are falling on themselves to go to their native villages. With the private buses remaining off the road, they are having a harrowing time. More

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced a 4 percent DA hike for the government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) pensioners. More

As per IMD, the system is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm during next 24 hours. More

In its latest advisory, the FSSAI has asked the Food Business Operators (FBOs) to incorporate provisions that facilitate easy access to nutritional information for visually impaired individuals. More

As far as the symptom of the disease is concerned, the infected persons are reportedly developing fever and suffering from diarrhoea. The locals alleged the doctor at the hospital prescribed medicine for fever only and failed to diagnose the real disease. More

The deceased student has been identified as Ghanashyam Karuan from Narla in Kalahandi. He was a Plus 3 final year commerce student of the varsity. It is suspected that Karuan ended his life after failing to do well in the exams. More

As per IMD, the system is likely to further intensify into depression over westcentral Bay of Bengal around October 23, 2023. More

The chairman of Evos Buildcon Pvt Limited is Kalinga Keshari Rath, who is said to be in the good books of several leaders, including a BJD leader. More

A preparatory meeting chaired by Cuttack collector, Bhabani Shankar Chayani, for the biggest trade fair in the state was held on Thursday. It was attended by Senior officials of the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC), RDC (Central), Cuttack DCP and CDA Chairman. More

It wouldn’t be advisable to open the Ratna Bhandar at the present time or in the coming months. If it is done before the 2024 Rath Yatra, it may affect the rituals, said Puri Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb. More

Nearly 14,000 private buses went off road in the state as part of the agitation called by the private bus owners' association. The association launched its indefinite strike in protest against the location-accessible multimodal initiative (LAccMI) of the State government. More

A Special POCSO court in Odisha's Balasore district on Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a girl. More

Police came to know that four of the house-keeping staff who had been working for five years in the hospital had stolen the instruments and sold them to a scrap dealer living in Unit-III area, More

In the complaint filed by the victim’s mother, it was stated that she and her 4-year-old daughter were asleep in their house. Someone managed to break into the house at night and kidnapped the girl. More

While the government is giving a boost to Electronic Vehicles (EVs) by providing subsidies, the exception in the case of SHGs has raised several eyebrows. More

Amid Puja celebrations, bus services will be severely paralysed across Odisha from 6 AM on Friday, portending a harrowing time for commuters and people waiting to travel back home for festivities with families.  More

Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Northern Range), Suresh Chandra Dalai, said that he had spoken to the Collector about the matter which would be thoroughly investigated.     More