Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Saturday, 21 October 2023

Durga Puja celebrations gathered steam today with people dressed in colourful clothes thronging the pandals to get a glimpse of the Goddess. More

Gold and silver are likely to be costlier for customers during the ongoing festive season as the Israel-Hamas war has been raging. To add to the worry of customers, the prices of the yellow (per 10 gm) and white metals (per kg) have spiked by Rs 4,000 in the last two weeks. More

Under this new drive, the party will reportedly lay focus on each family across the state and instruct its ward-level workers to interact with families by highlighting the achievements of the Naveen Patnaik government.  More

Interested and eligible candidates can submit their applications via the official IOCL website, iocl.com.  More

Tension flared up on the premises of Kanpur CHC near Badamba Narasinghpur in Cuttack district on Friday midnight after some local people along with a patient allegedly attacked a doctor and some medical staff, apart from ransacking hospital property. More

Eight members of a family from Kharagpur in West Bengal had purchased a new Innova car with their bonus money. They had come to Dwarashunighat for the puja of their new car. More

Though five of his supporters were arrested earlier, Ashok was absconding after the incident. Ashok’s wife Baby Dora is currently the block chairman of Gudvela.   More

While gold medallists will be awarded Rs 5 lakh, silver medallists  will receive Rs 3 lakh and bronze medallists will be recognized with Rs 2 lakh for both individual and team events. More

It is performed for 21 days beginning from Bhaadraba Purnima. For these 21 days, the girls perform Bali Puja near the Tulasi plant at their homes, in which one betelnut and seven seashells are kept inside a little box and worshipped as Lord Shiva. More

Addressing a press conference, SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra said, “After we received the post-mortem report, we sent it to AIIMS Bhubaneswar for further analysis. As per the AIIMS, ASI Lugun died due to excited delirium More

Speaking to OTV, IMD scientist Umashankar Das said, “The low pressure area will move towards north-west and is likely to intensify into a depression over west-central Bay of Bengal on Sunday.” More

The matter came to the fore after she wrote a letter to the School and Mass Education department seeking justice. In her five-page letter, the female student alleged that she was subjected to ragging and mental torture by her roommates in the ladies hostel. More

Admitting the error, the OSSC in a statement said, “The commission has examined the objections/representations in consultation with academic experts and has come to the conclusion that a significant number of questions were from outside the syllabus published.” More

Known for his social involvement and people-friendly nature, Bahinipati joined the dandiya night on the occasion of Navratri and did not forget to amuse the spectators with his dance moves. More

The last date for submission of online applications in response to this advertisement is November 25, 2023.  More

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 owners' association said that it is eagerly waiting for the outcome of a high-level meeting to be held on October 26 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