Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Wednesday, 29 November 2023

Though the PCCF did not specify the name of the forest where the animal was found, it was tipped to be spotted in a forest in the central part of Odisha.  More

Union Minister of State for Textiles, Darshana Jardosh pointed an accusing finger at the state government for a lack of cooperation for a mega park. More

The Director of the Directorate of Higher Secondary Education issued a letter on November 2 to all principals of the government, non-government, and aided secondary schools to make necessary arrangements for the installation of smart TVs or interactive panels in their schools. More

The laser scanning on 12 points on the northern and upper part of the Ratna Bhandar was done on Wednesday. A report will be prepared which will be submitted to the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and the Orissa High Court.   More

Suranjan Kumar Das of Bramheswar Bag area hardly leaves his house unattended. On November 20, he went out for two hours for urgent work. In the meantime, looters had burgled his house. More

Bibhu Prasad Mohapatra of Jagannath Road area engaged a woman domestic help in his house for a monthly salary of Rs 4000. As construction of Mohapatra’s house is underway, he has been keeping cash in his house to make payments to labourers More

Regional Director of the RBI, Bhubaneswar said people should not believe rumours about the ineffectiveness of some coins and there is a need for more sensitization in this regard. People can even deposit their coins in banks. And no bank can refuse to accept coins from their customers . More

Speaking to reporters, BJP’s Bhubaneswar District president Babu Singh said, “Who gave permission to the Mayor and BMC Commissioner to create a garbage hill right in the heart of Bhubaneswar City? This garbage hill has turned out to be a bane for Bhubaneswar residents.” More

A quarrel broke out between two brothers as one of the siblings accused the other of killing their mother. More

An engineering student was crushed under truck wheels in Bhubaneswar this morning. More

According to reports, Satpathy has acted in many Odia films and TV serials. However, it is unclear whether he just had an interest in acting or he invested his black money in movies. More

The body of a married woman was recovered from her in-laws' house with her family members alleging that she was murdered for dowry. More

Narrating his ordeal, Nayak said, “We survived the initial 10 days on puffed rice and dry fruits. Later, the authorities sent dal, rice and chapati through a 6-inch pipe.” More

A village-themed pavilion installed on the fairground has turned out to be a major draw for visitors. More

The book was selected unanimously on the basis of the recommendation made by the Jury comprising three members and eminent writers-- Bibhuti Pattnaik, Gobinda Chandra Chand and Dash Benhur in accordance with the rules and procedure laid down for the purpose. More

Light came back to the families of the workers who were stuck in the collapsed tunnel for 400 hours since the night of Diwali as they celebrated the news of their rescue with dance, music and fire crackers. More

The Directorate of Secondary Education of Odisha has ordered verification and stickering of free bicycles provided to Class 9 students in the state. More

the system is likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a Depression over southeast Bay of Bengal around 30th November, 2023. Thereafter, it is likely to move northwestwards and intensify further into a Cyclonic Storm over Southwest & adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal during subsequent 48 hours. More

The Odisha Mushroom Growers' Federation has urged the state government to accord agriculture status to mushroom products. More

The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) has asked all the college principals to submit status report on installation of CCTV cameras in their respective examination centres by December 15. More

After receiving the news of her son’s rescue, Dhiren’s mother, who had been crying and not taking food for the last 17 days, was on cloud nine and distributed sweets to villagers. More

Apart from Ama Bank, the conch symbol has allegedly been used in Ama Odisha Nabin Odisha and the schemes meant for colleges. However, the opposition attack on this count cut no ice with the government.    More

A meeting of the Industry Department was attended by Sanlisha, Odisha Film Development Corporation (OFDC) chairman Kuna Tripathy, producer Sabyasachi Mohapatra, actress Mahaswata Ray, actor Buddhaditya Mohanty and producer Tapas Sargharia.  More

The IIC was detained near Jeypore on Monday night while he was returning home in Cuttack in a private bus. At that time, cash worth Rs 2.70 lakh was seized from his possession. During subsequent searches at three locations, the remaining amount was recovered. More

Buoyed up by the encouraging results of the zero fatality week observed in April this year, the State Commerce and Transport Department has taken the decision to observe the week again in December. More