Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Friday, 01 December 2023

As many as 17 people lost their lives in separate road accidents on Friday when the state was observing the first day of the zero fatality week.  More

Meeting the rescued workers at his residence, Patnaik asked them about their health condition and also handed over cheques of Rs 2 lakh each as assistance. More

A man allegedly stabbed his two-year-old son and an elderly woman to death at Gujumapadar village under Maidalpur Police limits in Nabarangpur district on Friday. Irate over the incident, villagers allegedly thrashed the accused following which he also succumbed in the hospital.  More

The Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Commissionerate Police busted a bike-lifting racket and arrested two masterminds of the gang.  More

The Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Commissionerate Police busted a sex racket operating from a massage parlour under Kharvelnagar Police limits in Bhubaneswar on Friday.  More

If everything goes the way as planned, devotees will no longer have to wait in the sun and rain outside the Lion’s Gate for entry into Puri Srimandir.  More

The Law Department of the Odisha government has written a letter to the Home Department, seeking necessary action to rectify the spelling of the State from Orissa to Odisha in the Judiciary.  More

Odisha Congress on Friday started its ‘Tulasi Yatra’ demanding the opening of the four gates of Puri Srimandir. More

Yellow and orange warnings have been issued for some districts for December 4 and 5 by the IMD. More

Four out of five Odia labourers who were rescued from Uttarkashi Tunnel reached Bhubaneswar on Friday and were accorded a grand welcome. More

As the historic ‘Bali Yatra’ entered its fifth day in Cuttack, a similar fair on the banks of Kuakhai River on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar is also drawing huge crowds. More

A woman and a labourer died on Friday after a mud wall collapsed on them in Kuchinda village of Sambalpur district.  More

As per reports, around 90 women of Maa Mahalakshmi Mahila Mission Shakti in Cuttack are preparing and selling the traditional pancakes (Pitha) of Odia households. From Kakra to Arisa, Manda, Chakuli; more than 142 types of these cakes are being enjoyed by the visitors. More

As per reports, people are forced to move to borewells in their respective areas after the PHD water supply dried down. However, with only a handful of handpumps in the Silk City has made their lives miserable. More

The Odisha government has merged the second campus of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo (MSCB) University in Keonjhar with Dharanidhar University. More

The system is currently at about 790 km East South-East of Puducherry and 800 km South-East of Chennai. It is likely to intensify further into a deep depression and later into a cyclonic storm on December 3. More

As per reports, the ship arrived at Paradip from Indonesia’s Gresik port and was scheduled to depart for Denmark carrying steel plates from Odisha. More

In Odisha, a total of 60,886 HIV positive patients have been detected in the state since 1988. Of these, 47390 patients have been registered under anti-retrovirus therapy (ART). More

He has been working towards helping HIV+ mothers during their delivery so that their children do not inherit HIV+. He is also associated with a lot of NGOs that work for the welfare of HIV+-affected children and mothers.  More

The van with 20 persons on board was on its way to Maa Tarini shrine in Ghatagaon from Digapahandi in Ganjam when the mishap occurred. More

Marriage registration officer Gopbandhu Parida that no date was given for further hearing and an order on the issue will be released later.  More

A decision regarding launching a free coaching facility for students was taken in a review meeting held under the chairmanship of Higher Education Department secretary, Aravind Agrawal on November 20.  More

Two minor boys allegedly drowned in a canal at Baliamba village under Handapa police limits of Angul district on Thursday.  More

People of Dhankauda block in Sambalpur were well familiar with Kanti Kumbhar, former chairman of the block. Kanti, now having fallen on bad days, is trying to forget her old days. More

A day after Union Minister of State for Textiles, Darshana Jardosh accused the Odisha government of non-cooperation for a mega textile park, Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs and Jal Shakti, Bishweswar Tudu brought similar allegations against the state government More