Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Saturday, 02 December 2023

The assets declared by the BJD in 2020-21 were valued at Rs 194.50 crore while the value of assets declared by the party in the year 2021-22 was at Rs 474.420 crore – a sharp jump of 143.92 percent. More

For non-vegetarians, particularly for those who have a special liking for dried fish, this fair has been a place of attraction.  More

The opposition BJP and Congress, apart from regular reviews of their organizational matters, have started brainstorming on major issues on which they can attack the ruling party and the dispensation. More

A boy aged about 14 died and another boy of the same age went missing while taking a bath in the Koel River near Pradhanpali in Sundargarh’s Rourkela on Saturday.  More

The ECoR in the press statement said that this has been done to ensure the safety of passengers.  More

The prestigious annual Odisha Citizens Award 2023, instituted by the Odisha Television Network, were conferred on nine distinguished personalities in recognition of their contribution to society in their respective fields. More

 Ahead of the 2024 elections, the grand old party, which has been out of power in Odisha for the last 24 years, received a shot in its arm with the joining of Pangi but simultaneously received a setback after its veteran leader Gyana Beura crossed over to BJP. More

The Keonjhar road accident that occurred on Friday, the first day of the zero fatality week, seems to have acted as a wake-up call for the authorities concerned.  More

Sushant Satpathy started his career as a constable in 1999 and was later promoted to IIC even though he had several allegations against him between 2012 and 2020, including nexus with bootleggers and deals to set free some accused, while serving in Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, and Rayagada districts.   More

Miscreants struck Panijharia Government Primary School of Mahulia Panchayat under Chandbali Police limits in Bhadrak district on Friday night and decamped with money, stationery items, and some important documents.  More

Such bizarre treatment by the teacher has aggravated the problem of the student at Asarala Upper Primary School in Bolagarh block of Khurdha district   More

Those who think Naveen Patnaik finally has chosen his successor are, therefore, not off the mark. That explains why Pandian’s formal entry to the Party has created the present buzz, and why there is so much of discussion everywhere. More

Addressing a press conference, the BJP said, “The labour minister had told the Assembly on November 23 that no one from Bhadrak district has gone out of the state as migrant worker. Then who is Tapan Mandal from Bhadrak, rescued from the Uttarkashi tunnel. Did he not go out of the state to work?” More

The deep depression is likely to intensify further and turn into a cyclone in the next 24 hours.  More

While the probe agencies are trying to ascertain the source of the contraband, they are also trying to establish Odisha link to it, if there is any. It would be a matter of great concern if the drug consignment was scheduled to be unloaded at Paradip and sold in Odisha. More

As per reports, a PIL was filed in the Orissa High court alleging illegal sand mining and transportation from Kathajodi riverbed. The petitioner alleged that the administration had turned a blind eye to the interests of the people of Cuttack. More

The car carrying three persons was en route to Bhubaneswar from Cuttack when it rammed the stationary truck near Pahala. As a result, while two persons died on the spot, another one sustained critical injuries. More

As per reports, more than a thousand people live in these five villages. Although there is a road link to Konark and Kakatpur for the movement of the people, it takes forty kilometres on the Kakatpur road to reach their block. More

Denizens have expressed their resentment over the work of the Pollution Control Board.  More

The situation is so dire that it is nearly impossible to talk on mobile phones once you enter the Bali Yatra ground, let alone the internet. Due to lack of adequate mobile towers, mobile phones do not work when so many people gather at the fair ground. More

Andhra officials had opened a post office in a Biju pucca house at Uparasembi village and tried to include that village in their state. More

Gabbar Chai, though a tandoori tea stall just like many other stalls selling tea in several parts of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, has a unique smoky aroma and a variety of flavours that is attracting the tea connoisseurs who visit Bali Yatra. More

The Odisha government has made arrangements for a special vehicle in which they will be taken to their respective villages. The tunnel collapse survivors arrived at Bhubaneswar airport yesterday. More

The system is likely to move west-northeastwards and intensify into a deep depression on Saturday. More

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