Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Thursday, 07 December 2023

In a shocking incident, a five-year-old boy was charred to death in a fire mishap at Badapada village in Kendrapara’s Pattamundai on Thursday.  More

A day after the Shankaracharya of the Puri Gobardhan Peeth, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati expressed his dissatisfaction for being sidelined by the temple admin and the government, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration chief, Ranjan Das on Thursday said nothing will be done without his consent.  More

The family members of Kalyani, a mother of two kids, alleged that her husband used to torture her physically and mentally. They have filed a complaint in this regard at the Town police station.  More

Debendra Sahoo, general secretary of Bus Owners Association lamented that the planning to operate MO buses and LAccMI buses on various inter-city routes will make it difficult for private bus operators to survive. More

BJP leader Dillip Mallick said that the state government is browbeating the health employees. The state is not going through any kind of emergencies like floods and cyclones and there is no justification to impose ESMA on the healthcare employees. More

The Odisha units of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ) and the Congress on Thursday came down heavily on the BJD over its MP Sasmit Patra's statements on tribals in the Parliament.  More

As per the Cabinet decision, commercial vehicle owners will get a complete waiver of their vehicle tax arrears and penalties if they choose to scrap and de-register their vehicles. However, the owners of less-aged vehicles who want to carry on their businesses can avail a concession on taxes. More

The project director of the District Urban Development Agency of Bhadrak on Thursday made a surprise visit to the Aahaar Centre at Chandbali to inspect the quality of food items served at the centre.  More

The state government is anti-Sanatani, said former Odisha unit president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sameer Mohanty on Thursday. More

Biswanath, a daily wager, fell in love with the 14-year-old girl at a fair in Dasapalla. After having a relationship with the minor girl, he brought her home on the promise of marriage and kept her at home for ten months before driving her out.  More

The Union Minister wrote a letter to the Chief Minister with a request to ensure that Odisha should not be deprived of the central scheme, which aims at providing strategic funding to 300-plus state universities and its affiliated colleges across the country.   More

The Congress will repeat its success of Telangana and become number one from number three in Odisha too, said OPCC chief, Sarat Pattanyak on Thursday.  More

An Indian Army jawan, who was attacked by a group of miscreants allegedly over previous enmity died while undergoing treatment. More

She alleged that former MLA Singh has links with the liquor manufacturing unit which has been raided by the I-T department. More

Addressing the public at Shiali Bali Yatra in Jagatsinghpur’s Ersama block, the former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader took a veiled attack on the BJD. Patnaik said he was ousted from the party because he dared to say the truth. More

Incessant rain which began on Tuesday night and continued till Thursday morning, caused a landslide at Bariput under Koraput’s Narayanpatna block on Wednesday night. More

Manabasa Gurubar is also related to cultivation. By worshipping a ‘mana’ filled with newly harvested paddy grains, farmers thank Goddess Laxmi for blessing them with a good harvest. More

Bhuyan has lodged a complaint in this connection at Phulbani Town Police Station. However, as per Bhuyan, no action has been taken against the accused even eight days after the incident. More

The accused has been identified as Samim Islam from Gudhia village under Murshidabad district in West Bengal. More

Speaking in the zero hour, the Congress MP from Koraput alleged non-cooperation and harassment by the papermill management. He alleged the company is not complying with all the relevant labour laws withholding the salaries and retirement benefits, insurance money and PF money of the employees. More

The tensile fabric structure will be covered from three sides and will look like a tunnel. It will be set up on 84 metres long and 12 metres breadth, said Prabhat Kumar Panigrahy More

Swinging into action, Titilagarh police intercepted the vehicle near Saintala and arrested the accused. The vehicle was seized and the driver was also detained. More

The massive I-T raids on multiple divisions of Boudh Distilleries Private Limited, a company manufacturing liquor, are underway for the second day on Thursday. More

In a letter to all the District Education Officers (DEO), the Director of Odisha Secondary Education has asked to submit a list of absentee students in the recently concluded class-10 half-yearly exams. More

A fire incident occurred in Bhubaneswar-Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express at Cuttack station on Thursday morning.  More

Speaking at a religious programme in Surat, Gujarat on Wednesday, the Puri seer expressed his anguish and lamented, "Nobody cares for my advice. The administration, Srimandir management committee, and the servitors all maintain a distance from me. More

Meanwhile, health experts in Odisha have advised caution against the spread of influenza in the State. However, they have suggested people not to press the panic button and take precautionary measures to keep the viral disease at bay. More

Two weeks after the Special Task Force of the Odisha Police Crime Branch seized two leopard skins in Nayagarh, yet another skin was seized by the Forest Department during a raid at a place on the Kalahandi-Nabarangpur border on Wednesday. More

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which reportedly applied a new strategy in the recent Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh, tasted resounding electoral success. Many party MPs, who were fielded as MLA nominees, came out with flying colours.  More

Under such circumstances, some servitors of Srimandir have put a question mark on the completion of the project in time. More