Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Tuesday, 19 December 2023

The 5T chairman attended two programmes. He was addressing a Yuva Odisha programme organised on the premises of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University. Students from almost all the colleges in the district were brought in buses to the meeting venue.   More

Upon reaching Puri today, Chirag Chinubhai Patel of Ahmedabad in Gujarat got the two ‘chitas’ weighing about 1.75 kilograms consecrated by the chief of the Chhattisa Nijog Janarddan Pattajoshi and senior Singhari servitor Madhusudan Singhari. More

Contrary to the state government’s claims, the sorry state of education in Odisha came to the fore after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan presented a report on the education sector in Parliament. As per the report, the dropout rate among class-X students is about 50 percent in Odisha.  More

It may sound strange but true. Two brothers living in Suganketa village under the Daringbadi block of Kandhamal district have become ‘lakhpatis’ by growing and selling leafy greens only. More

The first World Odia Language Conference is going to be held in Bhubaneswar in February 2024. A decision in this regard was taken at the Heritage Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday.  More

Shouting slogans against the CMC mayor, Subash Singh, the agitating party workers demanded an impartial investigation into the alleged irregularities in the projects like welcome gates, laser show, AC hangar, fireworks, and advertisements. More

Why the alleged ‘terror suspect’ chose the area for residence and how he could manage to ward off the police glare for so long are questions that have cropped up now.   More

In the run-up to the general elections, this meeting is widely viewed as significant as the party may discuss important factors to make its mission of winning 90 Assembly seats (Mission 90) in Odisha a success. More

Police rescued a man who was critically burnt on Badhi ground in Choudwar on December 1st night, and was admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack where he died the next day. More

The sleuths of the Odisha Vigilance Department on Tuesday arrested the Revenue Inspector (RI) and a peon of Lamtaput RI office under Macchkund tehsil in Koraput district for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 for land demarcation.  More

After seeing my daughter on a video call, we immediately rushed to get her. When my daughter saw me, she hugged me and she was very happy, said victim's father. More

With biting cold conditions gripping most parts of the state and mercury dropping below 10 degrees Celsius at several places, the demand for winter garments has suddenly picked up.  More

As of December 13, 2023, there are over 60,000 students registered on the SATHEE platform, informed Minister of State for Education, Dr. Subhas Sarkar in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Monday. More

Over a dozen of them started a marathon towards Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik's residence Naveen Niwas in Bhubaneswar after the two-month-long protest by locals demanding renovation of the stadium cut no ice with the district administration.  More

Earlier, it was said that Bukhari had married at least six to seven girls by identifying himself as an Army Doctor, an officer in PMO, and a close associate of some high-ranking NIA officials. It has been learnt that Bukhari had married one girl in Lucknow as part of Love Jihad. More

The construction work could not move and was stalled for some reason. Many days of sun and rain have now made the iron bars and angles of the structure rusty rendering them unusable. More

The Odisha Governor has also highlighted in his letter that the people have also expressed concern over lack of action by forest department to check/ prevent elephant menace which is resulting in severe damage to agricultural fields. More

FSSAI asked the officials conduct market surveillance drive to check the prevalence of such alleged malpractices (both in whole form and powdered form) and submit report by December 31, 2023. More

Speaking to OTV about the current diarrhoea situation in the steel city, Mohapatra said, “The situation in Rourkela is under control. In fact, there have been declining trends in diarrhoea cases in some areas. Different hospitals including the RGH and IGH are very active. More

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is likely to review the cholera outbreak in Rourkela situation with the senior officials today. More

Both Mahapatra and Samal were arrested earlier in September, 2023 by Sambalpur Police for forgery and issue of fake approval letters of building plans to applicants. More

Senior STF officials said, heroin weighing 1080 gm and other incriminating materials were recovered and seized from the possession of the accused. A case under section 21(c) of NDPS Act 1985 has been registered and further investigation in this connection is underway. More

The Odisha government is closely monitoring the developments and necessary guidelines might be issued in this regard, said Health Director Bijay Mohapatra. More

As per reports, a complaint was filed against these four teachers with the Police Crime Branch in 2022 alleging that they submitted fake certificates to get teacher jobs. The Crime Branch with the help of the District Education Officer (DEO) verified their certificates and found them to be fake. More

At least 30 students from class 1 to 5 of the primary school are forced to leave their school building and study crammed in two small rooms of the local Mission Shakti office after the walls developed cracks and cement plasters fell off from the roof endangering lives of the students. More

The girl was found on the road by locals following which they informed her family who then went to Badagaon to bring the child back home. She is said to be safe and uninjured. More

He was detained following the registration of an FIR based on the written complaint by the Regional Manager of IDBI Berhampur Division, Swarup Dutta. More

Though all the accused are from Odisha, they were nabbed by the Odisha Forest Department while making a deal to sell leopard skin in North 24 Parganas. More

Police on Monday arrested a person for smuggling ganja by wrapping the contraband item around his body with duct tape at Nandapur in Koraput. He had strapped seven kilograms of ganja around his chest.  More

Following Bukhari's arrest and reports about his suspected terror links, his wife, a resident of Neulpur in Dharmashala of Jajpur district, was sacked from her job as a teacher.    More

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has admitted the problem but came out with an explanation that the sterlisation drive for street dogs has not been carried out due to legal hassles. More

A day after 5T chairman VK Pandian lashed out at the Opposition leaders for criticising the transformation taking place in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress leaders on Monday launched an attack on him.  More

The BJP has been carrying out Satyagrah in front of the Sainik School demanding quick removal of the massive mound of garbage at Gadakana as people in the area and its periphery continue to suffer due to foul smell. More