Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Thursday, 21 December 2023

The deceased was identified as Sabitri Giri, a resident of Madhusudanpali. Sandhya Giri, daughter of the deceased said that her mother was admitted to the RGH on Sunday, but succumbed today. More

With Rs 10 IPOs having vanished from post offices in Balasore, people suspect that the short supply of Rs 10 IPOs is nothing but an act of mischief by the government to prevent the RTI activists and people from accessing official information about scams and loopholes in schemes.    More

Governor Raghubar Das is reportedly collecting complaints galore from people while doing rounds of districts in Odisha. He has also started writing letters to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik about the public grievance More

The lion's share of the money amounting to more than Rs 351 crore seized during the recent much-talked-about I-T raids on the properties of liquor traders in Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal was unearthed in Odisha alone.  More

The anti-Maoist movement in Odisha is going to have more teeth as Odisha police has decided to procure sophisticated weapons including corner shot weapons and ultra-modern drones.  More

Angry students staged a sit-in outside the college gate and shouted slogans against Minister Ashok Panda who was invited to attend the programme as chief guest. More

Special teams of Bolangir police conducted raids at several places in the country to arrest six looters of the gang. More

Meteorologist Umashankar Das said that the winter chill that Odisha has been experiencing for the last several days will subside from Saturday, but most parts of the state will experience foggy conditions. More

The Vigilance Department’s raids on the properties linked to the Chief Civil Supplies Officer (CCSO), Bhubaneswar, unearthed a huge amount of assets allegedly amassed disproportionate to his known sources of income on Thursday.  More

At a time when the increasing road mishaps have become a cause of concern for the Odisha government as well as road safety activists, the transport department’s move assumes importance.  More

Process for shifting of Dhal Samant has already been started in presence of Bolangir police. He will be carried in a live support ambulance with ICU facility from VIMSAR to SCB. More

The invitation will be sent to the Holy Trinity at Srimandir in a grand procession following all the traditional rituals. More

BJP demanded that a case should be registered against Pandian and Jani by Srimandir Temple Administration under IPC Section 295 A and both of them should be arrested immediately. More

The accused have been identified as Akshay Gouda and his wife Usharani Gouda who were running a used car showroom named Maa Pattakhanda Automobiles in Bhubaneswar. More

As per reports, as many as 13 people have died in Rourkela due to the recent Cholera outbreak with more than 1400 infected with the dreaded disease. Three patients have died at the Rourkela Government Hospital, three at other hospitals and one patient at his home. More

The accused have been identified as Abhiraj Soni and Ayush Raj Prasad from Rourkela. More

A divyang with hearing loss and impairments in her voice, Lima from Balipadar village under Gajapati’s Mohana block has never considered herself a handicapped. In fact, she tried her hands in classical dance forms and became an expert in Odissi dance. More

The complainant, Pratima Malik alleged that her in-laws have killed her husband Tapan and even the police are not doing anything in this matter. More

As per reports, simultaneous house searches were conducted by the Odisha Vigilance led by eight DSPs, five Inspectors, and other staff in Bhubaneswar at eight places linked to Gantayat in Bhubaneswar and Ganjam. More

The incident dates back to over a year when Kutulu Majhi was admitted to SCB hospital for kidney ailments. When the doctors suggested a kidney transplant, his wife searched for doners and came in contact with a couple from Balasore. More

As per reports, the van with a picnic party of 15-16 youths was returning from Daringibadi in Kandhamal district to Cuttack’s Athagarh. More

Odisha Leader of Opposition (LoP), Jayanarayan Mishra is leading a delegation of the BJP MLAs, who along with the MPs will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and party president JP Nadda to discuss strategies for the 2024 elections in Odisha. More

The Governor after visiting Angul the day before came calling to Malkangiri in a helicopter on Wednesday and interacted with patients at Mathili Hospital. He also held a meeting about problems faced by the hospital.  More

Supply of subsidized rice to the poor under the public distribution system (PDS) has gone for a toss in some areas of Bolangir district allegedly due to a massive scam that came to the fore through RTI queries.   More

Several allegations have surfaced that though the government has developed the infrastructure of many schools; those educational institutions are grappling with an acute shortage of teachers.  More

A woman in Rourkela alleged that the water being released by Watco is completely contaminated and the company is apathetic towards the issue and playing with the lives of the people. Muddy and dirty water is coming through the pipes. More