Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Monday, 08 January 2024

As many as 21 school students were injured, among whom three sustained critical injuries, after the pickup van they were travelling in overturned at Champa Ghati in Gajapati district’s Mohana area on Monday.   More

The Union Minister said that the Odisha government is taking credit for the rice by hanging posters with state government logo and some photographs of the leaders. Such posters are found at retail outlets and this is sheer deceit which should not be done in a democratic system.  More

As per reports, the facade of the temple, the places around the statutes of the deities, side deities, and some parts of the temple walls have been pasted with cow dung and soil.  More

Police on Monday arrested notorious robber Godhi for his alleged involvement in the loot incident that took place at Damana village under Chandrasekharpur Police limits of Bhubaneswar on January 1 night.  More

Six years have passed since the depositors of Panapana Cooperative Society under Bahanaga block of Balasore district were promised a refund of their hard-earned money that was embezzled by the then society secretary and some employees. More

Eighteen days have passed since the charred body of Laxmi Majhi was found in the Maa Gruha located on the premises of Chandrapur community health centre on December 21. Laxmi was working as a warden at Maa Gruha.  More

Locals alleged that their wards were being sexually exploited in the hostel by the father of the school. On being informed, the district child protection officer lodged a police complaint in this regard. More

The holy and pilgrimage places shouldn’t be converted into tourist places, said Shankaracharya of Puri Gobardhan Peeth, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati on Monday.  More

Hundreds of tribal people on Monday staged a protest demonstration at Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar demanding immediate implementation of the Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act 1996. More

The BJP questioned how patients with 90 percent burns could be treated at Hi-Tech Hospital which has no facility for burn patients. The party termed the treatment of burn patients as a gross violation of medical service norms and a cognizable offence. More

The family did their best to get the body back but failed in every attempt. As a last-ditch effort, they contacted BJP National Vice President Baijayant Panda and requested him to intervene. More

Balabhadra Majhi was elected as a legislator five times from Kalahandi district, after starting his political career in 1990 with the Janata Dal. He was elected as MLA in 2000 from the Narla Assembly seat. In 2014, he was elected as a legislator from Lanjigarh. More

As per reports, members of the Congress' Student Wing led by Yasser Nawaz staged a demonsration in front of the quarters of Pujari by hurling eggs at the entrance. The protestors are demanding cancellation the license of Hi-tech Medical College and arrest of its owner Tirupati Panigrahi. More

BJP’s Prithviraj Harichandan said, “CM Naveen Patnaik and his former Private Secretary are forcefully burdening Odia people with South-Indian culture. We have been vehemently opposing their ploy to disfigure Jagannath culture. This Parikrama Rath is nothing but an attempt to wash their tainted faces before the election.” More

“The Centre has backtracked on the new Law after immense pressure from us and several other trade unions. So we have decided to call off the strike too,” Pati said. More

As per reports, a woman from Sandhakuda developed labour pain on Monday morning. Though an ambulance was called, it made inordinate delay in reaching her home. More

Of the towns, Balasore topped the chart with an AQI of 334. Similarly, Cuttack had 320, Baripada had 316, Bhubaneswar had 311, Keonjhar had 314 and Rairangpur had an AQI of 308 yesterday afternoon. More

As per reports, the trio was riding a bike when the mishap occurred on National Highway-49 connecting Belpahar and Lakhanpur. More

A pal of gloom descended on Kadambasahi village in Nilagiri on Monday morning after the news of their deaths came from the hospital. More

Meanwhile, passengers experienced harrowing times being stranded at bus stands and expressed disappointment over the protest. More

Hirakud DFO, Anshuprajna Das informed that several youngsters and budding bird watchers have also been engaged for the annual bird census exercise. The bird census will be carried out in the entire Hirakud reservoir areas under Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, and Bargarh districts from Hirakud to Chhattisgarh border. More

Temperatures are expected to remain below 15 degrees in more than 15 places in the state today, the Meteorological department predicted. More

A seven-seater VT-100, a small aircraft, with a pilot and two crew members made a landing at the airport as trial run. The small aircraft was accorded water salutes as soon as it landed.  More

The incident reportedly happened as both the boats came in the wrong direction and didn’t find the proper channel to reach Satapada. More

As for the ongoing speculation, the Union Minister evaded it, saying that as a disciplined member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been carrying out whatever task is assigned to him by the party. More

The CEO of the private hospital also added that the investigation will cover aspects such as how the explosion took place, who is the people responsible for it and whether the injured persons were treated properly.  More

Though her suspected entry did not cause any security threat, the security personnel at Srimandir drew flak for failing to stop her alleged entrance. More