Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Tuesday, 09 January 2024

The youth was staying at a relative’s house in Rajenai village of Kandhamal district and consumed poison on Monday. He was admitted to the district headquarters hospital at Phulbani where he died while undergoing treatment.  More

A person was killed and five others were injured after the auto-rickshaw they were travelling in had a head-on collision with a tractor at Giripali Chhak under Sasan Police limits in Sambalpur district on Tuesday.  More

While the Odisha government is gearing up for the inauguration of the Srimandir Heritage Corridor Project (Srimandir Parikrama Prakalpa) on January 17, a PIL has been filed in the Orissa High Court raising concerns over the possibility of a huge gathering in the pilgrim city on that day.  More

Women of a Self-help Group (SHG) in the Charinagala area withdrew cash worth Rs 4 lakh from a bank on January 4. On their way back home, when they reached Balichandrapur bazaar, unidentified persons came on a bike and snatched away the bag containing the cash.  More

The candidates who appeared for the Adarsha Vidyalaya examination at Khannagar High School in Cuttack on Tuesday alleged that there were discrepancies in the answer sheets. They alleged they were supplied photocopies of Optical Mark Recognition (OMR ) sheets.  More

Lord Ram being from the Suryavanshi dynasty, wearing Surya tilak is regarded as a mark of identity and glory of the clan. The phenomenon of adding Surya Tilak on Lord Ram’s forehead will come into display on Ram Navami every year.  More

Ahead of the general elections, Odisha politics is heating up over the alleged use of party posters and banners by the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) at the Public Distribution Scheme (PDS) centres, while providing free rice only to three per cent of the total beneficiaries.  More

Additional DCP Prakash Pal, who was looking into the dead body mix-up case, informed that police have received the DNA report. As per the DNA report, the third body is that of Dilip Samantaray as the samples matched with his mother.   More

The Commissionerate Police on Tuesday detained a woman on charges of defrauding several cab drivers including some from an app-based cab service aggregator.  More

The BMC has set up a kennel at a cost of Rs 1 crore in Macheswar and the facility is capable of handling 100 birth control operations every day. The BMC has equipped the kennel with 10 caves, operation theatres, and necessary tools. More

Moreover, out of the 27 plots, 10 are benami plots which the MVI is accused of having purchased in the names of his close relatives. More

As Ayodhya is getting ready for the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple on January 22, contributions are pouring in from all across India. A weaver family from Bargarh in Odisha has also woven a saree, specifically for the ceremony.  More

Sarangi said, “We will provide work to all women in a few years.  At the Samavesh, when I asked women about their work, over 10,000 women raised their hands indicating that they have been deprived of work.” More

IMD informed that light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning is very likely at isolated places over Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra on January 9 and 10 and over Gujarat on January 9 . More

Recently, the University Grants Commission had also written to educational institutions to implement the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSlE). More

Only winning candidates will be provided with Congress tickets and all the candidates are mentally ready to fight polls, Bahinipati said. More

The activists of All Odisha Students’ Voice on Tuesday demanded cancellation of licence of Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital and the arrest of its owner Tirupati Panigrahi in connection with the AC compressor explosion and subsequent body mix-up row.  More

Women supporters of BJD leader and former MP, Rabindra Jena took out a rally from Gandhi Memorial in Balasore to the District Collector’s office against party leader and Balasore Sadar MLA Swarup Das alleging misbehaviour. More

The capital city seems to be turning into a safe haven for the looters with a series of loot incidents coming to the fore frequently. In the latest instance, some miscreants targeted the house of a top government official in Bhubaneswar. More

The villagers reportedly protested the act and asked the Supply Assistant to remove the posters, which he obliged after apologising to them. More

AICTE has decided to regulate institutions offering BBA, BMS and BCA courses from next academic session to maintain uniform quality and academic standards across Management and Computer Applications program. More

Simultaneous house searches were conducted by Odisha Vigilance teams led by 6 DSPs, 3 Inspectors, 8 ASIs and other staff after obtaining search warrants issued by Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar at 7 places in Khordha (Bhubaneswar), Nayagarh and Cuttack districts. More

Mishra popularly known as ‘Chhelagada Postmaster Babu’ has been providing postal service to the people of the area in this out of box manner for the last 43 years. More

The development came after the Odisha government furnished an affidavit in the court stating that a state-level monitoring and implementation committee for animal birth control (ABC) has been formed to regulate the sterilisation of stray dogs. More

As per reports, the artisans in Rourkela are making a diya which has a width of 12-feet and height of 5.5 feet. An organisation, Smile Forever Foundation has taken the initiative to make the diya. It will hold 6500 litres of ghee. It is claimed to be the largest diya ever made in Odisha. More

The AQI in Balasore pipped the National Capital, Delhi which is notorious for its hazardous air quality. More

Patnaik's tryst with the divinity and Lord Ram began a year back when he went to Srimandir in Puri to get a glimpse of his beloved Lord Jagannath. He not only availed the darshan of Lord Jagannath, but he was pleasantly surprised to find a Ram Temple inside the Srimandir too. More

The online application process for the recruitment drive has commenced on January 8, 2024. More

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