Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Saturday, 20 January 2024

On the fourth day of the silver jubilee function of the Biju Patnaik Film and Television Institute of Odisha (BPFTIO) in Cuttack, a workshop on ‘Low Budget Filmmaking’ was organised.  More

The STF officials received a tip-off about a deal of Rs 25 lakh for the leopard hide. They laid a trap. They conducted a raid in Sudrukama area and arrested the accused identified as Goutam Behera(55). The accused had reportedly struck a deal to sell the hide to a person for Rs 25 lakh. More

The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast dense fog in coastal and nearby districts for three days starting January 21.  More

Congress corporator Santosh Bhola said, "Massive irregularities have been done in Bali Yatra projects. The Committee that was formed to probe the scam has not made its report public. I was inquiring about it on Friday. The CMC is not interested in looking into the irregularities.” More

The RI demanded a bribe of Rs. 9,000 from a complainant to submit an inquiry report to the tehsildar regarding the conversion of paternal agricultural land to homestead land and to issue an RoR in his favour. The complaint intimated the matter to the Vigilance department. More

A massive fire broke out at a lubricants depot at Dhamra in Bhadrak on Saturday. In the mishap, lubricants worth lakhs of rupees were reportedly gutted.  More

According to the agitating vendors, they were evicted from the Bada Danda in the first week of December 2023, and the administration promised to rehabilitate them in vending zones from the Pilgrim centre to Shree Setu in two months. With only a few days left to the two-month deadline, there is no sight of the commencement of work.  More

There are many staunch devotees of Lord Ram in Odisha as well. Here we introduce you to a 72-year-old woman, who has made it a point of her life to write Shree Ram in Odia language daily.   More

The Shakti Vandan Workshop was attended by Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, who gave mantras to party workers on how to wean women voters from the other side. More

Nilamani Jena, a pattachitra artist from Mathasahi village of Satyabadi area in Puri district, is also soaked in devotion for Lord Ram.  More

Union AYUSH Minister Sarabananda Sonowal on Saturday targeted the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)-led dispensation in Odisha for not implementing the Ayushman Bharat Yojana in the state. He termed it as the government’s anti-people act.  More

A luxury car and other important documents were also seized from the possession of the accused. More

Explaining the rationale behind the Union Health Ministry’s directive, Odisha Health Director, Dr Bijay Mohapatra welcomed the move and said that the irrational use of antibiotics has led to growing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally which has become a concern.  More

Baijayant Pandavhas requested the people of the country to celebrate the ceremony by lighting five ‘diyas’ at home. He also urged people to do ‘bhajan and ‘kirtan’ and read Hanumal Chalisha on that day. More

An officer of Rashtriya Rifles, Padhi was awarded the Sena Medal on Army Day (January 15) by President Droupadi Murmu. More

Several youth workers from these villages have donated labour for the temple of Shri Ram. Various rocks of the Ram temple have been brought to life by their hard work. More

They alleged that repeated requests and complaints to the authorities about katni chatni by the millers have fallen on deaf ears. Inordinate delay by the millers to lift their paddy has reportedly caused their tokens to lapse. That is why they are forced to resort to the bandh. More

While speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a workshop organised to mark the silver jubilee celebrations of Biju Pattnaik Film & Television Institute of Odisha (BPFTIO), Panda congratulated the entire team and alumnus of the institute. More

The CBSE has urged CwSN students desire to avail the existing exemptions to make necessary requests through their respective schools. More

It is alleged that the headmaster raped a class 6 and 7 class girl student inside the premises of the Madhusudan Vidyamandir, a private school at Ghadiamal under Rajnagar police limits in the district. The accused has been identified as Pradeep Pradhan. More

He was a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and had won the 6th Lok Sabha from Berhampur constituency in 1999. He breathed his last at his residence in Cuttack’s CDA, Sector-6. More

If reports are to be believed, a huge cash of Rs 250 crore has been seized by the team along with 3 kg gold. However, the I-T team refused to divulge any specific information in this regard. More

Similarly, the dolphin census is also underway in Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary in Kendrapara district. The annual exercise is being conducted by 9 teams. More

The single-judge bench of the Orissa High Court allowed the document verification process of the candidates which is scheduled on January 20 and January 21, 2024. More

On January 22 when the grand consecration ceremony of Ram Temple in Ayodhya will take place, the residents of Sambalpur town will light 1,11,000 earthen lamps on the banks of Ayodhya pond in the Mahanadi River.  More

A farmer allegedly ended his life for not being able to repay loans taken to grow paddy at Khurusia village under Kamakhyanagar Police limits of Dhenkanal on Friday.  More

In a shocking incident, a man allegedly hacked his uncle (father’s younger brother) and his sister-in-law (cousin brother’s wife) to death at Paladhuapalli village under Khallikote Police limits of Ganjam district on Friday.  More

The state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of selling more than half of the recently-filled 20,000 teacher posts.  More

Bhubaneswar Cyber Police on Friday arrested a person for creating a fake ID of a woman on a matrimonial site and duping a user.  More