Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Thursday, 08 February 2024

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Mood of the Nation survey predicts rise in seat & vote share for BJP in Odisha 

The survey claimed that the BJP will increase its seat share from 8 in 2019 to 10 in 2024 polls, while BJD's seat share would decline from 12 to 11.  Moreover, the BJP-led NDA is projected to garner 40 percent vote share while the BJD will grab 41 per cent vote share. In the 2019 elections, the BJD’s vote share was 43 percent and that of BJP-led NDA was 38 percent.  More
  • Himansu Shekhar Rout
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Missing for seven years, Odisha man reunited with family

As per reports, Lakhpati Bharasagar, a resident of Gopalpur under Ullunda block in Sonepur district, had left home in a huff seven years back. His family members frantically searched for him at many places for years but failed to trace him. The family presumed Lakhpati dead. More
  • Himansu Shekhar Rout
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BJP to surge in Odisha at cost of BJD’s decline?

BJD MLA Sambit Routray said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi or BJP will have no impact in Odisha. What will make a difference are Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and the Jagannath culture. No other thing will come into play. We are least worried about what TIMES NOW says. All will see how the Chief Minister and the BJD will come out with flying colours in the upcoming elections.”     More
  • Himansu Shekhar Rout
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Puri Srimandir Ratna Bhandar can be opened and repaired during Rath Yatra: Law Minister 

The Minister said that the condition of the Ratna Bhandar will be assessed after the laser scanning and it can be opened and repaired during the Rath Yatra.  More
  • Himansu Shekhar Rout
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Woman 'attacked by in-laws for dowry' in Odisha

“When my mother-in-law, father-in-law, and their daughter attacked me with a crowbar, I covered my head with my hands. My right hand was broken. They are always forcing me to go for divorce. They are demanding a dowry of Rs 10 lakh and a bike,” the woman lamented.  More
  • Himansu Shekhar Rout
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Odisha MDM cooks stage protest demanding Rs 26,000 salary 

They demanded regularisation of their jobs and said that the government should recognize them as fourth-grade employees in the School and Mass Education department. They also demanded a monthly salary of Rs 26,000 and to raise their retirement age to 62. More
  • Himansu Shekhar Rout
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BJP continues attack on Odisha govt in Assembly over Arpan Rath & parboiled rice issues 

The BJP legislator observed that idols of Lord Jagannath were made from thermocol and tied in vehicles while Arpan Raths were being moved in villages. “All such things are against the Jagannath culture. Gajapti Maharaj has already made it clear that deploying the Arpan Raths in villages to collect rice was not the decision of the Srimandir Management Committee,” he said. More
  • Vikash Sharma
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5 middlemen arrested for diverting patients to private hospitals from SCB in Cuttack

On the arrest of middlemen, ACP Amitabh Mohapatra informed, “We had deployed our staff in plain clothes at the casualty wing of the SCB. We have arrested five brokers and seized some outdoor tickets and cash worth Rs 1500.” More
  • Vikash Sharma
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Odisha interim budget: Rs 1.18 lakh crore vote on account presented in Assembly

The highest resource allocation has been proposed for the School & Mass Education department with a 9.71% share in total budget size for the financial year 2024-25. More
  • Vikash Sharma
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Peddlers adopting new means to smuggle Ganja from Odisha: 5 youths arrested

All the five accused had procured the Ganja from Kandhamal district and had reached Bhubaneswar via bus. As liquor is now banned in Bihar, there is a rise in demand for Ganja, especially sourced from Odisha. More
  • Vikash Sharma
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Journalists should get pension, free entry into Lok Seva Bhawan, says Congress leader in Odisha Assembly

During the Zero Hour, the senior Congress leader further demanded that the Odisha government should implement a pension scheme for the journalists like the provision made by other states. More
  • Vikash Sharma
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General Elections 2024: ECI team to review poll preparedness in Odisha from Feb 15-17

The top officials are scheduled to review the 2024 general election preparedness in Odisha for two days till February 17 More
  • Vikash Sharma
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2 youths missing for 4 days in Balasore, blood-stained bike hints at murder

Meanwhile, a team from the Odisha Fire Services Department and ODRAF are conducting an intensive search operation in the nearby pond. More
  • Vikash Sharma
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Royal Bengal tiger dies at Similipal; autopsy to reveal reason, says Director

It is believed that the age of the Royal Bengal tiger was around 3.5 years. The death came to light after the staff detected the carcass during regular patrolling. More
  • Vikash Sharma
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PM Modi is not OBC by birth, alleges Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Odisha

The senior Congress leader further said that the community was given the tag of OBC in the year 2000 by the BJP. But PM Narendra Modi was not born OBC rather he was born in the general caste. More
  • Vikash Sharma
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Notification out for Rajya Sabha polls in Odisha; nomination filing till Feb 15, voting on Feb 27

It is pertinent to mention here that the election will be conducted for three Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha held by Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Prashanta Nanda, and Amar Patnaik, whose terms end on April 3, 2024. More
  • Vikash Sharma
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Woman patient’s death due to ‘wrong injection’ sparks tension in Titilagarh

The family members alleged that Binodini died just five minutes after a doctor administered an injection to her. More
  • Vikash Sharma
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Enforcement Directorate conducts major raids in Odisha on chit fund company over Rs 900 cr fraud

As per initial reports, the raids are being conducted at 10 places in Odisha including Ganjam and Bhubaneswar. Apart from this, raids are also underway on the properties linked to Golden Land Developers Limited which is a Delhi-based company. More
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Masked miscreants decamp with over Rs 9 lakh at gunpoint in Rourkela

The entire incident has been caught in the CCTV camera installed inside the office. The involvement of locals behind the robbery is suspected. However, there has been no official confirmation in this regard. More
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Rahul Gandhi to hold padayatra in Jharsuguda on third day of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ in Odisha

Taking a jibe at Modi and RSS, Rahul stated that the PM during his visit to Sambalpur addressed the Odisha CM as his ‘mitra’. More
  • Cassian Baliarsingh
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MP Anubhav Mohanty receives decree of divorce after 10 years of 'worthless and false marriage'

Notably, putting an end to the long bitter legal battle, the Orissa High Court granted divorce to Anubhav from Varsha on December 21. The HC overturned the ruling of the Cuttack family court that had earlier rejected the divorce petition of the couple. More
  • Cassian Baliarsingh
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15 tourists from WB injured in freak road mishap

Sources said, the tourists from West Bengal’s Bankura had been to Puri. The incident occurred while they were on their way back home. Midway the vehicle’s tyre burst, leading to the mishap. More
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Railway Board has sanctioned Rs 244.77cr for wagon workshop in Odisha's Kantabanji

A detailed Project Report (DPR) in this regard was submitted in September 2023. More
  • Himansu Shekhar Rout
  • 2 years ago
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Oppn doing cheap politics over Pari murder case: CM Naveen Patnaik in Assembly

BJD leader Debi Prasad Mishra said that political statements should be confined to election issues. “Our priority is the development of the state. Sensitive issues should not be sensationalised. It will damage the reputation of the state. That should not be done. The Chief Minister has appealed to the opposition parties to carry forward the development works,” he added.    More
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BJP to surpass BJD in Lok Sabha polls in Odisha: TIMES NOW survey

As per the survey, out of the total 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, the BJP will win 11 seats while 9 seats will go to BJD's kitty and Congress will end up with one seat.   More
  • Himansu Shekhar Rout
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Odisha farmers’ come up with Desi hack to protect crops from wild animals

Farmer Biranchi Malick said, "A forest is there in our Karamul panchayat. Elephants, porcupines, boars, and jackals damage our crops. We farmers have adopted this mechanism to scare the animals away. Boars are a major menace. We fear to kill boars because of legal action. This system keeps these marauding animals away from our farmland.” More
  • Himansu Shekhar Rout
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Brown sugar worth Rs 50L seized in Puri, two peddlers arrested 

Puri SP Pinak Mishra said, “We will investigate their forward and backward linkage -- who others are involved in it and from where the two were procuring the banned substance. Their distribution network is under scanner. The two will be thoroughly interrogated.” More
  • Himansu Shekhar Rout
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Odisha women gherao Excise office opposing liquor bar 

The women alleged that the place where the liquor bar has been allowed to operate has a school, a pond, and a temple nearby. If the liquor bar is opened at the place, there is every possibility that the law and order situation could deteriorate and it would give rise to anti-social activities, they apprehended. More
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