Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Friday, 09 February 2024

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  • Rajendra Prasad Mohapatra
  • 3 months ago
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Odisha CM meets ailing BJD leader V Sugnana Kumari Deo in Chennai

Deo has won a total of 10 times in her political career from Khallikote and Kabisuryanagar constituencies. More
  • Rajendra Prasad Mohapatra
  • 3 months ago
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Berhampur MLA Bikram Panda likely to be named as BJD candidate from Gopalpur

Bikram Panda is likely to be named as the party candidate for Gopalpur constituency in Ganjam district in the upcoming General Election. More
  • Rajendra Prasad Mohapatra
  • 3 months ago
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Miscreants assault employees inside Tarang studio campus in Khordha

The entire incident has been caught on the CCTV cameras installed on the studio premises. More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 months ago
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AIIMS Bhubaneswar doctors remove needle from lungs of 9-yr-old

As per a statement by the AIIMS, the remarkable feat took just over one hour and was performed by the Department of Paediatrics using a less invasive flexible bronchoscopy, sparing the kid from a major surgery (thoracotomy). More
  • Rajendra Prasad Mohapatra
  • 3 months ago
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Questions raised over delay in laser scan report & opening of Puri Srimandir Ratna Bhandar

Many questioned why the report has not been made public yet. Many have alleged that the government is dilly-dallying to open the Ratna Bhandar despite the order given by the High Court. More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 months ago
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Puri Srimandir donation money theft: SJTA peon nabbed for stealing money

While the identity of the accused has not been revealed by the SJTA yet, the matter came to the fore after the peon was caught stealing cash on the CCTV cameras installed inside the counting room. More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 months ago
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BJD in self-destruction mode: MLA Pradeep Panigrahi

“BJD’s self-destruction mode is already on. You will see how they destroy themselves soon. MLAs like Premananda and Ramesh Sai have left the party. There are other MLAs too who are in the line to resign from the party,” Panigrahi said while speaking to reporters on Friday. More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 months ago
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Odisha medical staff 'attempts to outrage modesty of minor girl in hospital lift', detained

As per reports, the minor victim, who is the daughter of a patient getting treatment at the Nayagarh DHH, had gone to fetch medicine last night. However, Pratap, who was also in the same lift with the girl, allegedly misbehaved with her and tried to outrage her modesty. More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 months ago
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MLA Suresh Routray bids emotional adieu to Odisha Assembly

While coming out of the House on the last day of the Budget Session and most probably the last day of the current Legislative Assembly before the State goes into polls in the next two to three months, Routray paid his respects to the House by prostrating on the steps. More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 months ago
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Nabin Odisha, 5T logos found printed on PDS rice bags, BJP holds protest

To press their point, BJP members took out a protest march at Balugaon and burnt bags with those logos in front of a PDS dealer point at the NAC. More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 months ago
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‘Neglected & forgotten’: Several e-toilets in Bhubaneswar lie defunct sans maintenance

As per reports, some of the hybrid toilets for which the government has spent at least Rs 18 lakh per unit, have either gone bad due to non-maintenance or their parts and machinery have been stolen by thieves. More
  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 months ago
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Former Aditya Birla Group HR chief Santrupt Misra joins BJD

Misra was one of the rare HR heads in India Inc. who led some of the business units as well, and was group director for Birla Carbon and director, chemicals at the Birla group. More
  • Cassian Baliarsingh
  • 3 months ago
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Special Education Teacher aspirants hold ‘bekari haat', sell dahibara in Bhubaneswar to press their demands

As a sign of protest, the aspirants set up ‘bekari haat (Unemployment Mela) and sold sweets, dahibara, saree, and also sold dry fish and scraps (Kabadi). More
  • Cassian Baliarsingh
  • 3 months ago
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Cuttack doctor under health dept scanner over illegal sex determination

The accused doctor is reportedly engaged at Deogarh District Headquarters Hospital (DHH). More
  • Cassian Baliarsingh
  • 3 months ago
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Bodies of 2 missing friends recovered in Balasore; 4 supari killers among six detained

Locals said Bhawani and his brother had been at loggerheads over a piece of land. The sibling duo was in a bitter relationship over the land dispute. So, it is suspected that Bhawani’s brother and sister-in-law hired contract killers from Balasore to kill the former. More
  • Cassian Baliarsingh
  • 3 months ago
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'Sidelined' Odisha MLA Premananda Nayak resigns from BJD

Nayak won the assembly election in 2009 and 2019 on a BJD ticket. During Naveen Patnaik’s 5th term, he was picked as Skill Development and Technical Education Minister. More
  • Cassian Baliarsingh
  • 3 months ago
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Odisha shocker! Woman kills 6-month-old son by slitting his throat

A preliminary probe suggests that the woman is mentally unsound. More
  • Cassian Baliarsingh
  • 3 months ago
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Maoists, security forces exchange fire in Sunabeda Sanctuary; search operation underway

Sensing the movements of the SOG Jawans, the ultras opened fire at them near Barkote Ghat. In retaliation, the security forces also opened fire, leading to a brief exchange of fire in the area. More
  • Cassian Baliarsingh
  • 3 months ago
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Bhubaneswar ILS scientists discover direct interaction of circular RNAs with mRNAs in gene expression

The findings represent a novel method for illuminating the myriad of uncharacterized circRNA-mRNA hybrids that may regulate gene expression. More
  • Cassian Baliarsingh
  • 3 months ago
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ED unearths cash worth Rs 1 cr during raids on ponzi firm in Odisha over Rs 900 cr fraud

Worth mentioning, the company has been booked in six cases for cheating depositors to the tune of several crores. Apart from Odisha, the mega raid is going on in 20 other places across the country. More
  • Cassian Baliarsingh
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Odia migrant worker ‘murdered’ in Telangana, family demands justice

The family members have not even received his body. With a photo of her son in her hand, Mitra’s mother had been running from pillar to post seeking justice. More
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60 migrant workers from Odisha died outside the state since 2018: Minister

Nayak also informed the House that 5,440 migrant labourers have been rescued from other states on the basis of 322 complaints and information received from labourers in distress from 2018 till now. More
  • Odishatv Bureau
  • 3 months ago
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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
  • 3 months ago
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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
  • 3 months ago
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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
  • 3 months ago
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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
  • 3 months ago
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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
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