Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Sunday, 11 February 2024

Former BJD leader Balabhadra Majhi alleged, ”BJD thinks that the tribal leaders who are intelligent will create problem for other leaders. The party drives out all the tribal leaders, saying they have no importance. The party is now roping in retired, IAS, OAS and CEOs of corporate houses into its fold."      More

BJP leader Lekhashree Samant Singhar said, “When the BJD sees elections round the corner, it always comes out with lollipops of different kinds to various sections of people. The BJD and its government always believe in false assurance. I can remind you of some schemes like PEETHA, KALIA and Biju Yuba Bahini which had been launched earlier.”   More

The Chief Minister also announced to increase the price of a bundle of kendu leaves from Rs 1.40 to Rs 1.60. The TA and cycle allowance of the leaf pluckers was increased to 50% and their maximum age to receive the social security benefits was raised from 60 to 62.  More

Though crores of rupees have been spent from the State exchequer to provide mobile banking services across the State, its poor implementation has triggered resentment among the people. More

The injured people were admitted to Dharmagarh, Junagarh and Bhawanipatna hospitals. More

The funeral took place at the cremation ground of the royal family following guard of honour in the presence of a large number of people. More

Today was the last date for online application through the online portal: pragaman.in for ticket aspirants.  After the application process is over, screening and scrutiny of the applications will be conducted on February 12 and 13.  More

As for the reported BJP-BJD bonhomie, Tomar said that the Biju Janata Dal has definitely given the party support in the Parliament several times, but that does not mean the BJP and BJD are friends.  More

“He was the editor of Odia daily ‘Samay’ since its inception. He has written many poems, essays, novels, stories, travel stories and even biographies too. But it is unfortunate that Hota never received the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award in his life time.” More

As per reports, four persons in the pickup truck lost their lives and nine others were seriously injured in the mishap that occurred at around 10:30am on Sunday morning. More

The bike-borne miscreants intercepted Jyotiranjan and escaped after attacking him with sharp-edged weapons. Following the incident, Jyotiranjan has been admitted to Capital Hospital. More

As usual, Hemant returned home in a drunken state last night and entered into a fight with his wife. He asked his wife for money and grew furious after she denied giving him any money. More

All the Parakeets were recovered from a hotel in Jagatsinghpur. The raid was conducted following a tip-off about a bird smuggling racket. More

The toll-free number will have Tele-manas counsellors to alleviate the stress related to exams of the students. The counsellors will answer whatever stress-related questions the students will ask before and during the matric exams. More

As per reports, Bhoi was reportedly sleeping in his house at night when the elephant broke down the wall and trampled him to death. He died on the spot. More

As per reports, the Bhubaneswar Urban Police District (UPD) conducted the special drive under seven police station areas including Bharatpur, Badagada Laxmisagar, Jatni, Khandagiri, Kharavel Nagar and Saheed Nagar. More

After arrival, her mortal remains were taken to the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) party office (Sankha Bhawan). Several party leaders along with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid tributes to Deo. More

Following the accident, Majhi was rushed to Umerkote Hospital and was discharged after primary treatment, sources said. More

The forgery was detected when the land patta was verified. Begunia Sub-Registrar Amit Kumar Sethi found that the patta was forged. He immediately informed the matter to Tehsildar Tapas Kumar Bisi. More

As per reports, a number of party leaders are aspiring for RS seats, but the ruling party is making assessments of political benefits while choosing the candidate ahead of the general elections, informed sources. More

The mortal remains of Veteran BJD leader and 10-time MLA V Sugnana Kumari Deo reached Bhubaneswar in a special flight on Saturday evening. After arrival, the mortal remains were taken to the BJD party office. Several party leaders along with CM Naveen Patnaik paid tributes to Deo. More

A major controversy broke out over the distribution of bags with the logos of Ama Odisha Nabin Odisha and 5T to the beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) at PDS centres in Odisha. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strongly opposed the move of the state government. Surprisingly, some officials were spotted distributing the bags to the ration card holders.   More

Nandi’s grandmother died on January 30. Her last rites were somehow managed with the help of locals. But she was too broke to bear the expenses of other rituals. She moved from house to house asking for rice and money.  More

As per reports, the girl student had not opened the door of her hostel room since Friday night. One of her classmates suspected something fishy. As she opened the door, she was shocked to see the body hanging from a ceiling fan.  More