Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Tuesday, 13 February 2024

As per reports, a man, a woman, and a five-year-old girl of Azad Basti of Joda area were on the bike. The bike was reportedly moving at breakneck speed and hit the truck from behind.  More

A known face in the political circle of Angul and former president of the District Congress Committee, Biplab Jena resigned from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress on Tuesday.  More

In September 2020, the BJP MLA stoked a major controversy after allegedly assaulting an assistant executive engineer of the Baripada ITDA.  More

The state units of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress on Tuesday took a swipe at the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for doling out scheme after scheme ahead of the 2024 general elections.  More

Two high-end SUVs of the honey trap case accused, Archana Nag that were seized by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) during its investigation into the money laundering allegations are soon to be auctioned. More

A carcass of a male elephant calf was found in the teak forest near Malda village under the Koida range of Sundargarh district on Tuesday.  More

The financial assistance to pregnant women under the Mamata Yojana was doubled by the Odisha government on Tuesday.  More

As per reports, the Union Railway Minister is coming to Odisha on a two-day visit starting from tomorrow. Though some programmes have been scheduled on February 14, he has no specific programmes on February 15, the last date for nomination filing for Rajya Sabha. This has given credence to the speculation, even though both parties have not yet given any indications. More

As per reports, the three students of Banadurga Anchalika Ucha Bidyalaya had gone to the local market to buy puja articles for Saraswati Puja celebrations at the school. They were returning to the school on a bike carrying the puja articles when an unidentified vehicle hit them from behind.  More

Days after a youth identified as Bhabani Rout and his friend Manoranjan Mohapatra were killed by contract killers engaged by Bhabani's elder brother and sister-in-law, the people of Kansa village under Nilagiri Police limits of Balasore reportedly ostracised the family of the accused couple. More

For the last three years, the tariff in the above-mentioned category has remained unchanged. Similarly, the fixed monthly charges for BPL consumers have been reduced from Rs 80 to Rs 70 per month. More

A group of pilgrims was attacked by the driver of the van they had hired for their travel. The driver and his associates reportedly attacked the pilgrims at Vyasanagar in Jajpur district late on Monday night.  More

All students are eligible for the scholarship, except the students whose parents are Income Tax payers or permanent Government employees. More

Various circles are busy doing guesswork about the probability of a leader being chosen either from southern or western Odisha. Observers believe that in his usual style of functioning, the BJD supremo and Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik may spring a surprise. More

Some districts of the state are also likely to experience light to moderate rain/thundershower activities on Basant Panchami tomorrow. More

In its latest advisory, the CBSE has shared a list of 30 X (formerly Twitter) handles. Sources said that these fake handles are allegedly spreading misinformation using the name and logo of CBSE. More

As per her report card, out of the total 14,317 complaints, 12,598 have been resolved. That is 88 percent of the public grievances, which have been resolved by Sarangi. More

Cuttack Rural SP, Mihir Panda informed that a staffer of the cash carrying van and another staffer of a separate vehicle had actually provided information to Khan regarding the route and other information More

Not only the bank guarantee, but the owners of the ship have been ordered to appear before the court whenever summoned. The owners can neither sell nor alter the colour and modify the ship in any manner without the order of the court. More

CM Naveen Patnaik and other BJD leaders were present during the filing of the nomination papers in the state Assembly today. More

Chouhan targeted the state government soon after arriving at Bhubaneswar airport today. He is scheduled to visit Jagatsinghpur and meet booth-level works and review Lok Sabha election preparedness in Cuttack More

As per reports, the Odisha Tourism Department had taken senior citizens from several districts of Odisha on a pilgrimage to Tirupati on February 7. However, the women reportedly went missing after availing darshan of Lord Venkateswara. More

The National Testing Agency conducts the CUET exam on behalf of the University Grants Commission (UGC). This year, the Common University Entrance Test-Undergraduate (CUET UG) is likely to be held in a hybrid mode. More

The CBSE has shot off a reminder to all functionaries to be involved in the evaluation process about their responsibilities so that the evaluation is done with zero errors. More

The police have recovered some mobile phones, Rs 2 lakh cash and some incriminating documents from him which reportedly have names and numbers of around 200 persons from around the country. It is suspected that all these 200 persons were targeted by Maiti. More

The elephant reportedly swallowed a crude bomb suspected to be planted by poachers to hunt wild boars 15 days back. It was seriously injured after the bomb exploded. The injured elephant was spotted by forest department officials yesterday. More

As per reports, the Andhra Pradesh government has signed an MoU with the Adani Group for a 1200 MW hydroelectric power project in Manyam district near Kotia in August 2023. More

The state Cabinet has approved 26 proposals during the meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Lok Seva Bhawan here on Monday. More

A lady engineering student shouted, “We have been protesting for the last one and a half years for jobs. The government is playing with our lives, as it is doing nothing for our employment. What is the use of keeping certificates with us? The certificates are of no value to us now.” More

Without a cremation ground in their village and the nearest one being on the other side of a river, the residents of Kelar village under Laxmipur block of Koraput district have to cross the river to cremate their near and dear ones.  More

Ending days of speculation, the Biju Janata Dal(BJD) announced the names of Debashish Samantaray and Subhasish Khuntia as nominees to the Rajya Sabha. However, the ruling party is yet to announce its third nominee.  More

The Odisha cabinet meeting held on Monday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik approved a proposal to provide one-time livelihood assistance of Rs 1000 to each of the 95,90,526 PDS families. More

Congress MP Saptagiri Ulaka said, “We have seen many schemes like KALIA, Biju Yuba Bahini and Peetha. Such dramas of the government are seen during the election time. The government has no long-term plans. By launching such short-term schemes, the BJD government is trying to fool people.”    More