Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Monday, 19 February 2024

Police were investigating a bike-lifting racket. While interrogating some accused about the racket, police then only came to know about their link with the temple burglary.  More

Purohit is earning handsomely from this farming by selling Tulsi oil offline and online. In every two months, he harvests around 9 quintals of Tulsi leaves from which four litres of oil is extracted. Tulsi oil is in high demand for preparation of Ayurvedic medicines.   More

Following the completion of the bridge, the local people will not have to rely on floating bridge vessels and motor-run boats anymore. These vessels often dangerously get stuck amid the vast lake posing a threat to the lives of the passengers. More

For the last two months, they have been protesting wearing black badges. They said that as the state government did not meet their demands, they were bound to take the decision of going on mass leave. More

As per reports, the supporters of Rajnagar MLA Dhruba Charan Sahoo are unable to internally accept the Congress leader in the party while long-serving BJD workers have strongly opposed his merger.  More

As per reports, a lady teacher was allegedly getting the toilet cleaned with the help of some students. A portion of the roof of the dilapidated toilet collapsed on two of the students. They were critically injured and rushed to Patana Community Health Centre (CHC).  More

A yellow warning for dense fog has been issued for several districts in Odisha on Tuesday. More

The local people present on the occasion expressed their disappointment over the brief period of performance by the actor. They alleged that though the government had spent crores of rupees on the cultural festival, it left them disappointed. More

The Rairakhole police received intelligence inputs about ganja smuggling in an SUV. A team of police officials started chasing the SUV coming from the Kadaligad side. After a long chase, the two ganja traders managed to drive the vehicle into Bhima Bhoi Adikand Market complex and abandoned the vehicle before fleeing the scene. More

The family had spent Rs 20,000 to bring the body of their daughter to Odisha and conducted her last rites recently. More

The BJP has set a target to win 370 Lok Sabha seats and over 400 seats for the NDA in the upcoming elections.    As the current political scenario and equations are different in different states, the party has drawn up special and different battle plans accordingly.     More

BSE officials informed all the preparations have been completed for the matriculation examination. The evaluation process will begin from March 16 and the entire process is likely to be completed by March 30, 2024. More

The former minister has submitted his resignation to AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge. In his resignation letter, Das vented his anger on PCC President Sarat Pattanayak. More

As per reports, Debasmita is interested in contesting in this Assembly Poll on a Congress ticket. She has opted for a voluntary resignation from her job and applied for a ticket to the OPCC to fight for Aul Assembly Constituency. More

The teachers of 194 category schools claimed that they have been imparting education to students for the last 30 years without salaries. There are around 30,000 such teachers in the state. More

The family had lost all hope and even conducted the last rites. However, they all were shocked after Bansidhar Mohanty, now 70-year-old, returned home at Talakusuma recently. More

The accused have been identified as CH Mohan Reddy, who hails from Odisha but stays in Visakhapatnam, Simanchalam of Srikakulam and Dhileswar Rao of Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh. More

Berhampur SP, Saravana Vivek M informed that the Indian Army’s new combat uniform in new pattern was released on January 15, 2022. It was in digital pattern and an order was also released that only Indian Army canteen can sell these types of cloth as per the Indian Intellectual Property Act. More

In an attempt to maintain transparency in candidate selection and ticket distribution, the Congress has launched a new initiative ‘Project Pragaman’ for the upcoming twin polls in Odisha. More

The college was in the news recently after the enforcement directorate (ED) carried out multiple raids in the state in connection with alleged land irregularities pertaining to the educational institution. More

While the banners have a picture of a man, his identity is yet to be ascertained. The unknown person has written, “I will kill Santosh Singh Saluja within 15 days.” More

The mining officials and the police were conducting a check near Gopalpur area in Cuttack last night and they have caught three Hyva trucks for sand transportation without valid documents. More

As per reports, the mother of the minor girl found her hanging at their home on Saturday night following which she brought the girl to the Community Health Centre (CHC) at Gop where the doctors pronounced her dead. More

The incident was reported on late Sunday night when the IIC of Talasari Marine Police Station Champabati Soren reached a shop in Udaypur village to stop gambling activities. More

Tommy among some dogs of indigenous breeds stole the show. Besides, dogs of Doberman, Golden Retriever, Pug, German Shepard, Labrador, Great Dene, Chihuahua, French Bulldog and Dutch Shepherd breeds were part of the show. They regaled the viewers by taking commands from their owners. More

Contrary to the state government’s claim on the reformation in the energy sector, tribal students including those of Class-X have been struggling to prepare for the exams under the light of oil lamps in the absence of electricity for the last three months. More

Initially, 300 students of the NSS were taken on tours to various religious places and universities. They will visit Chandipur, Harishankar, Nrisghanath, Maa Tarini Peetha, Konark, JM University and Sambalpur University. Six buses have been engaged for the programme which will continue till February 20. All its expenses will be borne by the government.   More

As per reports, Kahnu Mallick, a migrant labourer from Sulekela, had gone to Telangana along with four family members to work in a brick kiln two months ago. There Kahnu were taken ill due to alleged work pressure from the labour contractor.  More

Fed up with the apathetic attitude of the administration and political leaders, they have decided to boycott the upcoming election. More