Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Tuesday, 20 February 2024

The Odisha Mahila Congress will chalk out strategies for women voters ahead of the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, said All India Mahila Congress chief, Alka Lamba in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.  More

The repair work of the Nata Mandap will start on February 23 and will continue till March 19. A decision in this regard was taken at the Chhatisa Nijog meeting held on Tuesday.  More

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday took a dig at Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for inaugurating the Gangadhar Meher Lift irrigation in Bijepur and Cancer Hospital in Bargarh, saying the symbolic projects will hardly make any difference in people’s lives.  More

Speaking to the media, Manmohan Samal said, "The Prime Minister will first go to Puri to have darshan of Lord Jagannath and will later address a public meeting at Chandikhole. However, the exact date of his visit will be finalized soon.” More

In the last 10 days, the Odisha government has announced financial incentives under 13 schemes and has also hiked pension allowances. It seems as if the government has loosened the purse strings ahead of the General Elections to woo voters. More

Following the Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) letter to seven states including Odisha regarding the appointment of regular Director General of Police (DGP) despite the availability of eligible officers, discussions on why the Odisha government hasn’t made a regular appointment have started gathering steam.  More

At the Balikuda-Erasama constituency in Jagatsinhgpur, youth leader Sanjib Biswal, a ticket aspirant, organised a power show on the plea of a get-together against MLA Ragunandan Das. He even spoke openly against the MLA and asserted that he would win the poll by a huge margin if he is given a ticket. More

Though the Gangadhar Meher Lift Irrigation project was aimed at supplying water to 25,600 hectares, the project will now supply water to 10,000 hectares only. More

Political leaders and administrative officers of Odisha who are involved in the case and who have used me as a medium to hide their own wrongdoings will be dragged to the court said the blackmailing case accused Archana Nag after coming out from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.  More

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sanctioned the new Puri-Konark railway line project. More

The surge in membership can be attributed to various factors, including increased employment opportunities, a growing awareness of employee benefits, and the effectiveness of EPFO's outreach programs More

A woman died and eight others were injured after the school bus they were travelling in met with an accident at Mantriamba ghat under Baipariguda Police limits in Koraput district on Tuesday.  More

Moreover, the accused were arrested after a mobile phone was seized from an inmate. Around 266 grams of brown sugar, one SUV, and several mobile phones have been seized from the six accused. More

As no other candidates from other parties contested for the three seats, the two nominees of the Biju Janata Dal(BJD), Debasish Samantaray and Subashish Khuntia, and the lone candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Ashwini Vaishnaw were elected uncontested on Tuesday. More

As per the IMD, isolated to scattered light/moderate rainfall is very likely accompanied with thunderstorms and lightning over Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh during February 20th -22nd. More

The bus carrying the labourers was intercepted by the IRB jawans while conducting a combing operation at Chilibalsa gate on Monday night. Around 80 labourers were rescued from the bus. More

As per reports, the district is grappling to provide sufficient playgrounds to children. The government is spending crores of rupees on sports and players. However, most of the grounds in Balasore town do not have the necessary equipment along with the infrastructure. More

According to Majhi, the next two weeks will be crucial and people will see several BJD MLAs and MPs leaving the party. He claimed that the BJP would form the next government in Odisha. More

As per reports, locals spotted a car lying in the ditch on Tuesday morning and informed the police. When the police pulled out the car with the help of a crane, bags filled with Ganja were seen stored inside it. More

The team members are being trained on the use of tranquiliser and handling other equipment to deal with any emergency situation. More

Be it apartments or any other residential complex, there has been a rise in the incidents of thefts and burglaries in Bhubaneswar. The trend is continuing since October last year.  More

In a bid to put a check on malpractice, the BSE has put all the examination centres under CCTV surveillance and the data is live-streamed to the Command Control Centre at the BSE office in Cuttack. More

The Congress party alleged police inaction in nabbing the person behind issuing death threats to the legislator and demanded to make immediate arrests. More

The shameful incident was reported from Kuchinda in Sambalpur district, where the society (Samaj) denied the body of a woman, Gomati Chhatria last respect because she was punished by the Samaj for going against the ‘rules’ and marrying off her daughters to grooms from other castes. More

The deceased has been identified as Lipun Pradhan from Taliudar village in Bolangir. He was a student of Vishwatma Vidya Mandir and was scheduled to appear for the annual Matric exams starting today. More

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