Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Friday, 23 February 2024

An unfinished 5T school that was inaugurated last month is adversely affecting the quality of education, leaving the residents of Sarukoi under Phiringia block of Kandhamal district fumed.  More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay the foundation stones for 21 Amrit Bharat railway stations in Odisha on February 26. More

The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress on Friday claimed they have seen through the ruling Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) plan to extend KALIA yojana by three years and giving Rs 2000 to landless beneficiaries ahead of the Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly Elections.  More

"We want to provide the best facilities to our young sportspersons. I hope the projects launched today will provide a big momentum to sports development in the state," he said. More

The project for manufacturing titanium metal, aerospace and automotive components and advanced speciality steel at Gajamara in Dhenkanal district will create 10,000 job opportunities, the company said in a statement. More

According to an official release from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), the remuneration for these mechanics operating in gram panchayats has been raised from Rs 4,000 to Rs 6,500. More

The number of teenage suicide cases in Odisha is quite high. As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, as many as 534 teenagers committed suicide in 2022. More

Khandagiri Mela is attracting many who believe in the magical healing powers of Babas that throng the festival in large numbers. More

While some agencies have claimed in their surveys that the Opposition BJP will clinch 20 out of 21 Lok Sabha seats in the State, few others see ruling BJD garnering 18 seats. Voters in the State seem baffled. More

Even as a 14-year-old girl left for the heavenly abode, she would remain alive in another body. The girl's father, an auto-rickshaw driver, agreed to donate her vital organs to save another life and set an example for others. More

Beneficiaries at the Bharatpur Gopabandhu Government UP School located on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar had to wait in queues for long hours under the scorching sun to collect their old age allowances provided by the State government. More

A youth has been booked for allegedly betraying a transgender after maintaining a physical relationship on the pretext of marriage in Kamakhyanagar of Dhenkanal district.  More

Following action against the chief fireman, who was leading the firemen’s agitation, the Odisha Fire Service personnel on Friday called off their strike and joined their duties.  More

The BMC has decided to do so under the guidelines of the Election Commission of India (ECI). More

Sethi, who was a student of a private science college in Berhampur appeared for the CHSE Plus 2 board exam at Khallikote University. While writing the Physics paper yesterday, the internal team reportedly caught Sethi resorting to malpractice and booked him. More

As per reports, the security forces were undertaking a combing operation in the Paikmal jungle when the Maoists fired shots at them ensuing a gun battle between them. More

As per reports, a man and his son died in a road accident in the morning. Immediately after their death, the man’s brother died of cardiac arrest. More

As per reports, Premashila Rana had allegedly ended her life by consuming poison at her home in Khalabahal village under Gaisilet block on Wednesday. Her family members brought her body to the Bargarh DHH for post-mortem at 10 am on the same day. More

As per reports, the unknown device had a red light and ‘Made-In-Korea’ inscribed on it. It was tied to a balloon. More

As per reports, some displeased BJD leaders climbed up the stage with LAccMI bus service posters and alleged unfair treatment for their Panchayat as there is no LAccMI bus service from Golur to the district Headquarters at Koraput. More

As per reports, these accidents took place in the evening. A student of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) and another youth died after their bike and a scooter had a collision in front of the university. Two others were critically injured in the accident. More

Upset over this problem, scores of farmers staged protests and demanded immediate measures to stop the possible damage. More

Gopalpur MLA  Pradeep Panigrahi on Thursday not only showed his power in Ganjam but also in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on dais asserted that the mission will start from Hinjili, Chief Minister’s home constituency.  More

The Cabinet has eased the norms for disbursal of financial assistance to farmers by approving the modification of implementation mechanism.  More

The people of Odisha are fully prepared for a double-engine government in the state. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said this at the party’s Vijay Sankalp Samavesh held at Baripada in Mayurbhanj on Thursday.  More