Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Thursday, 07 March 2024

The youth identified as Ranbir Singh from Nainital has embarked on a tour to 12 Jyotirlingas, 52 shakti shrines and all the four major religious shrines of Hindus (Chaturdhams) in the country. More

The bodies of a woman and her minor daughter were found in their house under mysterious circumstances at Sanabaragaon Balihata village under Polsara Police limits of Ganjam on Thursday.  More

If the reply to RTI queries made by an activist is anything to go by, the Public Works department, Puri spent crores of rupees for just erecting temporary barricades.  More

Earlier, Anshuman Mohanty, former Congress MLA from Rajnagar and the son of ex-BJD leader Nalini Mohanty had joined the ruling party. Notably, Bijay Mohapatra, one of the founding members of the BJD, was expelled from the party 24 years ago. Since then, he has been silently and dimly active in politics despite his consecutive defeats in Assembly elections on his home turf.  More

Such rescue vehicles are equipped with hydraulic lift systems, four-tonne winch, generator sets, and emergency lights.  Meanwhile, members of rapid response teams have been imparted training to use these vehicles.    More

Their Delhi visit has strengthened the possibility of the talks between the two parties which are believed to be going on clandestinely. They are likely to carry forward talks on alliance and seat-sharing ratio with the top leadership of the BJP.  More

Over 50 labourers have migrated from Gariaghat Sahi under the Narayanpatna block of Koraput to Andhra Pradesh.    More

Acute poverty compelled an elderly man to hand his granddaughter over to the district administration. The incident was reported from Sakhadunguri village under Jharbandh Police limits in Bargarh district of Odisha.  More

Moreover, the Odisha State Outsourcing Employees OMBUDSMAN has been formed to sort out conflicts and complaints between outsourcing staff and service provider agencies. To hear complaints of the outsourcing staff and the service provider agencies, each department will have a nodal officer.  More

Candidates interested in these positions must apply online through the website www.oav.edu.in. More

Alliance with BJD will stall Odisha's aspiration for a BJP government More

As per reports, the two-year-long blackout has resulted from three defunct transformers. Locals lamented that a transformer installed at Munda Sahi went kaput two years ago, but the distribution company has not set it right despite repeated pleas of consumers. More

Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) chief, Sarat Pattanayak on Thursday took a jibe at the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) saying that the ruling party will make an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) not for the interest of the state but for own benefits.  More

The temple administration has made elaborate arrangements and is leaving no stone unturned for the smooth conduct of the rituals during Maha Shivratri. It has been decided that all the rituals of Lord Lingaraj will be smoothly conducted in due time. More

After joining BJD, Mohapatra addressed the media, saying, “I have been serving the people of Patkura since 2019. I felt I needed a platform from where I could contribute to the area’s development. I had discussed with the voters of Patkura, and took the blessings of my father before taking this decision.” More

As per reports, the raids were made at three places in Bhubaneswar including at the office of a newspaper and at Berhampur and Chhatrapur. More

According to a CMO press release, the monthly remuneration of ASHA workers has been increased from Rs 4,500 to Rs 7,000. They will now get Rs 1 lakh as their retirement benefits as against Rs 50,000 earlier. More

While LS seat sharing is almost certain and is very likely to remain either 13-8 or 14-7, the seat sharing ratio in the Assembly election is still uncertain. More

As per reports, Dhana Nali from Bandhaguda village went to the neighbouring Nuaguda village to attend a marriage party with her four children. More

Established in 2012, the school had many infrastructural problems, including the absence of a boundary wall causing several problems for students. Taking cognizance of the same, under the OTV Cares initiative, construction of a boundary wall was done. More

The couple alleged that their domestic dispute with the parents of Pitabas was taken to the Kangaroo court and it ruled against Rojalin and Pitabas, ostracising them from the village. More

As per reports, the woman’s husband had engaged the accused, identified as Kalu, in the renovation of his mobile repair shop at Bapuji Nagar. Within 20 days of his stay, Kalu fell in one-sided love with the woman and wanted her to elope with him.  More

It may be noted here that after four years of the incident, the Nayagarh POCSO court convicted the accused and sentenced him to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment.   More

Odisha witnessed the coalition between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) from 1998 to 2009 and during that period the two-party combine fought three parliamentary elections and two Assembly elections. Both parties have enjoyed power on a 4:3 seat-sharing formula. More

His homecoming, and that too ahead of the upcoming elections has come as a shot in the arm of the grand old party which has been out of power in Odisha for 25 years.  More

As per reports, an atmosphere of foul smell prevailed on hospital premises on Tuesday with huge piles of bio-medical waste and stale food packets lying scattered on the roadside in front of the paediatrics department.  More