Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Tuesday, 12 March 2024

Bhagabata Tungis across Odisha get financial assistance of Rs 50,000 each. More

DIG (prisons) Kulamani Behera and Bolangir jail’s Superintendent investigated the incident on Monday. The DIG admitted that the inmates escaped due to the negligence of jail authorities and hinted at action against those responsible.  More

PCCF (Wildlife) Susanta Nanda confirmed this on Tuesday. Taking to his X handle, he posted a picture of a black leopard and wrote, "This ghost of the forest was first captured in 2018 in Sundergarh. Heartening to inform that it was again recaptured in camera trap recently, putting to rest all the speculations that was raised by few in the public domain." More

Seven tunnels on much-awaited 301-kilometre-long Khordha-Bolangir railway line are being constructed with employing high-end technologies. More

The government has decided to set up the proposed centre near the mouth of the Rushikulya river as it is the second biggest mass nesting site of the Olive Ridley turtles, after Gahiramatha in Kendrapara district, he said. More

Thousands of refugees who are now living in the Mahakalpara and Rajnagar areas of Kendrapara had intruded into the area in the 1950s to escape from the turmoil of the civil war in Pakistan. As many as 1237 of them settled in Kendrapara, and are now eking out their living from fishing and ferrying boats. But they have not been granted Indian citizenship.   More

The growing dissidence in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is emerging as a headache for the conch party. More

During election time, cyber fraudsters reportedly got into their usual act. To deceive people, they allegedly feed and float such information. Misguided by such posts meant to commit financial scams, many fall into fraudsters’ scheme of things and unsuspectingly allow themselves to bleed financially.   More

Police arrested Ishwara Mahara and Budhu Ray of Murshidabad in West Bengal and seized 257 gms of the banned substance. Besides, a Scorpio vehicle and Rs 2 lakh cash were seized from them. The seized substance is approximately valued at Rs 26 lakh. More

Devotees as well as servitors have demanded a Vigilance probe into the alleged corruption to the tune of crores of rupees in erecting temporary barricades for devotees in front of Puri Srimandir. More

Speculation about a possible BJP-BJD coalition started after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting at Chandikhole. Political circles wonder why the speculated deal between the two parties is failing to see its conclusive end. Amid this, a statement by the ruling BJD leader Parsuram Dhada has further added the grist to the mill.  More

As per the IMD’s latest forecast, the maximum temperature is likely to rise by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius during the next two to three days and no large change is expected thereafter. More

A five-member team of Nandankanan zoo reportedly left for Assam zoo to receive the animals on Tuesday. It is expected that these animals would be brought to Nandankanan by March 21, 2024. More

Sarpanchs will now get Rs 10,000 instead of Rs 2,350 while Naib Sarpanchs will get Rs 4,000 instead of Rs 490. The daily allowance and sitting fees of Sarpanchs, Naib Sarpanch and ward members have been hiked to Rs 480 from the existing Rs 240 per day. More

It is pertinent to mention here that Odisha was the first state to announce 33 percent reservation in government jobs during the 90’s. More

The police have arrested seven accused, including a woman, on charges of supplying mobile phones inside the jail and peddling brown sugar in Khordha town. More

The High Court also rejected the district-wise merit list released by OSEPA and directed the authorities to prepare a fresh merit list according to the recruitment terms and guidelines. More

It is the third Vande Bharat train launched in Odisha so far. This train will run six days a week except Saturdays. As per reports, the train service was initially envisioned to operate between Visakhapatnam and Puri. But the originating station was changed later to Bhubaneswar. More

The scenes of unattended garbage are same in 53 wards out of the 67 wards of the Smart City. Streets are filled with litter, polythene, thermocol plates, waste food items, waste and rotten vegetables and other garbage. More

As per reports, tonnes of khandolite stones are being extracted from the mine every day and the stones are being used for Srimandir Parikrama project, infrastructure development and renovation of Maa Tarini temple, Sri Lingaraj temple, Samalei temple and Ma Biraja temple. More

As per reports, Ramchandra Dasmohapatra, the Badagrahi of Devi Subhadra, claimed that two more Ratha Bhandars are underneath the sanctum sanctorum of Lord Jagannath and there are two entry points for Mahaprabhus’s Bhandar. One entry is used by servitors while the other entry is lying closed. More

It has sought applications online for different categories of teachers of district Cadre posts of teachers in government schools under SC &ST Development department and M&BCW department on Monday.  More

The Odisha Bridge and Construction Corporation started its construction In 2020. The entire stretch of the flyover along with the approach roads with a span of 4 km and 487 metres starts from NH-520 to Sarankul Chhak. The road is as wide as 5.5 metres and can carry a maximum load of 400 tonnes. More

The statement of senior BJD leader Prasanna Acharya that coalition politics is nothing new for Odisha has added fuel to the ongoing speculations over alliance with BJP. More