Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Tuesday, 19 March 2024

A key meeting of the sarpanchs and zilla parishad members from Brahmagiri and Satyabadi was held at the Sankha Bhawan in Bhubaneswar in the presence of the party’s organizational secretary, Pranab Prakash Das.  More

Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattanayak launched a broadside against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's open letter. More

Khariar’s sitting MLA Adhiraj Panigrahi has snapped ties with Congress party. More

The BJD veteran said, "A meeting was held at Naveen Niwas yesterday. There was an elaborate discussion about the Chilika Assembly seat. Chilika is my village. I have been elected as MLA four times from the neighbouring Khordha Assembly seat. The relation between Chilika and Banpur is very old.” More

Bhrugu Jyotish, Sridhar Acharya has predicted that the polling on Mondays won't be troublesome for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. More

Headmaster Bibhuti Bhusan Rath is not only giving financial help, but he is also carving out time from his hectic schedule to impart computer education with his own funds. More

Subash Marandi, a resident of Baidakhadi village under Udala police limits, was plucking flowers from a tree. As ill luck would have it, Marandi fell off the tree and a branch got through his body. His condition was critical. More

Instead of being happy after receiving such a huge amount, Koraput resident Sarat Pattanayak became worried about how he could send the money back to its original owner. More

Sons of several BJD ministers, MLAs and leaders are in the race for party tickets and are keen to try their luck. Such new generation leaders have already started work on strengthening organisation in their own constituencies More

DB Garnaik, the superintending archaeologist of the ASI said, “There was a proposal for a structure to ease movement of devotees. That place comes under a prohibited area. Any kind of structure will hamper the view of the temple. We had told them to have an underground pass.”  More

The police sealed the godown after its owner failed to produce any documents required to run such a unit. More

The NEP 2020 has also envisioned the provisions for extensive use of technology in teaching and learning, removing language barriers, increasing access for Divyang students. More

While negotiating a turn on the road, the biker lost control of the vehicle which later hit the protective wall of the bridge. The two along with the bike crashed down from the bridge. One of them died on the spot while the other was critically injured. More

In the affidavit, the CBI revealed that following the Shipping Ministry’s recommendations, the CBI had sought permission from the Odisha government to probe the case twice. The first permission was sought through a letter in November 2019 and when the State government sat on the request, the CBI had sent a reminder after two months. More

The anti-cyclonic circulation lies over Westcentral and adjoining Northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast in lower tropospheric levels. More

The senior BJP leader further said that the party needs to keep its strategy ready for the upcoming polls. However, the state unit cannot decide anything as far as the alliance with the BJD is concerned. More

The Jharpada jail authorities have lodged a formal complaint with Laxmisagar Police station in connection with the incident. More

As per reports, an eleven-member forest department team was patrolling the area in a boat when they found around 15-20 trawlers fishing in the prohibited area. More

The shootings occurred when a forest department team was patrolling the area on Monday night. Forest officials and the poachers came face to face at Panchalingeswar following which, the poachers fired from their guns leaving three officials injured. More

It is observed six days before the Purnima (full moon day) in Phalgun month, as per traditional Odia calendar. Dola Purnima, also known as Dolayatra, is the Holi festival in Odisha and is observed for more than 10 days. More

Speaking about the drive, Bhubaneswar Traffic DCP PK Rout said, “We are conducting this drive at AG square, Laxmisagar square, Jaydev Vihar square and Khandagiri square in the first phase. Our focus in this drive is on red-light jumpers.” More

As per reports, Akshay who works for a Jatra party, was shooting for social media Reels on the railway track with some of his friends when Neelachal Express hit him from behind. More

The big cat has migrated from Sanjay Dubri Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh to Toda Reserve Forest. More

The JMFC court pronounced its verdict and sentenced accused Kundu Mohapatra to a jail term of 18 months. Police had produced a charge-sheet against him in four days.  More

After living on sufferance for years, the villagers’ pent-up anger may find an outlet this election as they are determined to boycott polls.  More

While the MCC enforcement was a bit fast in Rourkela, it was found to be dead slow in Bhubaneswar. More

BJD leader Arup Patnaik, who had unsuccessfully contested in the Bhubaneswar  Lok Sabha segment, may be given a party ticket from the Puri LS seat while veteran leader Prasanna Patasani may be fielded from the Chilika Assembly seat, reliable sources said.   More