Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Beware! You may fall victim to online fraudsters. Just like the partners in crime portrayed in the Bollywood movie, 'Banti Aur Babli,' the Badagada Police in Bhubaneswar have detained a couple, who allegedly fleeced lakhs of rupees by trapping buyers through ads for pre-owned vehicles on online platforms. More

As per experts, the reusable pads prepared from banana fibre could be used for three to four years. More

According to the Meteorological Centre, the previous lowest maximum day temperature of 24.3 degrees Celsius was recorded on 6th March 1970 and today’s (20th March 2024) maximum temperature of 19.2 degrees Celsius surpassed that record and became the lowest reading on the scale since the year 1952.    More

Thieves decamped with more than Rs 20 lakh cash and valuable jewelleries by breaking open the hundi of the newly-built Ram Mandir on the Girigobardhan hill at Fatehgarh of Nayagarh on Tuesday night. Similar theft was also reported from Panchalingeswar shrine in Balasore More

It seems that the miscreants are monitoring the transactions done by customers in the bank and following them. More

Several agencies of the country including the Indian Navy, Coast Guard, Odisha Marine Police, Fisheries and Forest departments, industrial security units, Paradip Port and ODRAF are part of the joint mock drill on coastal security. More

The Vigilance is learned to conduct an investigation into the quality of developmental works in the area. Bhubaneswar Vigilance has registered a case against the official and further investigation is in progress More

During an earthworm diversity study conducted in different parts of Koraput, Ayusmita Naik collected some large earthworm specimens from Rani Duduma and the Jeypore Ghati area of Koraput. More

the customer allegedly pushed Bijay and his head hit the ground, leaving him seriously injured. Bijay was immediately rushed to Bhadrak district headquarters hospital where the doctors declared him dead. More

Legislators Jagannath Saraka, Pitam Padhi, senior BJD leader Bhaskar Rao, former legislator Rabi Nanda and party’s district observer and Junagarh MLA Dibya Shankar Mishra took part in the discussion about the party’s poll strategies.  More

In the quarter-finals, Hockey Association of Odisha will face the experienced Hockey Haryana.  More

NTA has invited online application forms for Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM) (January 2024 Semester) Exam from March 19 for 456 courses. More

As per the IMD, there will be no large change in maximum temperature (day temperature) during the next 24 hrs following which there will be a rise by 8-10 degrees Celsius at most places over the districts of Odisha. More

As per reports, Vasan called upon the locals to gather in numbers and exercise their voting rights in the upcoming elections. More

Asked about the golden Bimana, an office bearer of the Puja Committee said, “We had made a Silver tableau in 2008, then a golden crown for Maa Durga in 2015. So when the Central government awarded a GI tag to Cuttack for filigree works, we decided to make a Bimana this year for Lord Dolagovinda with gold filigree” More

Anything can happen but first, let's see if we will fight alone or go along with the BJD... If we go alone, we will fight to form the government - Shah More

Earlier, Rajnagar MLA Ansuman Mohanty joined the BJD after quitting the Congress. More

Speaking about the searches, Singh said, “We did an exercise to check all the areas of Jharapada jail. The purpose of the exercise was to make sure there were no contraband or communication devices like mobile phones inside the jail." More

The importance of Pakhala in Odia food habits can easily be ascertained from the fact that not only the mortals, but Pakhala has always been cherished in the Jagannath faith and is offered to the deities at Puri Srimandir daily. More

As per reports, the PEO Satya Kumar Ghivela withdrew Rs 4.64 lakh cash from a State Bank of India branch at Bangomunda and was returning home to Kantabanji with an associate on a bike when the incident happened. More

The matter came to the fore when the temple priest arrived at the temple to do the morning rituals on Wednesday. He reportedly saw the main door of the temple open and the ‘Hundi’ (Donation Box) inside the temple wiped clean. More

Apart from the Twin Cities, Khordha, Nayagarh, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Ganjam and Kandhamal districts also received rainfall. Heavy rains accompanied by gusty wind lashed several parts of Odisha, including the state capital under the influence of ‘Kalabaisakhi’ (Norwester) yesterday. More

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 for his open letter. More

Khariar’s sitting MLA Adhiraj Panigrahi has snapped 25-year-long relationship with the Congress and resigned from the primary membership of the 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