Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Saturday, 23 March 2024

Forest department is going to tighten noose around social media account holders if they have posts of prohibited wild animals More

In the coming four to five days, Odisha's most places are likely to experience intense heat. More

As per reports, a vehicle was seized along with the licence of the driver in connection with a drunken driving case. Sub-inspector of Saheednagar Police Station Priyabrat Pradhan had demanded Rs 5,000 as a bribe to release the vehicle and the license. More

The deceased was identified as Ajay Das of Bhodabahali village under Sadar Police limits. He was lodged as an under-trial prisoner for the last 11 months in connection with a rape case.  More

After receiving a notice from the State Bank of India’s Bargarh branch, the minor children's grandfather came to know that his son-in-law had taken a loan of Rs 7 lakh from the bank. More

The BJP’s CEC is expected to give its stamp of approval to the names of candidates of some Lok Sabha seats in Odisha any time soon amid reports that a list of candidates for 100 Assembly seats and 16 LS seats has been prepared.  More

Not only the leaders but also the rank and file of the party are brimming with the confidence that they will form the government in Odisha. More

The liquor mafia's family members even went on to hurl abuses and attack the raiding party. They even detained the officials and vandalised their vehicle.   More

Just days after actor, Arindam Roy, who is the brother-in-law of BJD's organizational secretary, Pranab Prakash Das, abandoned the party and joined the BJP, six-time MP Bhartruhari Mahtab quit the party. Mahtab, one of the BJD's founding members, spewed venom while announcing his resignation on Friday. More

A woman foreign tourist managed to enter the temple premises. While ascending the Baisi Pahacha(a flight of 22 steps), she was spotted by some servitors. She was being accompanied by a youth. More

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Dilip Mallick trained his gun at the Congress over its statement on electoral bonds.  More

During a merger ceremony at the Sankha Bawan, Puri district unit president Dibakar Patra said that former MLA Sanjay Dasburma will surely come out victorious in the Satyabadi Assembly segment and incumbent Satyabadi MLA Umakant Samantaray will win in Brahmagiri.  More

The police have recovered brown sugar worth an approximate market value of Rs 26 lakh from their possession. More

The students further accused the principal of depriving them of NUA-O Scholarship launched by the Odisha government. More

The exodus situation wasn’t any good even before the announcement by Odisha BJP chief Manmohan Samal on Friday. Starting from Paradip to Bhubaneswar, the BJD is reportedly standing divided with new ticket aspirants becoming rebellious against the incumbent MLAs.  More

According to sources, the three deceased were going on a motorbike when they lost balance on their two-wheeler and rammed into a truck. More

The Medical Officer In-Charge said, “36 patients were admitted on March 21. 42 patients came on March 22 out of which 25 were admitted to hospital. Five serious patients were referred to Burla. 49 patients have come today till now.” More

This is the third time in the last two months that a poppy plantation has been found and destroyed by the forest department. It has an approximate market value of around Rs 10 crore. Till now, opium poppy plantations worth Rs 28 crore have been found and destroyed in Similipal. More

If the power brokers had their way, this perhaps would have been the first instance in independent India when a ruling party would have gone into an election in alliance, formed weeks before the election... More

A stream flows along the temple. It provides irrigation facilities to the farmland. Tourists flock here to see the stream and enjoy the natural beauty. However, tourists are upset that the shrine has not been renovated. More

Pangi moved Orissa High Court seeking relief, but the case was sent back to the Nayagarh district court. As a result, Pottangi police station was directed to make the arrest on March 4 this year. More

It was a homecoming for Nayak as she distanced herself from the party after the 2009 elections when she contested from the Bhubaneswar Parliamentary seat on a BJP ticket and subsequently crossed over to the BJD.  More

Senior Congress leader and Jatani MLA, Suresh Routray announced his retirement from electoral politics on Friday.  More

In a bid to revive the relationship, and spread brotherhood and friendship between the local people and police, the then Bhandaripokhari IIC, Babu Lal Munsi had started this ‘Melana’. Over the years, the Melana has turned into a festival and is celebrated with pomp and gaiety every year.  More

The Aditya Birla Group topped the list of donors with a Rs 260 crore donation to the ruling party in Odisha through its associate companies.   More

On being informed, three fire tenders reached the spot and launched an operation to control the flame.  More