Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Friday, 19 April 2024

BJP National Vice President and party’s Lok Sabha candidate for Kendrapara, Baijayant Panda met the bereaved families of lightning strike victims and expressed his deep condolences. More

The fielding of Yasir Nawaz by Congress as Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha candidate and the expulsion of senior Congress leader and Jatani MLA Suresh Routray may turn the BJD’s apple cart in the constituency.  More

Ganja smuggling racket's mastermind Rahul Sethi's luck ran out when he had gone to Jharpada jail to meet his associates. More

Under the leadership of BJP's Nayagarh Assembly constituency candidate Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh, hundreds of party workers laid siege to the police station. More

As per the data shared by IMD, 10 places in Odisha recorded maximum temperature of 43 degrees or above. More

About 50 people including children and women from Bargarh Bandhipali were on the boat. In the middle of the journey, the boat capsized near Saradha under Lakhanpur block.  More

A 14-year-old white tigress Sneha died at her enclosure in Nandankanan Zoological Park on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar city on Friday, officials said. More

As per the IMD, there will be no large change in the maximum temperature (Day Temperature) during the next two days and it will slightly fall by 2-3°C thereafter at many places over the district of Odisha. More

People should refrain from moving out under the scorching heat during the peak hours of the day (around 1100 IST-1500 IST). More

The IMD has also issued an orange warning for heat wave to severe heat wave conditions in different parts of Odisha for the next two days. More

Isolated heavy rainfall is very likely over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on April 19 and April 21 and isolated very heavy rainfall is also very likely over Arunachal Pradesh on April 20, 2024. More

It is expected that the mystery surrounding the death of the businessman will become clear after the post-mortem. More

As per sources, Patasani was hopeful of bagging BJD ticket from Bhubaneswar Parliamentary seat for the ongoing 2024 General Elections. However, he was eventually denied ticket by the party.  More

As per the prediction by IMD, the mercury is likely to soar further in coming days. The situation is likely to continue till Monday.  More

Sachi Das has left indelible marks in film and theatre worlds. Be it acting or directing in films, serials, operas or in theatre, he did them with great panache.  More

BJP spokesperson Anil Biswal alleged, “The 5T was an undemocratic system and it was a political programme. The Election Commission of India has deemed it a political programme and took action. Rs 500 crore was spent for 5T publicity and Rs 50 to Rs 60 crore was spent towards helicopter rides.” More

The residents of the constituency never shy away from alleging that the constituency has not developed as it should have been, considering the Chief Minister representing it for such a long period.  More

Madhabananda Nayak, a resident of Lamtaput in Koraput, alleged that most of the time they have to suffer due to undeclared power cuts by the distribution company. “Life has become miserable due to heat and power cuts,” he fumed.  More

Of the total 126 candidates announced by BJD, 28 are women and, 10 of them are the wives of party heavyweights. More