News from Odisha

Odisha has collected Rs 827.43 crore Odisha Good and Services Tax (OGST) during the month of May 2021, the Commissionerate of CT & GST, Cuttack said on Thursday.

The special squad of the Commissionerate Police seized 1.12 kg of brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore and arrested three persons in this connection in Cuttack.

A major fire broke out in a firecrackers godown at Brahmakundi village under Nimapara police limits of Puri district on Thursday.

Admitting that the State Capital does not have enough doses of COVAXIN for the age group of 18-44, the Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Sanjay Singh on Thursday assured that it will be made available soon.

The second wave peak in Odisha has been 3-times the first peak count. If the global third wave peak of nearly twice of the second wave peak is considered, then State's peak count in third wave may cross 20k!

Noted educationist and adviser-cum-working president of Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan (OAVS), Bijaya Kumar Sahoo passed away on Thursday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Hyderabad.

The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) on Thursday raided a garment showroom at Nayasarak in the Silver City and levied a fine of Rs 30,000 on its owner for allegedly making backdoor sales.

Bhubaneswar/Vijayawada: The death toll in the explosion at the stone quarry in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district rose to 14 with police today claiming that three of the deceased labourers are from Odisha. Of the three, two have been identified as Durjyadhana Nahak and Manoranjan Nahak of Bandhatala Nuagaon village under Rambha police limits of Ganjam […]

Baripada: A Constable of 5th Battalion in Baripada was allegedly thrashed by his associates and three other senior officers on the premises of the Battalion on Saturday. The injured Constable, identified as Kalicharan Kisku, has been admitted to Baripada hospital. As per the allegations of Kisku, the incident took place when he was on Quarters […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Food Commission has shot letters to Collectors of all districts directing them to dispose applications for new Ration Cards under the National Food Security Act, 2013. As per reports, the Commission mentioned that the fresh applications received from time to time are not being accounted for promptly in the Ration Card […]

Cuttack: In a major breakthrough, the District Excise squad in Cuttack seized two quintals of Marijuana (cannabis) from a person travelling in Patna-Puri Express late Wednesday night. Acting on a tip-off, the excise sleuths conducted a raid on the Express train while it was halted at the Cuttack Railway Station at around 1 am. During […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress Wednesday demanded a CBI probe into alleged corruption in the construction of Gurupriya bridge in Malkangiri district, claiming that around Rs 74 crore were paid fraudulently in excess to the contractor. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President Niranjan Patnaik said that the excess payment had been pointed out by the Principal Accountant General. […]

Ahead of the world-famous Rath Yatra this year, the most-awaited ritual of the Chaka Dera was conducted amid the chants of Jai Jagannath and Hari Bola in presence of servitors on Bada Danda. However, the public was not allowed to participate in the observance of the niti in view of the prevailing pandemic situation.

Raising question over the State government's claims of smooth management of cyclone ‘Yaas’, the Odisha unit of BJP on Thursday alleged that the Revenue and Disaster Management department had not prepared itself, as required, much before the storm hit the coast.

Shyam Steel India extends helping hand in distributing relief materials to families affected by Cyclone Yaas in Odisha.