Tag: Latest Odisha News

Jaundice is gradually spreading its tentacles in Cuttack triggering resentment among the locals.

Is the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) apprehensive of its performance in the Lok Sabha elections in Odisha?

Despite tall claims being made by Odisha government over road connectivity and boosting access to healthcare in rural areas, incidents of pregnant women and patients being carried on cot and in slings still continue to surface.

At least 20 passengers sustained injuries after a Mo Bus en route to Khordha from Bhubaneswar fell into a roadside nullah near Pitapali chhak on Saturday.

Women are walking miles, carrying buckets and pots of water in the scorching heat. These visuals are from Bhanjanagar block’s Danguapalli village in Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s home district Ganjam.

While the Odisha government continues to make tall claims with regard to increase in employment rate, the India Employment Report-2024 has laid bare the concerning scenario of employment in the state.

Gold prices in Bhubaneswar hit a record high of Rs 71,330 per 10 grams on Thursday. The price of 10 grams of 24-carat touched Rs 71,330, while that of 22-carat gold reached Rs 63,800. As per experts, gold can reach close to Rs 72,000 in next few weeks if the price rise continues with the same trend. 

Look at these people queuing outside the hospital. They are waiting here to avail medicine of tuberculosis. However, they have to leave the hospital premises dejected due to unavailability and shortage of TB medicine.

In an attempt to facilitate poor patients avail advanced medical technology, liver transplantation process has commenced at the SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCB MCH) in Cuttack. After almost a decade long wait, complex treatment process has been facilitated for the first time in the State at the SCB.

At the age of 98, when mostly people are either bedridden or are confined to one place, Mohan Behera from Sunabeda has justified that ‘age is just a number’. Still hale and hearty, he is running his 60-year-old cycle repairing shop with the same vigour.

Children and locals stand in a queue here to have a closer look into the space. However, this is neither a planetarium nor any government office. These visuals are from the terrace of Nilagiri resident Sujit Mohanty.

Is Odisha gradually turning into a narcotics hub? The question has started haunting the minds of everyone after Forest, Excise and police officials destroyed opium poppy plantations in acres of woodland in the Similipal sanctuary.

It is pertinent to mention here that Odisha was the first state to announce 33 percent reservation in government jobs during the 90’s.

The High Court also rejected the district-wise merit list released by OSEPA and directed the authorities to prepare a fresh merit list according to the recruitment terms and guidelines.

Veteran BJD leader and 10-time MLA V Sugnana Kumari Deo, who belonged to the royal family of Khallikote, passed away during treatment at a private hospital in Chennai on Saturday at the age of 87. She breathed her last at the hospital at 12.44 am.