The Latest Breaking News from Odisha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched railway projects worth ₹8,200 crore in Odisha and flagged off the state’s first Vande Bharat Express that will connect Puri to West Bengal’s Howrah.

PANAJI: Odisha FC have completed the signing of Spanish coach Sergio Lobera, who won a historic double with Mumbai City FC in 2020-21 and the Indian Super League (ISL) winners’ shield with FC Goa.

Dipali Das secured a total of 1,07,198 votes, while Tankadhar Tripathy bagged 58,477 votes. Congress candidate Tarun Pandey came third with 4,496 votes, the Election Commission official said.

Speaker of the Odisha Assembly, Bikram Keshari Arukha, and two Ministers on Friday quit their posts fuelling speculation of a minor reshuffle in the Naveen Patnaik Cabinet.

The Odisha Government said the Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) ignored its suggestion of taking C2 as basis of recommending minimum support price for paddy for kharif season 2023-24.

Kapilesvara Temple, located in the city of Bhubaneswar in Odisha, has been declared an ancient monument of national importance. The Ministry of Culture, Government of India, recently made this declaration, which also calls for immediate care and protection of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

Two days after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik amidst speculations of strengthening opposition unity, Mr. Patnaik’s scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday indicated that chances of his party joining any national coalition were slim.

The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage and locals in the southern part of the State demand the conservation of the Paralakhemundi station master’s office and other structures, as modernisation gets under way.

Bypolls were held for one Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab and four Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya and Odisha on Wednesday.