The Latest Breaking News from Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought action taken reports (ATRs) from chief secretaries of Odisha and Telangana on the heart wrenching incidents of mortgaging children for final rites of their fathers, the sole breadwinner of their families.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced the metro train project connecting Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Puri and Khurda. Read further on Dynamite News:

BHUBANESWAR: The state government is planning to auction 10 major and 12 minor mineral blocks in the financial year 2023-24. Steel and mines minister Prafulla Kumar Mallik said this in the state assembly on Monday.

BHUBANESWAR: The first Prime Minister, late Jawaharlal Nehru, was in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on April 13, 1948, about eight months after India achieved Independence.

PATNA: A regional workshop on “National Aquifer Mapping and Management (NAQUIM) Programme- Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha” was organised by Central Ground water Board (CGWB) here on Friday.

BHUBANESWAR: A groom and his family members had to walk 28 kilometres to reach the bride's village in Odisha's Rayagada district for the wedding, as they could not arrange a vehicle due to the drivers' strike.

At least three persons were injured in fire in a hotel building at Laxmi Market Complex in Puri late last night. Read further on Dynamite News:

A pigeon, suspected of being used for spying, was caught from a fishing boat off Paradip coast of Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, officials said on Thursday. Read further on Dynamite News:

BHUBANESWAR: Five people drowned while taking bath in ponds and rivers in different parts of Odisha after celebrating Holi on Wednesday, police said. Two brothers drowned while taking bath in Brahmani river in Kendrapada district. They got caught in the river current at Musadhia in Pattamundai police station area.