The Latest Breaking News from Odisha

Hyderabad cops arrest Odisha native for drug peddling

HYDERABAD: One person was nabbed by Dundigal police on Monday for possessing 23.5kg ganja.

The Times of India · Mar 28, 2022

Opposition claims breakdown of neutrality in Odisha bureaucracy

Parties cry foul after IAS, IPS officers congratulate the Chief Minister for BJD’s victory in local polls

The Hindu · Mar 28, 2022

Odisha: Vigilance registers highest cash seizure of Rs 1.36 cr from engineer

Odisha's vigilance department registered its highest-ever cash seizure when it recovered Rs 1.36 crore along with 1.2 kg of gold from a superintendent engineer (SE), rural works.

Dynamite News · Mar 28, 2022

Odisha govt asked to have creches for babies of women employees

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on Friday asked the state government to create creches for babies of women employees at workplace. This facility will be created in offices having more than 50 women employees.

The Times of India · Mar 25, 2022

Odisha frames guidelines for children of incarcerated parents

Integrated Child Development Scheme extended to children growing with jailed parents

The Hindu · Mar 24, 2022

Naveen Patnaik to visit Delhi

Odisha CM will be looking to weigh the BJD’s options with Presidential Elections due in July  

The Hindu · Mar 24, 2022

Ex-bureaucrat held, Odisha CID to probe photojournalist's murder

A case involving the kidnapping and murder of a photojournalist from Odisha has been handed over to the crime branch of CID for investigation, the Indian Express reported. Manas Swain, 28, was allegedly kidnapped by his employer Sarmistha Rout and four others in February and assaulted over a memory chip…

Newslaundry · Mar 24, 2022

Akshay Kumar's 'Bachchhan Paandey' show forcibly stopped and theatre cleared out as mob demands screening of 'The Kashmir Files'

Days after Akshay Kumar praised Vivek Agnihotri's 'The Kashmir Files' and lauded the film for bringing the audience 'back to the theatres', fans of the superstar were left fuming at a theatre in Odisha.

The Times of India · Mar 22, 2022

Former PRO to Odisha Governor, CM arrested in murder case

A woman journalist, who is the prime accused in the case, is absconding

The Hindu · Mar 21, 2022

Odisha: Puri police arrests six for 'revenge killing' of Jagannath temple servitor

BHUBANESWAR: A decade-old grudge over the 2012 killing of Guna Singhari, a servitor of the Puri Jagannath temple and a former BJD councillor, triggered the revenge murder of servitor Krushna Chandra Pratihari in the pilgrim town on March 16, said police after arresting six persons in this connection on Monday.

The Times of India · Mar 21, 2022