The Latest Breaking News from Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: The state cabinet headed by chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday approved a new scheme, Ama Odisha Nabin Odisha (our Odisha new Odisha), whose primary objective is to boost rural infrastructure, especially digital connectivity, and promote the Jagannath culture across the state. The government will spend about Rs 4,000…

Tired of repairing houses over and again after raiding elephants leave them damaged, all residents of a small tribal village have fled home and taken shelter in another village in Odisha’s Keonjhar district.

The notice issued by the NCST, which has been marked to the Chief Secretary of the State, the Director General of Police, Odisha, and the DG of the RPF.

Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) has decided to commence coal production in Naini (Odisha) block from this September and in VK, Rompedu opencast and Goleti opencast mines from this December.

The Odisha Government has formally come up with ‘Mo Jungle Jami Yojana’ (My Forestland Scheme) intending to complete recognition of all rights under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights Act), 2006, (in short FRA, 2006) in the next two years.

An undetected fault in wiring in the location box near Bahanaga Bazaar Railway Station that had not been noticed by Signal and Telecom (S&T) staff in the past five years led to the deadly triple train collision in Odisha. Installed at a distance of two to five kilometres usually, a…

At least 50 more courts in Odisha turned ‘paperless’ on Monday, July 3, 2023, taking the total number of paperless courts in the State so far to 84

AP-Genco achieved the highest monthly generation of 79.042 MU with a Plant Load Factor of 91.48% at Machkund Hydro Electric Project situated on the borders of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, in June 2023.

At least 13 more bodies of the June 2 Balasore train accident kept at AIIMS Bhubaneswar were handed over to their family members, official sources said.

Elephants trampled 57 persons to death between April and June this year in Odisha — that is 50% higher number of deaths compared with corresponding figure last year. During the period from April to June, elephants spread out in forests as well as across human habitations in search of fruits…

After waiting close to a month following the June 2 train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district that left 293 people dead, five families were finally handed over bodies of their loved ones on Friday.