The Latest Breaking News from Odisha

INCOIS to simulate two earthquakes as part of 'IOWave23' exercise to test for tsunami disaster on east and west coasts. Pre-IOWave23 workshop on 'Tsunami Standard Operating Procedure' held to familiarise participants with tsunami bulletins, improve SOPs and promote emergency preparedness. 10,000 deaths in 2004 tsunami in Odisha, 381 villages vulnerable.…

Odisha teachers strike for better pay: 1.30 lakh teachers of 50,000 schools demand “respectable” salary, parity with Central government employees, restoration of old pension scheme, end of contractual appointments

BJD removes Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, a ruling party MLA and editor of Sambad, from VP post following criticism of state-wide tour by CM's secretary. Patnaik had raised concerns about the tour and alleged it was akin to political meetings. BJD leadership concerned as criticism had fueled anti-incumbency. Patnaik said sacking…

These 20,000 junior teachers will be appointed in primary and upper primary schools in 30 districts across Odisha. The candidates will be selected on the basis of marks secured on a computer based test.

Task force in Hyderabad arrests 46-year-old Pradeep Jain Dangur posing as medical practitioner. He acquired fake educational certificates in 1999 from Biraja Medical College of Allopathy in Odisha.

BJD laying roadmap for strengthening party organisation, sparking buzz of early polls. BJP & Congress entering poll mode, BJD taking out padayatra & identifying beneficiaries of govt schemes. Govt distributing land records & giving fillip to Mission Shakti. BJP attacking govt policies & preparing 108-point 'chargesheet'. Congress starting door-to-door campaign…

In Odisha's Kendrapara district, six people have been killed by estuarine crocodiles in two and a half months. The reptile is protected under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and the population in Bhitarkanika National Park is stable. But overcrowding has caused increased human-crocodile conflict, with people losing their connection to…

Resentment brews in Rayagada, Odisha over bauxite mining projects. Villagers, activists up in arms against proposals; nine arrested under UAPA. Goldman Prize winner Prafulla Samantara whisked away by police.

MSSRF raises an objection to GI tag for Koraput's Kala Jeera Rice, claiming it could exclude local farmers from benefits; JSFPC counters, saying it is an organisation of farmers and granting of GI tag will benefit the entire community.

The sports quiz organised jointly by Hindu Future India Club (FIC), part of The Hindu Group, and the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) received overwhelming response in Berhampur, with 550 schoolchildren participating in the event on Monday.

Tirkey joined the party in the presence of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Sarat Pattanayak and other senior leaders. Read further on Dynamite News: