Afternoon News

ONI Bureau:  -- Odisha Govt announces steps to promote Odia Bhasha; Separate Odia language and Culture dpt to be formed. -- Vigilance takes SCB Clinical Haematology head Dr Rabindra Jena & aide Sudha Sethy on two-day remand. --…

ONI Bureau:  -- Four-year-old minor girl falls into borewell at Gulasar village in Angul, rescue operations underway. -- 280 grams of Brown Sugar worth nearly Rs 30 lakh seized at two places in Cuttack. -- Pakistan: Kulbhushan Jadhav…

ONI Bureau:  -- Ishan Kumar Patro appointed as new vice-chancellor of Ravenshaw Varsity. -- Odisha CM sanctions Rs 7.70 Cr for revival of 529 lift irrigation projects in Angul, Dhenkanal, Bargarh, Bolangir, Boudh, Kalahandi, Nuapada,…

-- Senior BJP leader Bijay Mohapatra expelled from Kendrapara District BJP Committee. -- Fire officials conduct inspection at 30 hospitals in 3 districts. -- Senior Congress leader Pradeep Majhi alleges misappropriation of fund meant…

-- Two Odia litterateurs Gayatri Saraf and Suryamani Khuntia to get Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award. -- Odisha CM writes to Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar for release of Rs 676.57 crore to meet requirement of funds…

-- Mahanadi Tribunal Issue: Trinamool Congress extends support to BJD in Lok Sabha; LS Speaker rejects BJD's adjournment notice for third time. -- Van carrying BSF Jawans overturns in Koraput Dist; Several Injured. -- Vigilance…

ONI Bureau:  -- Odisha Govt launches 4 new Health Schemes including “SAHAY” a free dialysis service to all patients. -- Orissa High Court grants bail to Seashore Chief Prashant Das in three cases. -- Self-defence training for girls…

ONI Bureau:  -- Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram writes to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, asks to fix MSP of minor forest Produce. -- Senior Bijepur BJP leader Bhisma Sharaf joins BJD today. -- Nabadiganta scam: Jailed MP Ramchandra…

ONI Bureau: -- Child sacrifice bid foiled in Balasore, 2 detained. -- 12th Toshali National Crafts Mela kicks start in Bhubaneswar. -- Odisha boy Pankaj Mohanta from Keonjhar to get National Bravery Award. -- PM Modi inaugurates…

ONI Bureau:  -- OHRC closes hearing of Kunduli gang rape case as the issue is sub judice in High Court. -- One Naxal killed in encounter with security personnel in Malkangiri Dist. -- 2-year jail term to former Loisingha Tehsildar in…