Patkura bypoll evokes the two decade old Patnaik-Mohapatra rivalryVoting for the Patkura assembly bypoll, where Mohapatra is contesting as BJP’s candidate, will be held on July 20.
Third time’s the charm for Soumya Ranjan Patnaik in Khandapada?It is the baggage of being late CM JB Patnaik’s son-in law, that has weighed most heavy on him.
Former Mumbai Police Commissioner is learning to be politically correct as BJD netaPatnaik who joined the Biju Janata Dal in April last year makes his electoral debut as the party's candidate for Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha cons...
Bijoy Mohapatra returns to BJP in OdishaMohaptra, considered among the sharpest political minds in the state, had been upset with the running of the party in Odisha.
BJD's Tathagata Satpathy quits active politicsThe 62-year-old Satpathy, who was the BJD’s chief whip during the 16th Lok Sabha, said he’d convey his decision to his Chief Minister Navee...
Dancing tadpoles found in Western Ghats
Biju Patnaik's family hands over ancestral property to Odisha governmentAlso present, as one of the heirs to Biju Patnaik’s property, was the chief minister’s nephew Arun Patnaik, son of Delhi-based businessman ...
Country needs a strong opposition: Deve GowdaDiscussions in this regard were in progress and the Janata Parivar parties had decided to merge into a single party and speak up in Parliam...
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad to offer eleven new management development programmesThe Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) would be offering eleven new Management Development Programmes (MDPs) in 2014 -15.
Namesakes may upset chance of candidates in KeralaNamesakes may play spoilsport in Kerala where 30 Lok Sabha contestants have names similar to those of candidates belonging to mainstream pa...
- Delhi professor discovers three new legless amphibians
The new family has been named Chikilidae, consisting of tailless burrowing caecilians, which evolved separately from other caecilian specie...
- Despite global slowdown, Indian technocrats can excel: Verma
Notwithstanding the global slowdown due to the crisis in Europe and the US, technocrats from India can overcome the challenges and make the...
- Suppandi to debut on silver screen
Suppandi, the village simpleton from Tinkle comics, will soon be seen on the silver screen. Publishers of the 28-year old comic series, ACK...
- Third Front show at Bhubaneswar flops
Third Front show at B'neswar proved a dampsquib, failed to pull crowd.
- BJD enters into a tie-up with NCP
Orissa chief minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik seems to have mastered the art of politicking. By entering into a ...
- Prez poll: Shekhawat files nomination
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat filed his nomination papers as the NDA-backed Independent candidate in the Presidential election.
- Govt plans apex body to streamline research in steel sector
The steel ministry is planning to bring all existing steel research and training institutes under an ‘umbrella organisation’ for the first ...