Polls divide families as fathers, sons take different political routes in OdishaThree veteran politicians in Odisha are facing a unique situation during the election season as their sons contest elections with tickets f...
10 Apr, 2024, 05.18 PM IST
BJD's LS nominees comprise 30% turncoatsThe turncoats who have been nominated by Patnaik for the Lok Sabha elections are Surendra Singh Bhoi (Bolangir), Parineeta Mishra (Bargarh)...
04 Apr, 2024, 04.33 PM IST
Odisha: Veteran Congress MLA's son joins BJDSpeculations are rife that BJD may field Manmath as its candidate either for the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat or in the Jatani assembly segme...
28 Mar, 2024, 02.22 PM IST
BJD announces first list of candidates for nine Lok Sabha, 72 Assembly seatsBJD announces Lok Sabha candidates for Odisha elections. Naveen Patnaik to re-contest from Hinjili. Notable candidates include Dilip Tirkey...
28 Mar, 2024, 02.08 PM IST
Congress leader Suresh Routray announces retirement from electoral politicsVeteran Congress leader and six-time MLA Suresh Routray Thursday announced his retirement from electoral politics and said his son, Manmath...
23 Feb, 2023, 04.50 PM IST
Bhubaneswar garbage crisis may end soonThis led to the temporary transit station in the Odisha capital brimming with garbage, leading to more time being taken by dump trucks to u...
31 Aug, 2022, 12.13 PM IST
Crime graph higher in Odisha during pandemic: MinisterMinister of State for Home, D S Mishra, said 1.34 lakh criminal cases had been registered in 2020, against 1.21 lakh in 2019. By June 2021,...
06 Sep, 2021, 09.37 PM IST
Metro train service not feasible in Bhubaneswar & Cuttack till 2041 as per survey: MinisterHousing and Urban Development Minister Pratap Jena said this while replying to a question of Congress member Suresh Routray in the Assembly...
30 Mar, 2021, 02.21 PM IST
Normal life affected in Odisha due to 6-hour Congress bandh against fuel price riseEducational institutions remained closed, train services were affected and vehicles remained off the roads in the bandh that began at 7 am.
15 Feb, 2021, 12.11 PM IST
Odisha collects Rs 1.06 cr fine from traffic rule violators in a dayWhile 126 persons were penalised for triple-riding, 49 people were fined for speaking over mobile phones while driving. Ten persons were pe...
02 Mar, 2020, 10.20 PM IST
Amit Shah to address pro-CAA rally in Bhubaneswar on FridayThough Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar, who will also be present in the city on Friday for the ...
27 Feb, 2020, 09.08 PM IST
CESU to start power disconnection drive in 9 Odisha districts from ThursdayThe power distribution company has identified consumers who did not make payments despite several notices in 11,397 villages to disconnect ...
15 Jan, 2020, 02.52 PM IST
In Odisha, members of political families seek re-election, some pitted against kinFamily ties seem important in south Odisha, too, as the baton of BJD MP Jhina Hikaka has been transferred to wife Kausalya.
25 Mar, 2019, 12.16 PM IST
Niranjan Patnaik to be Congress' new Odisha state presidentAICC on Thursday also announced three new working presidents — Naba Das, Chiranjiv Biswal and Pradeep Majhi — each in charge of a region of...
20 Apr, 2018, 08.38 AM IST
BJP, Congress burn effigies of CM Naveen Patnaik, demand rollback of VATSinghdeo said the BJP's agitation would continue till roll back of the government's decision to increase rate of VAT on petrol and diesel.
26 Dec, 2014, 09.25 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Brisk polling in five states in eastern IndiaSixty per cent voters exercised their vote in West Bengal while 45 per cent voters cast their ballot in Odisha.
17 Apr, 2014, 04.06 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Turnouts range from 8.53% to 29% polling in five eastern statesTurnout in polling for 29 Lok Sabha seats in five eastern states ranged from a high 29% in West Bengal to the lowest of 8.53% in Manipur in...
17 Apr, 2014, 02.10 PM IST