Govt plans 2 bills to ensure women's quota law implemented before delimitation exerciseThe government is reportedly ready to introduce two bills during the ongoing Parliament session to implement the women's reservation law be...
23 Mar, 2026, 10.31 PM IST
West Bengal gang rape case: Five in custody so far, including two new arrests todayThe second-year medical student was allegedly gang raped outside a private medical college on Friday night when she reportedly went out to ...
14 Oct, 2025, 07.25 PM IST
Durgapur rape case: Victim's father refutes Mamata’s claim, criticises remark on women’s safetyA medical student's father refuted West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's claim about the timing of her assault, stating it occurred between 8-9 ...
13 Oct, 2025, 05.10 PM IST
She does not feel the pain: Odisha Women Commission chairperson slams Mamata Banerjee ahead of Durgapur visitOdisha State Commission for Women Chairperson Sovana Mohanty criticized West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's remarks advising girls not to go o...
13 Oct, 2025, 08.42 AM IST
BJD demands SIT to probe into 'sexual exploitation' of girls in Odisha govt-run hostelsBJD has requested the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes to form a special investigation team. This team would investigate alleged se...
26 Jul, 2025, 10.27 PM IST
NCW asks Odisha DGP for action take report on college student self immolation case in 3 daysThe National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken cognizance of a deeply disturbing self-immolation incident involving a college student in...
13 Jul, 2025, 02.24 PM IST
Centre approves request of VK Pandian's wife for voluntary retirement from govt serviceSenior Odisha cadre IAS officer Sujata R Karthikeyan, known for her impactful contributions like Mamata Yojana and Mission Shakti, has been...
29 Mar, 2025, 09.56 PM IST
Unprecedented compared to other democracies: EC shares data on Lok Sabha pollsIn the recent Lok Sabha polls, 64.64 crore voters participated, with women showing a higher turnout of 65.78 per cent compared to 65.55 per...
26 Dec, 2024, 02.33 PM IST
Odisha CM Majhi orders judicial inquiry into army officer's custodial 'torture', 'sexual assault' of fianceeOdisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has ordered a judicial inquiry into the alleged torture of an army officer and sexual assault of h...
23 Sep, 2024, 11.42 AM IST
Over 94.48 lakh voters, 383 aspirants for upcoming round of polls in Odisha: Chief electoral officerAddressing a press conference, Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) N B Dhal said the Election Commission will deploy 121 companies of Ce...
23 May, 2024, 06.46 PM IST
Vajpayee had a bigger stature than Modi, knew how to run coalitions: Naveen PatnaikPatnaik said he will lend support to a ruling combine at the Centre which agrees to his conditions for Odisha.
11 Apr, 2019, 08.47 AM IST
Odisha’s interest a condition for support to next government, say Patnaik's manifestoThe regional party (BJD) has named its manifesto as "Naveen Odisha, Sashakt Odisha" (new Odisha, strong Odisha).
09 Apr, 2019, 11.02 PM IST
Number of women voters increases but still not 50%Number rises from 47% (2014) to about 48% (2019); women MPs in 16th Lok Sabha: 11.2%
12 Mar, 2019, 06.57 AM IST
Bijepur bypoll: BJD accuses BJP of influencing women votersThe by-election to the Bijepur Assembly constituency in Odisha will be held on February 24 and the counting of votes will take place on Feb...
20 Feb, 2018, 04.40 PM IST
Kandhamal killings a cold-blooded murder: Tribal Affairs Minister Jual OramHe said a team of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes is in Odisha to probe the incident and soon the "truth will emerge".
12 Jul, 2016, 10.10 PM IST
Odisha bans sterilization camps"The govt has decided that henceforth no such camp will be organized for sterilization to ensure quality care.", health sec. Aarti Ahuja sa...
03 Dec, 2014, 12.00 PM IST
Women voters turnout higher than men in 10 states/Union TerritoriesThe overall voter turnout is 66.20 per cent so far after the seventh phase Lok Sabha election as against 57.61 per cent in the last electio...
01 May, 2014, 02.31 AM IST