Kendrapara: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Chief Secretaries of Odisha and Chhattisgarh on the boat tragedy in the Mahanadi river which claimed eight lives. The NHRC also sought Action Taken Reports from the Superintendent of Police of Jharsuguda in...
Bhubaneswar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and BJP president JP Nadda will address election rallies in different parts of Odisha April 28. Rahul Gandhi will address a public meeting at Salepur in Cuttack district, and also visit Satyabhamapur to pay tributes to Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das,...
Berhampur: Police arrested three persons and seized a pistol and ammunition from their possession here, an officer said Friday. A 9-mm pistol loaded with two rounds of live ammunition, an iron sword, and two mobile handsets were seized from their possession, the officer said. The...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha BJP Friday alleged that Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik, who is contesting from two seats, will vacate one of them to facilitate his close aide Kartik Pandian's entry into the Assembly. The allegation was levelled by former BJP president Samir...
Bhubaneswar: There seemed to be no respite from the hot and humid weather conditions in Odisha, with 12 places recording temperatures above 43 degrees Celsius Friday and the IMD forecasting similar weather conditions for the next five days. In its evening bulletin, the Regional Meteorological...
Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda is scheduled to visit Odisha April 28 (Sunday) for election campaigning, a party leader said Friday. Speaking to mediapersons, senior BJP leader Samir Mohanty said that JP Nadda will address a public meeting at Berhampur in Ganjam...
Bhubaneswar/ Balasore: Weeks after resigning from the ruling BJD, Soro MLA Parshuram Dhada Friday returned to the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Odisha. Dhada joined the saffron party at an event organised at the BJP's headquarters here in the presence...
Nabarangpur: A five-member team of the Election Commission of India Friday searched a helicopter used by bureaucrat-turned-politician Kartik Pandian in Odisha's Nabarangpur district, an official said. "No objectionable material was found in the helicopter," he said. The search was conducted when the helicopter carrying Pandian,...
Bhubaneswar: The process of filing nomination papers for five Lok Sabha constituencies and 35 Odisha Assembly segments to be held May 20 started Friday with the Election Commission of India and Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) issuing the notification in this regard. The five Lok Sabha...
Bhubaneswar: The IMD regional centre in Bhubaneswar Friday issued a Red Warning (be alert) for several districts of Odisha, warning people about heat wave to severe heat wave conditions till 8.30 am of May 1. The IMD predicted that the temperature would rise by 2...
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