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Jeypore: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's close aide and senior leader Kartik Pandian Thursday launched a scathing attack on the opposition BJP and Congress leaders accusing them of opposing Odisha government's welfare schemes and politicising development work. Addressing two election rallies held at Pottani and Laxmipur...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reeled under severe heatwave conditions Thursday with Jharsuguda recording the maximum temperature of 43.8 degrees Celsius, officials said. Baripada sizzled at 43.6 degrees Celsius, followed by Nuapada (43.5), Talcher (43.4), and Boudh (43.2). Kendrapara, Cuttack and Bolangir town recorded a maximum of 43...

Sonepur: Alleging that the maximum number of poor people live in Odisha despite the state being mineral-rich, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday urged the people to oust the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government in the election. Shah said this while launching the BJP's election campaign...

Bhubaneswar: Heat wave conditions in Odisha may persist for a week to ten days as weather conditions were influenced by the prevailing climate over Pakistan and Afghanistan, Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) said Thursday. Model products indicated that the...

Balasore: Special Judge POCSO Ranjan Kumar Sutar Thursday convicted a rape accused and sentenced him to 20 years of Rigorous Imprisonment with a penalty of Rs 5,000. The court further ordered two more years of RI in case of default in paying the fine amount....

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) will provide economy meals at nine important stations across its jurisdiction in the summer. ECoR sources here Thursday said economy meals are being provided to passengers at Khurda Road, Sambalpur, Titilagarh, Balangir, Kantabanji, Palasa, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, and Srikakulam Railway...

Sonepur: Former Indian hockey captain Prabodh Tirkey Thursday joined the BJP, days after resigning from the Congress which withdrew his election nomination. Tirkey was fielded by the Congress in the Talsara assembly seat in Sundergarh district, but the party later withdrew his nomination and named...

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha has readied two specially-designed buses for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to tour the state during the campaign trail, party leaders said Thursday. Patnaik, who kicked off the party's campaign from his home turf Hinjili in Ganjam district Wednesday, is...

Koraput: The annual income of Congress's Koraput MP Saptagiri Ulaka, who is seeking re-election for a second consecutive term, shrank by around 62 per cent to Rs 9.60 lakh in the last financial year as against when he was first elected in 2019. Ulaka's annual...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reeled under severe heatwave conditions Thursday with state capital Bhubaneswar recording 41 degrees Celsius at 11:30am, officials said. Balasore also recorded 41 degrees Celsius, while Jharsuguda was at 40.4 degrees and Hirakud sizzled at 40.2 degrees, they said. The Meteorological Centre at Bhubaneswar...