Odisha BJP moves EC against IPS officer over alleged MCC violation
Social Media Cell blocks 292 offensive poll posts
Odisha reels under scorching heat, Bolangir records 45 deg C
Naveen, Dharmendra, Jual file nominations
Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, former central minister Jual Oram and several other leaders of Odisha Thursday filed nomination papers for the ensuing Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Patnaik filed his nomination papers...
EC orders transfer of senior Odisha bureaucrat Sujata Karthikeyan
I’m natural successor to Naveen Patnaik’s great values, only BJP calls me ‘outsider’: Pandian
Bhubaneswar: Unfazed by the 'outsider' barb of his opponents, Naveen Patnaik's closest associate Kartik Pandian has said he is a 'natural successor' to all the great values of the Odisha Chief Minister and he will do everything under the sun to help his ‘guru’ serve the people of the state....
Read moreSRH beat RR by 1 run
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderbad pulled off a nervy one-run win over Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match here Thursday. Nitish Reddy (76 not out) and Travis Head (58) scored half centuries to help Sunrisers Hyderabad post 201/3 after opting to bat. In reply, Riyan Parag (77) and opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (67) stitched a 133-run stand after Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked two wickets in the first over. But Sunrisers bowlers made a...
Read more‘Engineered Narrative’, Bengal Governor reacts to molestation charge
Kolkata: Hours after a temporary female staff at the Raj Bhavan filed a written complaint with the police accusing West Bengal Governor CV Bose of 'outraging her modesty', the latter denied the charges Thursday night, calling the accusation an attempt to gain electoral benefits. “Truth shall triumph. I refuse to be cowed down by engineered narratives. If anybody wants some election benefits by maligning me, God bless them. But they cannot...
Read moreIndia lodges protest with China over its infra development in Shaksgam valley
New Delhi: India has lodged a strong protest with China for carrying out construction activities in the Shaksgam valley, in an "illegal" attempt to alter the situation on the ground. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said Thursday that the Shaksgam valley is a part of India and New Delhi never accepted the so-called China-Pakistan boundary pact of 1963 through which Islamabad "unlawfully" attempted to cede the area to...
Read moreStop registering voters for beneficiary schemes under guise of surveys: EC to political parties
New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday asked political parties to immediately stop and ‘desist’ from any activity that involves registering people for post-election beneficiary-oriented schemes through advertisements, surveys or mobile applications. The election watchdog said it has taken a ‘serious view’ of political parties and candidates seeking details of voters under the guise of various surveys for their proposed beneficiary schemes and cautioned that it amounts to a corrupt practice under...
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SRH beat RR by 1 run
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderbad pulled off a nervy one-run win over Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match here Thursday. Nitish Reddy (76 not out) and Travis Head (58) scored half centuries to help Sunrisers Hyderabad post 201/3 after opting to bat. In reply, Riyan Parag (77) and opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (67) stitched a 133-run stand after...
‘Engineered Narrative’, Bengal Governor reacts to molestation charge
Kolkata: Hours after a temporary female staff at the Raj Bhavan filed a written complaint with the police accusing West Bengal Governor CV Bose of 'outraging her modesty', the latter denied the charges Thursday night, calling the accusation an attempt to gain electoral benefits. “Truth shall triumph. I refuse to be cowed down by engineered narratives. If...
Odisha BJP moves EC against IPS officer over alleged MCC violation
Bhubaneswar: The BJP Thursday lodged a complaint to the Election Commission against a senior IPS officer, alleging that the police officer violated the model code of conduct (MCC) and demanding his transfer outside Odisha. A delegation of state BJP leaders submitted a petition before the Odisha chief electoral officer and complained that IPS officer Ashish Singh violated...
Social Media Cell blocks 292 offensive poll posts
Bhubaneswar: The social media monitoring cell of the Odisha Police has blocked 292 offensive posts related to the general elections 2024. These posts were posted by supporters of various political parties and other groups on social media platforms like ‘YouTube’, ‘Instagram’, ‘Facebook’ and ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), a release said Thursday. On the orders of Election Commission of...
Odisha reels under scorching heat, Bolangir records 45 deg C
Bhubaneswar: Odisha continued to be under the grip of a severe heatwave Thursday, with the mercury shooting past the 44 degrees Celsius mark at several places, the Met Department said. Bolangir sizzled at 45 degrees Celsius, followed by Angul town at 44.7 deg C, Nuapada (44.6 deg C), Talcher (44.5 deg C), Boudh (44.3 deg C), Baripada...
Exclusion of Rinku Singh was the toughest call, he has done nothing wrong: Agarkar
Mumbai: Chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar Thursday described the omission of Rinku Singh from India's T20 World Cup squad as the "toughest" call, saying the in-from swashbuckler has "done nothing wrong" and it all came down to combinations. Rinku, Kolkata Knight Riders' big-hitting finisher from Aligarh, could not find a place in the 15-member squad as the...
Naveen, Dharmendra, Jual file nominations
Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, former central minister Jual Oram and several other leaders of Odisha Thursday filed nomination papers for the ensuing Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Patnaik filed his nomination papers from the Kantabanji assembly segment under the Bolangir parliamentary constituency in the state's western region, two days...
EC orders transfer of senior Odisha bureaucrat Sujata Karthikeyan
New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday ordered the immediate transfer of senior Odisha bureaucrat Sujata R Karthikeyan to a non-public dealing department following complaints of alleged misuse of public office, sources said. She is the wife of BJD leader Kartik Pandian, a close associate of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Karthikeyan was holding the post of commissioner...
Odisha: Today’s Pics
Heat, humidity disrupt life in Bhubaneswar Vehicles parked at ‘no parking zone’ in front of Chandinichowk Lalbagh police station in Cuttack As mercury level rises in Bhubaneswar, govt sets up coverings at traffic signals for comfort of commuters
9 hurt in steel plant blast
Keonjhar: Nine workers of a steel plant suffered critical burn injuries following a blast at the induction furnace at Barpada under Rugudi police limits in Keonjhar district, Thursday. Among the injured, condition of three of the workers is stated to be very critical. All the injured were shifted to a private hospital in Cuttack after administration of...