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Bhubaneswar: BJP Saturday announced the names of eight more candidates for the Assembly polls in Odisha, with four of them being former members of the ruling BJD who switched allegiance to the saffron party recently. These turncoats are Seemarani Nayak (Hindol), Arindam Roy (Salipur), Gitanjali...

Bhubaneswar: With heatwave sweeping across Odisha, the mercury touched 44.6 degree Celsius in the state capital Saturday, the highest during this summer. Bhubaneswar day temperature touched 44.6 degree Celsius during the day at 2.30 pm, weather scientist Umashaknar Dash told reporters in Bhubaneswar. He said...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP will benefit from the anti-incumbency against the Biju Janata Dal government, which is in power for an unbroken 24 years in Odisha and a strong Modi wave to dethrone Naveen Patnaik from the helm of the state, claimed senior saffron party leader...

Bhubaneswar: Raising concerns over the prevailing extreme heatwave conditions in the city, UG students of Rama Devi Women’s University staged a protest in front of the university gate demanding the postponement of fourth-semester exams Friday. “The state government announced early summer vacation in schools across...

Bhubaneswar: The political battle to win the General Election 2024 has begun and Odisha will join the epic contest in four phases starting May 13, 2024. The Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency is among the 21 in the state where voting will take place in the...

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,...

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...