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Bhubaneswar: The BJP Tuesday cited a video of BJD leader Kartik Pandian putting Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's trembling left hand behind the lectern during a campaign speech to reiterate its allegation that the former IAS officer was "controlling" the BJD president. The BJP has...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's close aide and senior BJD leader Kartik Pandian Tuesday claimed the opposition BJP has "committed nine self goals" during the ongoing Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly polls thus boosting the BJD’s electoral prospect. Pandian claimed that the BJP's self-goals will...

Bhubaneswar: A joint report of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Odisha Election Watch has revealed that 348 candidates out of the 1283 candidates who are contesting the ongoing Assembly election in Odisha face criminal cases. The report reveals that the Bharatiya Janata Party...

Bhubaneswar: Alleging that the on-going political slugfest between the BJD and BJP is a ‘fixed reality show’, the Congress Monday said the catfight between the two parties in the state is nothing but a clever ploy to dupe people once again. “It is carefully crafted...

Bhubaneswar: Odia filmmaker Biswanath Rath recently created history by showcasing Kotpad handloom and launched posters of his feature documentary on ‘Habaspuri’ handloom at Cannes Film Festival. On his very first visit to this world-famous film festival, Biswanath launched the posters of his upcoming Odia-English feature...

Bhubaneswar: A special Vigilance court here Monday sentenced a former revenue inspector (RI) and an ex-senior clerk to three three-year jail terms after convicting the duo in a bribery case. Baikunthanath Mohanty, the ex-senior clerk, and Rabindranath Barik, ex-RI of Pratap Revenue Circle of Banapur...

Khurda: BJP workers held a protest outside the sub-collector office here, Monday demanding the unconditional release of the party Assembly nominee Prasanta Kumar Jagadev who was arrested on charges of vandalising an EVM during polling, May 25. They also threatened to stage a blockade on...

Bhubaneswar: Mobile phones are a potential source of distraction while driving, with Odisha witnessing 433 road accidents and loss of 163 human lives last year due to such dangerous tendencies during driving, said State Transport Authority (STA) officials, Monday. Given the rising fatalities caused by...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 412 'crorepati' candidates are contesting the Odisha Assembly elections which are being held from May 13 to June 1. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Odisha Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 1,283 out of 1,285 candidates, who...

Bhubaneswar: With voting completed in 15 Lok Sabha seats and 105 Assembly segments in Odisha, both the ruling BJD and the opposition BJP have claimed they will secure an absolute majority to form the government. A day after Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik...