Metro

Bhubaneswar: Even as the voter turnout in the four Lok Sabha and 28 Assembly seats in south Odisha which went for polls Monday showed a marginal increase as compared to the 2019 elections, both BJD and BJP Tuesday exuded confidence in bettering their past performances....

Bhubaneswar: After a brief respite from heatwave, temperatures would again increase in Odisha from May 16, an official of India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Tuesday. The highest temperature of 44 degree Celsius was recorded at Nuapada Tuesday while the temperature was within 41 degree Celsius...

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address election rallies in support of their respective party candidates in Odisha Wednesday. Lok Sabha and Assembly elections are being held simultaneously in Odisha. Shah will hold a roadshow and two public meetings...

Bhubaneswar: BJP candidate and former union minister Dilip Ray, who declared possessing assets valued at Rs 313.53 crore, has emerged as the richest MLA in the fray for the second phase of Assembly elections in Odisha. According to a report by the Association for Democratic...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nikunja Bihari Dhal Tuesday urged the people not to share their Aadhaar details and mobile number with any political party and candidate. The CEO also appealed to all political parties and candidates to refrain from the collection of photocopies...

Puri: Rajasthan Education Minister Madan Dilawar and in-charge of the Puri Lok Sabha constituency Tuesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government will give Rs 50,000 to every woman in Odisha under the ‘Subhadra scheme’ while rice will also be purchased from Odisha farmers...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Tuesday claimed that there is no 'lehar' (wave) in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi but only 'zehar' (poison) in his language. Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, Jairam said that the language of the "outgoing" prime minister indicates...

Bhubaneswar: The first phase of Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Odisha on Monday was peaceful barring some sporadic incidents of violence, with a voter turnout of over 73.97 per cent, officials said. The electoral fate of 280 candidates contesting in four Lok Sabha seats...

Bhubaneswar: Intensifying the attack on the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), senior leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday targeted BJD over issues varying from the murder of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati to the alleged use of deep fake video of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik...