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Bhubaneswar: The state BJP Sunday slammed the ruling BJD for lack of forest cover in the state despite spending Rs 5,000 crore in the last 10 years on afforestation and asked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to come up with an explanation. “The districts are devoid...

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday announced its candidate for the Jeypore Assembly seat in Odisha. The party fielded Goutam Samantray from the Jeypore assembly seat in Koraput district, which goes to polls May 13. Samantray, a businessman by profession, had also contested in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha continued to reel under intense heatwave conditions with the maximum temperature of 44.6 degrees Celsius recorded at Baripada town in Mayurbhanj Sunday. According to a bulletin of IMD's Bhubaneswar centre, nine places in the state recorded a maximum temperature of 43 deg C...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Sunday moved the Election Commission, seeking action against BJP MLA candidate Jayanarayan Mishra, for alleged misuse of children at a poll rally of the saffron party in Odisha's Sambalpur. A delegation of the BJD submitted a petition to the Chief Electoral Officer...

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to blow the poll bugle in Odisha by addressing a public gathering at Sonepur of Subarnapur district in Western Odisha April 25. Speaking to media persons here on Sunday, Golak Mohapatra, Odisha BJP Vice President, said that...

Bhubaneswar: In view of likely heatwave conditions in Odisha, the state government Sunday announced summer vacation for all the government, private and government-aided schools from April 25 this year. In a notification, the I&PR department informed that for the next three days i.e. from April...

Bhubaneswar: The Congress Saturday released a fresh list of candidates for two Lok Sabha seats and 13 Assembly constituencies of Odisha. The party has replaced candidates in one Lok Sabha and three Assembly constituencies for which nominees had been announced earlier. The Congress has replaced...

Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha reeled severe heatwave Saturday, with the mercury breaching the 43-degree Celsius mark at 10 places, the Met Department said. According to the evening bulletin issued by the IMD in Bhubaneswar, Boudh in western Odisha and Baripada in the northern region...

Bhubaneswar: In a move towards building a participatory democracy, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) organised a walkathon for Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation Programme (SVEEP) with Khurda district administration Saturday. On this occasion, BMC appealed to all eligible citizens to exercise their franchise in the...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) announced candidates for nine more Assembly seats, while the Congress named 16 more MLA and three MP nominees for the upcoming polls in the state, Saturday. BJD also announced the star candidate list which features party president Naveen Patnaik,...