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Puri: BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra, who is once again contesting for the Puri Lok Sabha seat, has said that despite his defeat in the 2019 elections, he remained committed to serving the people of the temple town and the state. Patra had narrowly lost...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the prevailing heatwave condition in Odisha, the Nandankanan zoo authority has made special arrangements to protect the animals in the zoo from the scorching summer. Special arrangements like air coolers and sprinklers have been made in the zoo to provide relief...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP vice-president Bhrugu Baxipatra and saffron party's Cuttack district president Prakash Behera Wednesday joined the ruling BJD ahead of the Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly polls. While Baxipatra had resigned from the saffron party earlier during the day, Behera quit the BJP March...

Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, the President of Biju Janata Dal and Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik has appointed Berhampur MP Chandra Sekhar Sahu as the party’s state vice president and chairman of the manifesto committee. “Naveen Patnaik, President Biju Janata Dal has been pleased...

Bhubaneswar: Heat wave conditions continued to prevail in many parts of Odisha Tuesday, with the mercury crossing the 40 degrees Celsius mark. According to a bulletin issued by the IMD's Bhubaneswar regional centre, the highest temperature of 41.7 degrees Celsius was recorded at Malkangiri, followed...

Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Tuesday ordered the Odisha government to transfer eight officers including two district magistrates, five superintendents of police and an IGP. ECI secretary Rakesh Kumar in a letter to Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena directed him to transfer...

New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday released the list of candidates for eight Lok Sabha and 49 Assembly seats for simultaneous polls in Odisha. Apart from Odisha, the Congress released its list of candidates for three other states including five seats in Andhra Pradesh, three in...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader and former Odisha minister Ganeswar Behera Tuesday resigned from the primary membership of the party. Behera, who hails from Kendrapara district, sent his resignation letter to Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattanayak. He, however, thanked the party for giving...

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: The BJP Tuesday named 112 candidates for the Odisha Assembly polls which will be held alongside the Lok Sabha elections. The party re-nominated 21 of its 22 sitting MLAs in the state. Mohapatra's niece Upasana Mohapatra has got the ticket from the...

Bhubaneswar: Veteran Odia Bhajan singer Shantilata Barik Chhotray passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar Monday evening. She was 64. Her husband Basant Chhotray informed that the singer will be cremated Tuesday at the Swargadwar crematorium in Puri. The popular singer has lent her...