Metro

New Delhi: The BJP Saturday named its candidates for 11 more Lok Sabha constituencies, fielding a number of leaders who joined it from different parties recently such as Bhartruhari Mahtab, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Sushil Kumar Rinku and Preneet Kaur. All these leaders have been fielded...

Puri: Puri Police Saturday detained a foreign tourist (UK national) who in an inebriated condition entered the Sri Jagannath temple and when caught by a servitor allegedly assaulted the servitor. The servitor was rushed to the hospital for treatment. The foreign tourist was identified as...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader Pradeep Majhi Saturday claimed that the BJP-led central government neglected Odisha for the past 10 years, which is going to be a ‘major issue’ in the upcoming assembly and Lok Sabha polls in the state. Majhi, the BJD nominee from the...

Bhubaneswar: In a jolt to the ruling Biju Janata Dal, a sitting MP and two ex-MLAs Saturday resigned from the regional party ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly elections. Cine star and sitting Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty tendered his resignation from the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) has asked candidates aspiring for party tickets in the Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly elections to deposit Rs 50,000 each for supply of campaign materials. OPCC president Sarat Pattanayak has written a letter to the prospective candidates in...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police Friday arrested eight hoodlums, including a minor boy, who allegedly created a ruckus in the streets of Bhubaneswar two days back which left four persons injured. The incident took place under Nayapalli police station limits. The accused are all historysheeters and...

Bhubaneswar: The Congress Friday promised to waive loans of women self-help groups if the party is voted to power in Odisha. Addressing a press conference here, state Mahila Congress president Minakshi Bahinipati said, "If the Congress is voted to power in Odisha, we will waive...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP is likely to release its second candidate list for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Odisha within the next two days, senior party leader Vijay Pal Singh Tomar said Friday. "It will come. Wait for two days," the BJP election...

Bhubaneswar: Former Indian hockey team captain Dilip Tirkey, who has been fielded in Sundargarh Lok Sabha seat by the BJD, asserted that Odisha has witnessed massive development under Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. In an interview with PTI Video, the former Rajya Sabha MP, who lost...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Friday forecast hot and humid weather conditions in Odisha over the next four to five days, with the mercury likely to soar to 40 degrees Celsius. The Met department, in a statement, said that due to prevailing dry weather...