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Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police arrested a woman for her alleged involvement in a Rs2 crore fraud case, an officer said. The accused identified as Rammi Bhuyan was arrested from Mumbai March 24 and produced before a designated court Wednesday. Rammi...

Bhubaneswar: Six-time Odisha Congress MLA Suresh (Sura) Routray resigned from all committees of his party Wednesday, soon after his younger son Manmath Routray joined the ruling BJD and was named as its candidate for the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency. `Routray, the MLA from Jatani, sent...

Bhubaneswar: Police seized five semi-automatic pistols with ammunition here and arrested two persons involved in illegal arms trade, a senior officer said Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, the special crime unit of Commissionerate Police conducted raids on three different locations in and around Bhubaneswar Tuesday...

Bhubaneswar: Ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday announced the first list of candidates for 72 Assembly and 15 parliamentary constituencies in the state for the simultaneous elections scheduled from May 13. Patnaik himself will contest from the Hinjili...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik Wednesday declared the first list of party candidates for the Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly elections. The BJD president announced the names of nine candidates out of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha. Patnaik himself will...

Bhubaneswar: Six-time Congress MLA Suresh Routray's son Manmath Routray joined the ruling BJD in Odisha Wednesday. Manmath, a former commercial pilot, went to the BJD headquarters, Sankha Bhawan, with his supporters in a procession. He was inducted into the party by its MPs Manas Mangaraj...

Bhubaneswar: Former BJD MLA Purna Chandra Sethy, who resigned from the primary membership of the party, joined the BJP in Odisha. Sethy, a two-time BJD MLA from the Khallikote Assembly seat, resigned from both the primary membership of BJD and the state council last Monday....

Bhubaneswar: At least eight persons, including four students, drowned while taking bath after celebrating Holi in five Odisha districts, police said. While three students drowned in Cuttack, two persons died in Balasore and one each in Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam and Sambalpur districts, they said. The incidents...

Bhubaneswar: The family members of a CRPF soldier in Odisha's Khurda district Monday donated his heart and liver following his brain death. A doctor in the private hospital where he died said the two organs were carried to Kolkata and Mumbai to give a new...

Bhubaneswar: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan Monday accused the ruling BJD of not implementing the Centre's welfare schemes in the state. He also asserted that the BJP will win 15-18 Lok Sabha seats out of 21 in Odisha. “The state government has not been implementing the...