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Bhubaneswar: Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Friday announced that it will field candidates in all 21 Lok Sabha and 147 assembly seats in the state. The declaration came hours after the opposition BJP said that it would go solo in the upcoming elections, which...

Cuttack: Senior BJD MP and one of the party’s founder members, Bhartruhari Mahtab resigned from the primary membership of BJD Friday. Mahtab, a six-time MP from the Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency, said: “I have sent my resignation letter to BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal Friday said that his party will contest alone in both the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state. Samal Thanked BJD for extending support to Modi Government in the Centre, but announced on his X (formerly Twitter) handle...

Bhubaneswar: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O'Brien has expressed concern over alleged harassment of people from West Bengal in Odisha's Bhadrak district and sought Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's intervention. In a letter to Patnaik Thursday, O'Brien, who is the leader of the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary...

Bhubaneswar: The Congress Friday appointed former Union Minister Bhakta Charan Das as the chairman of its Odisha campaign committee. Das was also the campaign committee chairman during the 2019 elections but resigned after the party's debacle in the polls. "Congress president has approved the proposal...

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New Delhi: Former Union minister Dilip Ray, who was sentenced to a three-year jail term in a coal scam case about irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand block in 1999, Thursday urged the Delhi High Court to grant a stay on his conviction as...

Bhubaneswar: After 48 hours of DCP Traffic’s announcement of strict action against traffic violators, in adherence with the model code of conduct for the upcoming polls, the signals in major locations across the city exhibited glitches and flickered yellow lights, Wednesday. The situation worsened in...

Bhubaneswar: World Water Day 2024 will be celebrated on the theme, ‘Water for Peace’ Friday. The state government and various environmental organisations will host special events to celebrate the day. An acute drinking water crisis in Bangalore has been creating international headlines. Bangalore is facing...

Bhubaneswar: Healthy forests function as lungs mitigating climate change and protecting soil. The efforts in this regard should be done through community participation, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on the occasion of International Day of Forests, Thursday. To mark the day, state Forest, Environment and...