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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha BJP's state election committee Saturday held a meeting, in which discussions were held on the candidates for the Assembly elections and the Lok Sabha polls. The meeting, chaired by state BJP president Manmohan Samal, was attended by the party's election in-charge for...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet Saturday approved the proposal of taking up 21 new and upgraded transmission projects by Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited(OPTCL) within 5 years. The upgradation of the Transmission project will be taken up under phase II of the Odisha Transmission System Strengthening...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Saturday decided to construct a Rs 128-crore bridge over the Mahanadi river in Cuttack district. This was among the 14 decisions taken at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. "The Cabinet approved a high-level bridge over the Mahanadi...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday said the people of the state are going to create a new record in the political history of the country in the next Assembly elections. Patnaik, the ruling BJD president, apparently meant that after winning the Assembly polls...

Bhubaneswar: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha, all eyes are now on Hinjili Assembly constituency in Ganjam district from where Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik won five times in a row since 2000. The Lok Sabha...

Bhubaneswar: The key issues for the elections to the 21 Lok Sabha seats and in the 147-member Odisha Assembly are unemployment, corruption, law and order, paddy procurement irregularities and chit fund and mining scam. Elections in Odisha will be held in four phases May 13,...

Bhubaneswar: The political landscape in Odisha presents an interesting dynamic with the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik maintaining its stronghold over the state for more than two decades. Despite challenges from its former ally, the BJP, which has expanded its...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will vote in the Lok Sabha elections and Assembly polls simultaneously in four phases, the Election Commission announced Saturday. The polling will be held May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1, it said. There are 21 Lok Sabha seats in the...

Bhubaneswar: The RBI Chair Unit at Department of Applied and Analytical Economics of Utkal University organised a ‘National Conference on Institutional Finance and Economic Development’ at the PG Council Hall of the university in Bhubaneswar Friday. The two-day conference was attended by scholars from economics...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has adjourned the hearing for another two weeks on a PIL seeking tabling of Justice Raghubir Das Commission of Enquiry report on the missing keys of Puri Jagannath Temple 'Ratna Bhandar' in the state Assembly. A Division Bench headed by...