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Bhubaneswar: Alleging 'Officer Raj' is going on in Odisha, opposition BJP and Congress members created a ruckus in the Assembly Saturday due to which the House witnessed several adjournments throughout the day. The Opposition members started raising slogans against the government for not taking any...

Bhubaneswar: Amid rising prices of commodities, members of the Odisha Assembly, cutting across party lines, Friday urged the state government to enhance the pensions being given to elderly persons, widows, and persons with disabilities. During the Question Hour, members from both the opposition and treasury...

Bhubaneswar: The much-awaited Business Eminence Awards ceremony organised jointly by OrissaPOST and Odia daily Dharitri is being held at Hotel Swosti Premium in Bhubaneswar, Saturday. Editor of OrissaPOST and Dharitri Tathagata Satpathy, MSME Minister Pratap Keshari Deb and FICCI President Subhrakant Panda jointly inaugurated the mega event. While Deb is the Chief...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing of Odisha police have arrested another accused Amit Kumar Singh in a fake job racket operating in at least 17 states in the country. EOW sources here Friday said the accused, a native of Kasdeya, Maharajganj in Bihar was arrested...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Friday witnessed an uproarious scene during zero hours over the appointment of retired officers in the Chief Minister’s office. The BJP members rushed to the well of the house and launched a vociferous attack on the government over the issue. The Treasury...

Bhubaneswar: The regional center of IMD in Bhubaneswar Friday issued an Orange Warning for several districts of Odisha over the next 24 hours. From 8.30 AM of March 18 to 8.30 AM of March 19: Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface wind of speed reaching...

Bhubaneswar: The strike by the drivers of commercial vehicles in Odisha was Friday put on hold for 90 days following an assurance by the state government that all their demands would be fulfilled and an appeal by the Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena. The decision...

Bhubaneswar: The agitating drivers in Odisha, whose state-wide strike entered its third day Friday, rejected the government's written assurance to fulfill their 10-point charter of demands within three months and has announced to continue with their stir. The Drivers Ekta Mahasangha said it may call...

Bhubaneswar: West Bengal Chief Minister and All India Trinamool Congress' National President Mamata Banerjee will be on a two-day visit to Odisha this month when she is likely to call on her counterpart and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik. Trinamool Congress sources said...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has made an expenditure of Rs 261.76 crore for the construction of the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, sports minister Tusharkanti Behera told the state Assembly Thursday. In a written statement to a question of BJP legislator Subash Panigrahi, the...