Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly members cutting across party lines Saturday demanded a hike in their salaries in view of the price rise of all essential commodities. During the Zero hour of the House proceedings, Opposition Chief Whip Mohan Majhi of the BJP pointed out that legislators'...
Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth Rs 3.92 crore of former Odisha MLA Pravat Ranjan Biswal and a media company under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in a ponzi scam case, officials said on Saturday. The ED has provisionally attached...
Bhubaneswar: The BJP Saturday appointed its four-time MLA Jaynarayan Mishra as the new leader of opposition in the Odisha assembly. Mishra, the legislator from Sambalpur, was appointed to the post after Bhawanipatna MLA Pradipta Kumar Naik stepped down due to post-COVID health complications. Mishra's name...
Bhubaneswar: Diversified public sector undertaking Balmer Lawrie Saturday said Union Minister Rameswar Teli has unveiled its first cold chain facility in the eastern region of the country. The unit at Chhatabar on the outskirts of Odisha capital Bhubaneswar will cater to a growing demand for...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 981 new Covid-19 cases Saturday, 39 less than the previous day, with the tally mounting to 13,12,116, a health department bulletin said. At least 166 children were among the fresh patients, it said. The toll remained at 9,138 as no new fatality...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik flagged off 10 e-buses and 50 e-rickshaws to make Bhubaneswar an environment-friendly city with less carbon emission. The buses have 30 seats each, out of which those reserved for women have been marked in pink, an official said. The...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Friday appointed Sasmit Patra as its leader in Rajya Sabha. The party also appointed first-term MP Sulata Deo its chief whip in the Upper House, as per a statement. The BJD has nine members in Rajya Sabha and...
Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress MLA Santosh Singh Saluja Friday demanded the state government to reopen Ratna Bhandar of Jagannath temple at Puri in Odisha. Speaking at Zero Hour in the Odisha assembly, Saluja said the devotees of Lord Jagannath wanted to know whether the jewellery and...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Nandankanan Zoo could be the first of its kind to initiate rewilding of captive tigers, if all goes as per plan, zoo's director Manoj Nair said Friday on International Tiger Day. Rewilding is the process of teaching animals born in captivity how to...
Bhubaneswar: Relatives of a person, who died after being refused admission to Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar, Friday accused hospital authorities of medical negligence. The deceased was identified as Dusasana Sahu. According to Sahu’s relatives, he was taken to the hospital after complaining of chest pain....
By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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