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Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Wednesday defended the party's decision to suspend first-time MLA Arvind Mohapatra, alleging that the legislator was creating hurdles for the Patkura constituency's development that caused distress to the locals. Patnaik met party workers from the Patkura assembly segment, which is...

Bhubaneswar: The Sixth State Finance Commission Wednesday submitted their final report to Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati in Bhubaneswar, and discussed various recommendations made in the document, official sources said. The members of the panel, led by its Chairman Dr Arun Kumar Panda, met the...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Wednesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government over uncertainties surrounding the Dubai-Bhubaneswar direct flight service, urging it to intervene to safeguard tourism, trade and connectivity. The regional party, in a press statement, stated that the Dubai-Bhubaneswar direct flight service...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has directed the Union government to grant a compassionate appointment as a head constable to the wife of a CRPF constable who was permanently disabled in a 2007 terrorist bomb blast in Srinagar and later removed from service. Quoting George...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police Wednesday arrested a man on the charge of sexually assaulting his live-in partner in the state capital Bhubaneswar, police said. The incident took place at a rented house in Buddhanagar area under the jurisdiction of Laxmisagar police station. "We have arrested...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Election Commission (SEC) has started preparations to hold elections in the 24 newly formed urban local bodies (ULBs) in June, a senior official said. State Election Commissioner Madhusudan Padhi Wednesday said in accordance with legal provisions, the ULBs should have elected councils...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra Wednesday directed officers to expedite works for early implementation of the Mahanadi riverfront development project in Cuttack. The project, with an estimated cost of Rs 150 crore, will be developed over an area of 426 acres along the Mahanadi...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday greeted the people of Meghalaya, Tripura and Manipur on the occasion of their 54th statehood day. Manipur, Meghalaya, and Tripura became individual states following the enactment of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act,...

Bhubaneswar: One person was killed, and three others were injured in separate accidents in Bhubaneswar and its outskirts, police said Wednesday. In the first incident, a speeding SUV hit a motorcycle at Capital Hospital Square here Tuesday night, Bhubaneswar Deputy Commissioner of Police Jagmohan Meena...

Puri: Security has been tightened in and around the Jagannath Temple in Odisha's Puri, after a social media post threatened a bomb attack on the 12th-century shrine, officials said on Wednesday. One person has been detained over the online post, they said. The Facebook message,...