Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President and Union Minister J.P. Nadda will arrive here Friday for a two-day visit to the state. Speaking to mediapersons here, Odisha unit BJP president Manmohan Samal Thursday said that J.P. Nadda is scheduled to reach the Bhubaneswar airport...
Bhubaneswar: The alleged rift in the opposition BJD over its flip-flop stand on the Waqf Bill voting further widened Thursday with former party MLA Pravata Tripathy accusing party president Naveen Patnaik of attempting to divert attention from the main issue and lying about his expulsion...
Bhubaneswar: One person was killed, and two police personnel were injured in separate accidents on the Baramunda overbridge here, an official said Thursday. According to police, the driver of a pickup van was killed after his vehicle was hit by an unidentified truck on the...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government, in collaboration with Unicef, has taken a significant step toward strengthening social protection systems in the state by initiating discussions on the Social Policy and Social Protection Action Plan (SPSP) for the period 2025–2027. A high-level meeting was held in Bhubaneswar,...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday announced that his government would fill over 12,000 vacant posts in the police department. Majhi announced after returning from New Delhi, where he met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and attended a two-day investors’ conclave. He said...
Bhubaneswar: Amid internal strife in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over the Waqf Bill vote and growing speculation of a possible party split, BJD president and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday defended VK Pandian and denied his involvement in party affairs. “I want...
Bhubaneswar: The police have registered an FIR against 11 senior Congress leaders, including OPCC president Bhakta Charan Das and 5,000 other unnamed party members, for the violence that occurred during the 'Vidhan Sabha Gherao' programme. The Congress had organised the 'Vidhan Sabha Gherao' programme March...
Bhubaaneswar: The police Wednesday organised a fair in Bhubaneswar and returned a total of Rs 1.91 crore to cybercrime victims who were defrauded between January and March this year, an official statement said. The fair - 'Money Return Mela' - was organised by the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday appointed retired IAS officer Manoj Kumar Parida as the Chief Information Commissioner of the state Information Commission. Parida will succeed J K Tripathy. Parida, a 1986-batch IAS officer, has been serving as Insurance Ombudsman in Bhubaneswar since July 2022. Earlier,...
Bhubaneswar: Discontent continues to simmer within the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over the party’s recent flip-flop on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill. In an effort to defuse the unrest, party president and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik convened a meeting with senior leaders, assuring them...
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