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Bhubaneswar: Odisha's outgoing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's close aide and senior BJD leader VK Pandian Sunday announced his withdrawal from active politics in wake of the regional party's defeat in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls. In a video message, the bureaucrat-turned-politician said, "Now I...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and former MP Achyuta Samanta Sunday announced to quit active politics. Samanta announced his decision after meeting BJD president and the outgoing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Naveen Niwas in Bhubaneswar Saturday. Samanta thanked Patnaik for giving him...

Bhubaneswar: The new Chief Minister of Odisha from BJP will take oath of office June 12 instead of June 10 at Bhubaneswar’s Janata Maidan, a source said Sunday. Prior to the Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in many of his election speeches had said...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's outgoing chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Sunday congratulated TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu for his party's success in the recently concluded elections. Taking to X, Patnaik said, "Spoke with Shri N Chandrababu Naidu Ji (@ncbn) and congratulated him on his stupendous...

Bhubaneswar: Several civil society organisations and hundreds of denizens Sunday came together to pay rich tributes to Odisha’s first and only woman Chief Minister Nandini Satpathy on her 93rd birth anniversary. The statue of Satpathy near Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar was garlanded on the occasion. The...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police arrested the director of a ponzi scheme company from West Bengal for allegedly duping investors of more than Rs123 crore. The accused, identified as Tusar Bhanjo of Hamirpur in Paschim Medinipur of West Bengal, was arrested...

Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has recommended action against Odisha's IPS officer Ashish Kumar Singh for “misrepresentation of fact” about his health condition while revoking the suspension order on another senior police officer DS Kutey. In a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer...

Bhubaneswar: Southwest monsoon has advanced into some more parts of southern Odisha Saturday, the regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar said. The weather agency further added that northern limit of monsoon now passes through Odisha’s Malkangiri. Southwest Monsoon has also advanced into some more parts...

Bhubaneswar: Following BJD’s unforeseen defeat in Odisha Assembly elections, former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik's grandson and Naveen Patnaik’s nephew Arun Patnaik has come to Bhubaneswar, a source said Saturday. Arun's sudden arrival in Bhubaneswar has created a buzz in political circles. There are speculations over...

Bhubaneswar: BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik Saturday said that criticism of his aide VK Pandian for the party's defeat in the Odisha Assembly elections was unfortunate as he did an "excellent job". The five-term Chief Minister, however, in the same breath, reiterated that Pandian, a bureaucrat-turned-politician...