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Bhubaneswar: Polling is underway for six Lok Sabha constituencies and 42 Assembly seats in Odisha amid tight security arrangements Saturday, an official said. Voting started at 7am in Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur parliamentary constituencies along with 42 Assembly segments falling under these...

New Delhi: India's democratic exercise, unparalleled in its expanse, vibrancy, and outreach, is set to end its course Saturday with polling for the remaining 57 Lok Sabha seats in eight states/UTs, extending from the plains of Punjab to the ghats of Varanasi and its eastern...

Sundargarh/ Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Sundargarh and Jharsuguda districts reported 12 and 6 cases of alleged sunstroke deaths respectively, the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) office Friday informed. The SRC mentioned this in an advisory asking people to remain alert in view of IMD’s forecast for heatwave conditions...

Rourkela: As many as 10 persons died in Rourkela reportedly due to intense heatwave conditions Thursday. Speaking to media, Sudharani Pradhan director in-charge (DIC) of Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH) said, “The deaths occurred within a span of six hours, beginning at around 2pm.” According to...

Puri/Bhubaneswar: At least three persons, including a minor, died and 33 others were injured after a stockpile of firecrackers exploded during Lord Jagannath's Chandan Jatra festival in Odisha's Puri, police said Thursday. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ordered an administrative-level inquiry into the firecracker explosion that...

Baripada: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday hinted at a "conspiracy" behind the "sudden deterioration” of the health condition of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and said if the BJP formed the government in the state, it will constitute a special committee to probe the facts....

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will Wednesday campaign in West Bengal and Odisha, while Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in Uttar Pradesh to hold multiple public meetings and a roadshow for the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections. The Prime Minister...

BHUBANESWAR: The Election Commission of India has initiated significant action in response to allegations of undue influence in the ongoing Odisha Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha had reported instances of interference by senior officials in a communication dated...

Aizawl: At least 22 people, including 13 in a collapsed stone quarry, were killed in Mizoram Tuesday due to landslides and incessant rain in the aftermath of cyclone 'Remal', officials said. In a massive landslide, at least 13 people, including two minors, were killed and...

Aizawl: At least 17 people, including two minors, were killed and six-seven others were missing as a stone quarry collapsed in Mizoram's Aizawl district Tuesday morning amid incessant rain as an impact of cyclone Remal, officials said. Several other people also went missing in landslides...