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Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Sunday submitted a petition to the Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) RS Gopalan seeking the intervention of the CEO for the removal of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) posters and banners “affixed” on government properties, including electricity poles and the walls...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Nuapada: The upcoming Nuapada byelection, necessitated by the untimely demise of MLA and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Rajendra Dholakia, has shaped up as a high-stakes political test for the three major parties in Odisha. For the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Nuapada: In every election, beyond the banners of major political parties, there stand individuals who contest not for ideology or symbols, but for conviction. Independent candidates, often dismissed as long shots, quietly play an influential role in shaping democratic outcomes across...

Tihidi: In yet another incident of police brutality, a minor boy from Narendrapur village under Pirahat police limits in Bhadrak district was beaten up by men in khaki at the police station, his parents alleged Friday. The matter came to the fore after the boy’s...

Berhampur: The family of slain lawyer and BJP leader Pitabas Panda has alleged receiving death threats and pressure to withdraw the murder case. Panda’s wife, Susmita Panda, made the revelation during a presser at her residence Saturday. She alleged that a few days back, the...

Nuapada: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, during his campaign for the Nuapada by-poll, Saturday wooed tribal voters, targeted Opposition BJD president Naveen Patnaik and called the former CM's party a “sinking boat.” Tribals constitute over 35 per cent of Nuapada's over 2.53 lakh voters....

Jajpur: Tension prevailed at a government-run hospital in Odisha's Jajpur district Saturday after family members of a deceased woman accused the doctor and staff of the health facility of a faulty sterilisation surgery leading to her death. The incident took place at Madhuban under Kuakhia...

Nuapada: Odisha's Opposition BJD Saturday alleged that Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's helicopter flew over an ecologically sensitive wildlife sanctuary, a stage has been set up blocking a public road for his campaign for Nuapada bypoll, violating the model code of conduct. The saffron party,...

New Delhi/Berhampur: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized unaccounted cash totalling Rs 84.20 lakh and a luxury car during searches at four premises in Odisha's Berhampur in connection with a Rs 69 crore chit fund scam, an official said Saturday. The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bhubaneshwar,...

Dhenkanal: At least four people were injured in a major road accident on National Highway 149 near Rangathali under Parjang police limits in Dhenkanal district early Saturday morning, when a truck collided with an OSRTC bus. According to reports, the injured passengers are residents of...