Bhubaneswar: The series of roadshows by the BJP and the ruling BJD in the state capital has surcharged the political atmosphere in the run-up to the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha. The first roadshow was held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi May 10, when a sea of humanity converged on both sides of the 2.5...

New Delhi: Senior advocate Kapil Sibal was Thursday elected as the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). The SCBA elections were held Thursday. A Harvard Law School graduate, Sibal was the additional solicitor general of India during 1989-90. He was designated as senior advocate in 1983. Between 1995 and 2002, the former minister in the...

Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission (EC) Thursday decided to deploy 2,000 central forces personnel for elections in Odisha Ganjam district, which has been rocked by political violence, officials said. A committee headed by Chief Electoral Officer Nikunja Bihari Dhal approved the deployment of 20 companies of Central Armed Forces (CAPFs) in Ganjam where polling for one Lok Sabha...

Jajpur: A worker died and three others were trapped as a black stone quarry collapsed in Odisha's Jajpur district Thursday, police said. The accident happened in Dhankari in Dharmasala police station area, they said. An operation was underway to rescue the three labourers who were suspected to be trapped under the debris, they added. The NDRF was...

Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad Thursday qualified for the Indian Premier League play-offs after rain washed out their IPL match against Gujarat Titans here without a ball being bowled. SRH thus became the third team to make the cut after following Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, who are currently occupying the top two places in the standings. The...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP will ensure that the missing key of the Ratna Bhandar at Puri's Jagannath temple is found if it is voted to power in Odisha, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Thursday. Sarma addressed back-to-back election rallies in Brajarajnagar in Jharsuguda, Bonai in Sundargarh district, Attabira in Bargarh and Jatni in Khurda district. "Whenever...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 87 of the total 265 candidates contesting 35 Assembly seats and 12 of the total 40 candidates contesting 5 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha have declared criminal cases pending against them, according to the Odisha Election Watch Report. The Odisha Election Watch in association with the Association of Democratic Reform(ADR) has analysed the...

Jajpur: Three workers died and a few others were injured when a large chunk of earth caved in on them while they were working on laying pipelines at Kapilarahisina in Odisha’s Jajpur district Thursday. Police said the deceased workers, hailing from Bihar and Tamil Nadu, were engaged by a construction company when the mishap occurred. A huge...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's roadshow in Bhubaneswar     Shop gutted in fire mishap at GGP Colony, Bhubaneswar          Chariot construction work in full swing ahead of Rath Yatra in Puri

New Delhi: AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal Thursday broke her silence over the alleged assault on her, saying she has recorded her statement with the Delhi Police and the BJP should not indulge in politics over the incident. Three days after the alleged incident at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence, where his close aide Bibhav Kumar...