Odisha BJP moves EC against IPS officer over alleged MCC violation
Social Media Cell blocks 292 offensive poll posts
Odisha reels under scorching heat, Bolangir records 45 deg C
Naveen, Dharmendra, Jual file nominations
Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, former central minister Jual Oram and several other leaders of Odisha Thursday filed nomination papers for the ensuing Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Patnaik filed his nomination papers...
EC orders transfer of senior Odisha bureaucrat Sujata Karthikeyan
I’m natural successor to Naveen Patnaik’s great values, only BJP calls me ‘outsider’: Pandian
Bhubaneswar: Unfazed by the 'outsider' barb of his opponents, Naveen Patnaik's closest associate Kartik Pandian has said he is a 'natural successor' to all the great values of the Odisha Chief Minister and he will do everything under the sun to help his ‘guru’ serve the people of the state....
Read moreStop registering voters for beneficiary schemes under guise of surveys: EC to political parties
New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday asked political parties to immediately stop and ‘desist’ from any activity that involves registering people for post-election beneficiary-oriented schemes through advertisements, surveys or mobile applications. The election watchdog said it has taken a ‘serious view’ of political parties and candidates seeking details of voters under the guise of various surveys for their proposed beneficiary schemes and cautioned that it amounts to a corrupt practice under...
Read moreBJP replaces Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh with his son as its candidate from Kaiserganj LS seat
New Delhi: Ending weeks of speculation, the BJP Thursday named Karan Bhushan Singh as its Lok Sabha candidate from the Kaiserganj seat in Uttar Pradesh, replacing his father and incumbent MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing criminal charges of sexually harassing women wrestlers. The party also named Dinesh Pratap Singh as its candidate from Rae Bareli, a Gandhi family bastion which was won by former Congress president Sonia Gandhi...
Read moreDelhi Police to summon Telangana Congress members again in Amit Shah’s fake video case
New Delhi: The Delhi Police is likely to serve a second notice to the members of the Telangana Congress in connection with the uploading and sharing a fake video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the officials said Thursday. The four members of the Telangana Congress, who were supposed to appear before the office of the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO), did not come Wednesday. "We will again ask them...
Read morePolice move in, begin dismantling pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment at UCLA
Los Angeles: Police removed barricades and began dismantling a pro-Palestinian demonstrators' fortified encampment early Thursday at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus after hundreds of protesters defied police orders to leave, about 24 hours after counter-protesters attacked a tent encampment on the campus. The law enforcement action comes after officers spent hours threatening arrests over loudspeakers if people did not disperse. Hundreds of people had gathered on campus, both...
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Odisha BJP moves EC against IPS officer over alleged MCC violation
Bhubaneswar: The BJP Thursday lodged a complaint to the Election Commission against a senior IPS officer, alleging that the police officer violated the model code of conduct (MCC) and demanding his transfer outside Odisha. A delegation of state BJP leaders submitted a petition before the Odisha chief electoral officer and complained that IPS officer Ashish Singh violated...
Social Media Cell blocks 292 offensive poll posts
Bhubaneswar: The social media monitoring cell of the Odisha Police has blocked 292 offensive posts related to the general elections 2024. These posts were posted by supporters of various political parties and other groups on social media platforms like ‘YouTube’, ‘Instagram’, ‘Facebook’ and ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), a release said Thursday. On the orders of Election Commission of...
Odisha reels under scorching heat, Bolangir records 45 deg C
Bhubaneswar: Odisha continued to be under the grip of a severe heatwave Thursday, with the mercury shooting past the 44 degrees Celsius mark at several places, the Met Department said. Bolangir sizzled at 45 degrees Celsius, followed by Angul town at 44.7 deg C, Nuapada (44.6 deg C), Talcher (44.5 deg C), Boudh (44.3 deg C), Baripada...
Exclusion of Rinku Singh was the toughest call, he has done nothing wrong: Agarkar
Mumbai: Chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar Thursday described the omission of Rinku Singh from India's T20 World Cup squad as the "toughest" call, saying the in-from swashbuckler has "done nothing wrong" and it all came down to combinations. Rinku, Kolkata Knight Riders' big-hitting finisher from Aligarh, could not find a place in the 15-member squad as the...
Naveen, Dharmendra, Jual file nominations
Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, former central minister Jual Oram and several other leaders of Odisha Thursday filed nomination papers for the ensuing Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Patnaik filed his nomination papers from the Kantabanji assembly segment under the Bolangir parliamentary constituency in the state's western region, two days...
EC orders transfer of senior Odisha bureaucrat Sujata Karthikeyan
New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday ordered the immediate transfer of senior Odisha bureaucrat Sujata R Karthikeyan to a non-public dealing department following complaints of alleged misuse of public office, sources said. She is the wife of BJD leader Kartik Pandian, a close associate of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Karthikeyan was holding the post of commissioner...
Odisha: Today’s Pics
Heat, humidity disrupt life in Bhubaneswar Vehicles parked at ‘no parking zone’ in front of Chandinichowk Lalbagh police station in Cuttack As mercury level rises in Bhubaneswar, govt sets up coverings at traffic signals for comfort of commuters
9 hurt in steel plant blast
Keonjhar: Nine workers of a steel plant suffered critical burn injuries following a blast at the induction furnace at Barpada under Rugudi police limits in Keonjhar district, Thursday. Among the injured, condition of three of the workers is stated to be very critical. All the injured were shifted to a private hospital in Cuttack after administration of...
Stop registering voters for beneficiary schemes under guise of surveys: EC to political parties
New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday asked political parties to immediately stop and ‘desist’ from any activity that involves registering people for post-election beneficiary-oriented schemes through advertisements, surveys or mobile applications. The election watchdog said it has taken a ‘serious view’ of political parties and candidates seeking details of voters under the guise of various surveys for...
BJP replaces Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh with his son as its candidate from Kaiserganj LS seat
New Delhi: Ending weeks of speculation, the BJP Thursday named Karan Bhushan Singh as its Lok Sabha candidate from the Kaiserganj seat in Uttar Pradesh, replacing his father and incumbent MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing criminal charges of sexually harassing women wrestlers. The party also named Dinesh Pratap Singh as its candidate from Rae...