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BJP Yuva Morcha protests in Bhubaneswar against Pahalgam attack
Protests have been taking place across the entire country as students, citizens, and political groups condemn the attack.
Published on Apr 25, 2025 12:08 PM IST
ANI |
Bhubaneswar schools, colleges to be closed on Sept 17 for PM Modi’s visit
As per CMO, all schools and colleges in the Bhubaneshwar metropolitan area will have a complete holiday on September 17th. Read details below.
Updated on Sep 15, 2024 03:49 PM IST
ANI | , Bhubaneswar
Odisha: OBC leader Mamata Mahanta joins BJP a day after resigning as BJD RS MP
Mamata Mahanta, who was elected to the Upper House of the Parliament from Odisha on a BJD ticket in March 2020, in her resignation letter said there was “no requirement for her services” as well as her community in the BJD
Published on Aug 01, 2024 08:39 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
BJD terms Budget as ‘anti-Odisha’; 9 MPs stage walk out during FM’s speech
Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ltd and the Hotel & Restaurant Association of Odisha expressed happiness for the budgetary announcement on priority to the state’s tourism sector
Updated on Jul 23, 2024 07:51 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Odisha CM reverses sports department’s order renaming Biju Patnaik Sports Award
The sports and youth services department in a notification on July 19 said that the ‘Biju Patnaik Sports Award’ that was instituted in 2001-02 has been renamed as ‘Odisha Rajya Krida Samman’
Published on Jul 21, 2024 03:45 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Bulldozers to be used to raze illegal encroachment on govt land: Odisha minister
Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi had last week directed collectors of all districts to “free government land from encroachments across the state”
Updated on Jul 17, 2024 08:37 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Jagannath temple Ratna Bhandar opening: Retired HC judge to supervise inventory
During the last inventory of Ratna Bhandar in 1978, 454 gold articles with a net weight of 128.380 kg and 293 silver articles weighing 221.530 kg were found.
Updated on Jul 12, 2024 09:32 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Odisha minister fuels speculation on prohibition of liquor in state
Odisha enacted the Orissa Prohibition Act in 1956, which was given assent by the President of India on January 19, 1957. However, the Act is yet to be notified and enforced
Updated on Jun 26, 2024 08:36 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Odisha man kills elderly parents over land dispute: Police
Ramesh is accused of killing his 90-year-old father, Bulei Behera, and 75-year-old mother, Champa Behera, said police
Updated on Jun 22, 2024 04:54 PM IST
Odisha Diphtheria cases: Government intensifies surveillance after 6 die
State public health department officials said that so far six kids have succumbed to Diphtheria in Rayagada and Koraput districts
Updated on Jun 21, 2024 07:48 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Three women labourers killed in landslide in Odisha’s Koraput
According to officials, ten labourers from Salmanguda village had gone to the hill to dig soil at Matikhala Murram hill near Kolab dam when a portion of land caved in, burying three of them alive
Published on Jun 16, 2024 01:01 PM IST
Odisha CM Majhi allocates portfolios, retains home, finance
In the recently concluded assembly polls, the BJP won 78 of the 147 assembly seats forming its first-ever government in the state
Published on Jun 16, 2024 10:41 AM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Mohan Majhi sworn-in as Odisha CM with his cabinet; PM, other BJP leaders attend
Majhi, a four-term MLA from Keonjhar Sadar and a prominent tribal leader in the state, was chosen as the BJP legislature party leader on Tuesday at the meeting of party’s MLAs
Published on Jun 12, 2024 08:36 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Odisha CM-designate Mohan Majhi’s PA killed in road accident in Bhubaneshwar
Police said Chandan Mahapatra, 31, was on his motorcycle when a speeding car hit him from behind, injuring him critically
Published on Jun 12, 2024 01:06 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
VK Pandian: Once said to be the political heir, now in the crosshairs of the BJP
In the new BJP regime, more trouble seems to be in store for VK Pandian who may be the subject of official investigation of alleged transgressions done during his tenure
Published on Jun 09, 2024 05:49 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
BJP legislature party in Odisha to announce new chief minister on Saturday
The BJP parliamentary board is the highest decision-making body for all important issues starting from selection of candidates to formation of government and selection of chief minister
Published on Jun 08, 2024 10:55 AM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Swearing-in of new BJP govt in Odisha to be held on June 10: Party officials
The BJP won 78 seats in the Odisha Assembly elections, while two rebels of the party who contested as independents and won have decided to join the party
Published on Jun 06, 2024 08:35 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Two die in Odisha as state votes in the last phase of polling
Officials said intense heat and high humidity were proving to be a problem in coastal districts as many voters complained of uneasiness while standing in the queue for voting
Updated on Jun 01, 2024 03:53 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Over 48% of 94.4 lakh electors cast their votes in 6th phase in Odisha
The six Lok Sabha constituencies where polls are being held in the sixth phase are Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Sambalpur, Puri, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack
Updated on May 25, 2024 05:06 PM IST
BJP alleges Pandian has held CM Patnaik ‘hostage’, urges Odisha DGP to free him
In a letter to Odisha DGP Arun Kumar Sarangi, former president of the party’s state unit, Sameer Mohanty, alleged that Patnaik has been held hostage by Pandian for the last few days
Published on May 24, 2024 06:10 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
BJP will win 15 Lok Sabha, 75 assembly seats in Odisha: Amit Shah
Addressing an election rally in Rourkela city, Shah said the 2024 election is an election to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister for the third time and start a new chapter in Odisha
Updated on May 17, 2024 07:18 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Spice of Life: Odisha, a cultural oasis that has stood the test of time
Being face to face with the rock edicts of Ashoka at the Buddhist stupa at Dhauli is akin to landing in a time machine at a momentous turn of Asian history.
Published on May 12, 2024 07:19 PM IST
Maninder Sidhu
Rajnath slams former Punjab CM Channi’s ‘election stunt’ remark on Poonch attack
Corporal Vikky Pahade was killed, and four IAF personnel were injured after armed terrorists attacked a convoy of the force at Lassana Top in Surankote tehsil of Poonch district
Published on May 08, 2024 08:02 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Guest Column: Tale of a city stuck in its erstwhile glory
Chandigarh, however, has been slow to evolve, probably because it is stuck in its erstwhile glory. Be it waste management, traffic management, electricity management, water management, law and order, civic amenities, digitisation or civic discipline, the state of affairs has been rather dismal. The reasons for this are not difficult to fathom -- inability to take tough decisions and the lack of vision, futuristic thinking and a modern outlook.
Updated on May 05, 2024 07:16 AM IST
Col Avnish Sharma (retd)
Congress candidate from Puri Lok Sabha seat returns ticket citing funds crunch
In a letter to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary (Organisation), KC Venugopal, Mohanty said that she was asked by the state party leadership to take care of the funds by herself for fighting the polls
Published on May 04, 2024 06:07 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
BJD’s Naveen Patnaik files nomination from two Odisha assembly seats
Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan also filed his nomination from the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency
Updated on May 02, 2024 06:48 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Chhatisgarh woman Maoist cadre injured in gunfight, arrested by Odisha police
Additional director general of police (anti-Maoist operation) S Devdutt Singh said that the police party during the search operation found an injured female Maoist cadre, Mango Nureti alias Sindhu, in a house in Ekawari village
Published on Apr 21, 2024 02:54 PM IST
Oppn accuses Patnaik of fostering parivarvaad, BJD said tickets given on merit
Of the candidates for 72 assembly and 15 Lok Sabha seats declared by BJD, at least two dozen have got tickets due to their dynastic connections.
Published on Mar 31, 2024 03:11 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Odia actors-turned-politicians flocking to BJP ahead of Lok Sabha polls
On Thursday, popular Odia filmstar and two-time BJD MP from Berhampur Siddhant Mohapatra joined the BJP in Delhi saying that he was inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Published on Mar 31, 2024 01:54 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
People taking selfies with wild animals to face arrest: Odisha government
The letter mentioned that taking photos or selfies with wild animals that come under schedules of the Wildlife Act disturbs their regular life cycle and posting such photos on social media amounts to violation of wildlife law
Published on Mar 16, 2024 01:47 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
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