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Congress leader's house in Odisha looted, robber flees with ₹50L in cash, gold
The CCTV cameras installed in the house captured the robber, who had masked his face, entering the house around 2.40 am when the family members were asleep
Published on Jan 26, 2025 04:55 PM IST
Congress calls for seven-hour Odisha bandh on February 15 over rising fuel price
State Congress president Niranjan Patnaik said on Tuesday that the shutdown would begin from 7am and continue till 1pm.
Published on Feb 10, 2021 10:20 AM IST
PTI | , Bhubaneswar
BJP will not contest Rajya Sabha polls in Odisha due to lack of MLAs
Elections to 3 Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha will fall vacant next month. One seat is already vacant since last year. Elections to the 4 seats would be held on March 26.
Updated on Mar 10, 2020 12:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | HT Correspondent
Bouncers guard party office as Odisha Congress infighting out in the open
The burly men stood guard outside the room where a meeting chaired by the Congress’ Odisha unit chief Niranjan Patnaik and state in-charge Jitendra Singh was underway on Friday morning.
Published on Jan 18, 2020 10:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | HT Correspondent
Odisha varsity postpones exams for nationwide strike
Several Central trade unions called for the shutdown on a 14-point charter of demands, including social security, minimum wages and employment, among others.
Updated on Jan 08, 2020 04:41 AM IST
Bhubaneswar | Indo Asian News Service
Rahul Gandhi offers to resign at CWC meet, gets free hand to overhaul party
Rahul Gandhi, who had fronted the opposition campaign against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has owned responsibility for the crushing defeat.
Updated on May 16, 2020 06:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, NewDelhi | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi
Day after stunning defeat, 3 resignations land up on Rahul Gandhi’s desk
Some more offers to quit are expected to follow as well but a Congress leader said the party may not rush into accepting the resignations.
Updated on May 16, 2020 05:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi
Congress names 9 more Assembly candidates in Odisha
OPCC President Niranjan Patnaik will contest from the Bhandaripokhari Assembly seat in Bhadrak district apart from the Ghasipura Assembly seat in Keonjhar district.
Updated on Apr 07, 2019 01:09 PM IST
Bhubaneswar | Indo Asian News Service
‘Modi’s speech exposes secret ties between BJP, BJD’: Congress
The BJP too rejected the allegations made by the Congress with Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stressing that Modi was “polite, but critical”.
Updated on Dec 26, 2018 11:53 AM IST
Bhubaneswar | Press Trust of India
Congress leaders also responsible for party’s decline in Odisha: Niranjan Patnaik
Newly-appointed Odisha Congress chief Niranjan Patnaik says he will work to end party factionalism in the state.
Updated on Apr 27, 2018 07:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi
Has the Congress returned to battleground Odisha?
Rahul Gandhi’s decision to put one of his most trusted aides, Jitendra Singh, in charge of Odisha and appoint Niranjan Patnaik as the chief of the Pradesh Congress Committee seems to have given exactly the shot that the Congress party needed to revive its fortune.
Updated on Apr 23, 2018 11:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Mahapatra
Congress revamps Odisha unit, appoints Niranjan Patnaik as new chief
Niranjan Patnaik made a comeback to the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president’s post from which he was removed a year before the 2014 elections.
Published on Apr 19, 2018 10:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty