Pradeep Pattanayak

The final rites of the deceased boy were performed on Thursday as hundreds of tearful villagers bid him adieu.

As per an earlier direction of the HC, the committee, comprising lawyers, had visited Dhinkia which was on the boil in January after police baton charged betel farmers who protested a drive to evict betel...

At a time when the fate of the candidates in the fray for the Panchayat elections are sealed in the ballot boxes, contestants in some places are getting anxious about the security arrangements at the...

The conch party leaders alleged that they have taken up the poll violence issue with the SEC for as many as eight times but no action has been taken so far. 

Of the 49 booths, while 25 are those where polling was affected in the first phase of voting, the rest 24 are the troubled ones during the second phase.

With significant improvement in the Covid situation in the State, the SEC has now relaxed some restrictions previously imposed on the counting procedure. 

Doubting something mischief might occur to the ballot boxes, the candidates are having their own security arrangements in place around the strong rooms. 

After the meeting, Chief administrator of SJTA, Krishan Kumar said the construction work of the project will gain momentum following a go ahead by the ASI. 

While one group is supporter of the sitting MLA, the members of the other group are followers of a former MLA.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan took to Twitter to condemn the attack on the scribes who were covering the election. 

The two aspirants in the fray had entered into pre-election deal with a Samiti member aspirant to win the posts uncontested.

Dozens of people barged into the polling chamber and started ransacking the booth. 

The State Energy department also requested the OERC to take into account the surplus revenue of the distribution companies (discoms) in the State during the current year.

The jury members unanimously decided Sahoo as the winner of the award for his commendable job in educating children in slums. 

The honesty of the driver has become the talk of the town. 

The tribal community members said they had been eagerly waiting for the moment when they would ink their left index finger.

Gajapati’s sample was earlier collected for RT-PCR test and his report came out to be positive for the infection today

Kovind will stay in Puri Raj Bhawan during his visit and not in the Governor’s House which was previously scheduled as per the protocol

Following the CM’s statement about his health, the main Opposition parties in Odisha, the BJP and Congress, were quick to come out with reactions. 

The alleged violation was carried out by none other than the presiding officer at booth no-VI set up in Sarua School, under Begunia block in Khordha district.