Pradeep Pattanayak

Following the Bolangir district Collector’s direction, the District Education Officer (DEO) has put the teacher under suspension.  

Ajit Biswal of Khadipal village under Pattamundai block in Kendrapara district had gone to Dubai. He worked as a plumber with a company in the Gulf Sheikhdom. 

Kiran Kumar, an FTII alumnus, had made his debut in Bollywood with ‘Do Boond Pani’ in 1971.

Ashwini Sethi has unsuccessfully been contesting as a ward member for last 35 years.

To exercise their franchise, a voter must have his/her name in the electoral roll of the ward where he/she is voting, said the Secretary of State Election Commission Rabindra Nath Sahu.

During searches at the properties of ADM Mohapatra following information about his disproportionate assets, that lasted for 36 hours, the sleuths claimed to have stumbled upon assets worth around Rs 10 crore. 

A look at the social media account of Tarinisen Padhan, a teacher in Bolangir district, will be enough to drive home the point. 

With anger in their belly, these voters have decided to stay off from the Panchayat elections. 

The Sindhekala police, which investigated the case,have mentioned two names of Gobinda Sahu, the prime accused in the murder case and his driver Radhe, who is the co-accused, in the charge sheet, under sections 302,...

The fear of tampering of ballot boxes has started gripping the Opposition parties in Odisha ahead of the voting for the Panchayat polls.

The Orissa High Court expressed concerns while directing the authorities to hold discussions with the fishing community in Mangalajodi area and make them understand the harmful effects of the noise created by boats on the...

The villagers demanded the BDO to conduct a probe to identify and punish the culprits who are resorting to the gimmick to woo voters.

Bidyadhara along with some friends had travelled to Berhampur to appear in the NEET examinations a month ago. 

Former Union Minister and Balasore MP (BJP) Pratap Sarangi seems to have made it a point to go out of his way to secure victory for his party’s candidates.

The irate villagers carrying lathis chased Majhi’s car, intending to attack him when the BJD parliamentarian was on campaign trail.

Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju said this in a written reply to unstarred questions raised by BJD MP Prasanna Acharya in the Rajya Sabha. 

The family members of deceased Soumya Ranjan wanted to know why the police were not initiating action against those responsible for Soumya’s death. 

Significantly, what seems testing the patience of the victim's family is already eleven days have passed since the death, but police are yet to make any breakthrough.

In the event the police fail to file the charge sheet even after six days, it will make it easy for prime accused Sahu to avail bail, lawyers opined. 

The direction will benefit 2,000 residents living in Baramunda, Paikanagar, Kanan Vihar and Jayadev Vihar localities.