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Panchayat poll
Odisha Amends Gram Panchayat Election Rules, Opposition Cries Foul

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is up in arms after the Odisha government made amendments to the existing Panchayat Election rules

Defunct Sanitary Toilet Complexes In Berhampur Bring BeMC's Apathy To Fore
Defunct Sanitary Toilet Complexes In Berhampur Bring BeMC's Apathy To Fore

The civic body had spent an estimated Rs 70 lakh in 2017 to construct sanitary toilet complexes. However, in just four years, the structures have been completely damaged.

Translocation of trees
Odisha Suggests Translocation Instead Of Felling Of Trees For Road Construction Works

A total of 1,85,00,748 trees have been felled for the widening of roads in Odisha from 2010-11 to 2020-21.

Niranjan Patnaik Is Getting Old, Should Step Down From PCC President Post: Tara Bahinipati
Niranjan Patnaik Is Getting Old, Should Step Down From PCC President Post: Tara Bahinipati

Earlier this week, Bahinipati had threatened to resign from his post over what he called ‘indiscipline behaviour’ of State party unit chief Niranjan Patnaik.

  • Friday, 20 August 2021
Elderly Couple Attacked Over Black Magic Suspicion In Odisha’s Ganjam
Elderly Couple Attacked Over Black Magic Suspicion In Odisha’s Ganjam

In a similar instance on August 11, a woman and her daughter were allegedly tied with ropes and mercilessly beaten by a group of men on suspicion of practicing witchcraft at Gadigaon village under Khunta Police limits in Mayurbhanj district.

Twitter War Between BJP-BJD
Poll Bound BJP-BJD Engage In Twitter War Ahead Of Odisha Panchayat Elections

War of words ensued between BJP and BJD over several tweets made by BJP leaders who are on a campaign trail in Odisha ahead of Panchayat polls

MoS Petroleum Rameswar Teli
MoS Petroleum Rameswar Teli Urges States To Reduce Tax To Bring Down Oil Prices

Minister of State, Petroleum Rameswar Teli on Friday said states will have to reduce taxes on petrol and diesel in order to lower the burden on retail consumers

OMFED
OMFED Employees Brought Under ESMA In Odisha 

Employees of the Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation (OMFED) have been brought under the provisions of Odisha Essential Services (Maintenance) Amendment Act 2020.

Odisha Panchayat Polls
Odisha Panchayat Polls: Seeking Votes Politicians Head For Villages

With the onset of Panchayat polls in Odisha, the three major parties in in the State gear up to woe voters to win seats in the elections.

Bhartruhari Mahtab
Dowry Harassment Allegation: BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab Reacts

In her three-page complaint, Sakshi has alleged that she was harassed by her in-laws and husband over dowry. In her complaint, she alleged that her parents gave sway gold jewellery worth Rs 2.5 crore and clothes as dowry in the marriage. But, her in-laws demanded more money.

  • Thursday, 19 August 2021
  • Odisha
Nothing On Record To Show Shashi Tharoor Provoked Sunanda Pushkar To Commit Suicide: Court
Nothing On Record To Show Shashi Tharoor Provoked Sunanda Pushkar To Commit Suicide: Court

The court observed that Pushkar might have felt distressed or mentally disturbed with the alleged extra-marital relation of the accused, but mental disturbance does not constitute the offence of abetment.

Afghan Crisis: Sambalpur Woman Worries About Daughter, Son-In-Law Living In Kabul
Afghan Crisis: Sambalpur Woman Worries About Daughter, Son-In-Law Living In Kabul

Sambalpur’s Johara Begum is spending sleepless nights thinking about the safety AND well-being of her daughter and her family living in Kabul in Afghanistan for the past 14 years. 

Pihu Missing Case: NHRC Directs Odisha DGP To Submit ATR
Pihu Missing Case: NHRC Directs Odisha DGP To Submit ATR

The directive from the NHRC came after the parents of the missing girl approached the statutory public body expressing dissatisfaction over the progress of the probe.

  • Thursday, 19 August 2021
  • Odisha
Kotia
AP Reignites Kotia Row, Intrudes To Lay Foundation Stones

Throwing a challenge again to the Odisha government, the officials of the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh 'Intruded' into the disputed Kotia Panchayat and laid foundation stones for several projects

Odisha MLAs To Undergo Covid-19 Test Ahead Of Assembly’s Monsoon Session
Odisha MLAs To Undergo Covid-19 Test Ahead Of Assembly’s Monsoon Session

All MLAs, their drivers, personal staff and all workers and staff of Odisha Assembly will undergo COVID-19 RT-PCR tests ahead of the Monsoon session begining September 1. 

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