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Alleging a nexus among officials, politicians and ponzi companies, the BJP on Thursday claimed the Odisha government's opposition to a CBI probe into the chitfund scam has been established

In a move that is bound to shake up Indian cricket establishment, the Supreme Court on Thursday proposed replacing BCCI President N Srinivasan with former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar and barring his team Chennai Super Kings (CSK) along with Rajasthan Royals (RR) from IPL 7 till it decides the case of betting and spot fixing scandal

Cuttack Non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), which are facing legal scrutiny for unauthorised collection of public deposits, are now approaching the Justice R K Patra Commission here seeking its permission to return the investors’ money. According to sources, a Kolkota-based company has already returned over Rs 32.56 crore to Odisha investors after taking permission from the […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, former chief ministers Hemananda Biswal and Giridhar Gamang were among 766 candidates in fray in the first phase of polls to 10 parliamentary and 70 assembly seats in Odisha on April 10, official sources said today. After the withdrawal of 48 candidates, a total of 668 candidates remained in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Alleging a nexus among officials, politicians and ponzi companies, the BJP today claimed the Odisha government’s opposition to a CBI probe into the chitfund scam has been established. “The vehement opposition of the BJD-led Odisha government to a CBI probe into the multi-crore chit fund scam in the Supreme Court has exposed the nexus,” […]

Bhubaneswar: With a number of leaders filing nominations as independent candidates for the Assembly elections, both ruling BJD and opposition Congress, fearing sabotage within the party, were trying hard to persuade them to withdraw papers. Though senior BJD leaders were still trying their best to convince rebel candidates of their party, sources said that rebels […]

Aska: Dubbing Congress and BJP as ‘migratory birds’ who visit Odisha only during elections, BJD chief Naveen Patnaik today said the two parties had all along ignored the interests of the state. “Leaders of both Congress and BJP visit Odisha seeking votes during elections. But, where were they when the cyclone Phailin hit the state?” […]

Scions of erstwhile princely states in Odisha have made their place in the state's politics and 14 of them are in the election fray for the simultaneous assembly and parliamentary polls to be held next month

Attributing price rise to global factors and higher MSP, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said the government has tried to protect the interest of poor people by maintaining supply through the PDS system

Bollywood actor Sunny Deol on Wednesday said he did not harbour any political ambitions and hence would not join that field but will campaign for "good" candidates as and when needed

Under-fire Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President N Srinivasan is exploring various legal options though he continued to remain mum on the Supreme Court observation that he should step down from his post for a fair probe into the Indian Premier Legal fixing scandal

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s three major political parties – BJD, Congress and BJP today announced change of their candidates hours before completion of the nomination paper filing process. While the ruling BJD changed its sitting MLA Alekh Jena from Rajnagar, the BJP changed two candidates and the Congress undertook a similar exercise for three of their nominees. […]

Bhubaneswar: Wanted Maoist Sabyasachi Panda’s wife Subhashree who filed nomination for Ranpur Assembly constituency in Nayagarh district, has claimed that her husband was a “social worker”. Subahshree, who was freed from jail in April, 2012 after a Gunupur court acquitted her in a Maoist incident related case, has entered the fray on a ticket of […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister and senior Congress leader Srikant Jena, BJD’s Baijayant Panda and BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra were among the candidates who filed nomination today in 11 lok sabha and 77 Assembly seats for the second phase elections to be held on april 17. Srikant Jena, Union minister for chemicals and fertilisers, filed his nomination […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police has decided to intensify combing operation in vulnerable pockets in the state in order to conduct a free and fair elections. “Security personnel have been directed to intensify operation against the left wing ultras to foil their attempt to disrupt the poll process,” DGP Prakash Mishra today said after reviewing situation […]