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Jamshedpur: Jharkhand Chief Minister, Hemant Soren today said there was no question of JMM allying with Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the party would go alone in the ensuing parliamentary and assembly elections in Odisha. JMM will contest the elections in Odisha on its own, Soren said when asked about the talks over […]

The Centre on Tuesday informed Supreme Court that the hike in the gas prices would be kept on hold as the Election Commission has asked it to wait till the completion of the general elections

The Supreme Court on Tuesday raised questions on the findings of the two-member BCCI enquiry commission which has given a clean chit to its president N Srinivasan in spot-fixing scandal, asking was it "managed"

Bollywood actor Harman Baweja who is dating fellow star Bipasha Basu chose to keep mum on their engagement and wedding plans

Jet Airways' Acting CEO and Chief Financial Officer Ravishankar Gopalakrishnan has resigned, sources said today, the latest in the high-profile exit from the private carrier

Berhampur: Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik is all set to kick off campaign for his own election from home turf Hinjili Assembly constituency in Ganjam district from tomorrow. Patnaik is seeking re-election from Hinjili for the fourth time in the upcoming election to be held on April 10. The Chief Minister will […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leaders Prasanna Patsani and Tathgat Satpathy and state Congress chief Jayadev Jena were among the candidates who filed nomination papers today for the second phase polls for 11 Lok Sabha and 77 Assembly seats to be held in Odisha on April 17. These were confirmed by reports from various constituencies as the […]

Nabarangpur: Aam Admi Party (AAP) in Odisha has received a jolt as nomination papers filed by its candidates Haravati Gond for the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha seat and Sublam Santa for the Umerkote Assembly seat were rejected by the Returning Officers here. Gond alleged that the officials had conspired against her to deprive the APP candidates […]

Bhubaneswar: With close of nomination for the April 17 second phase of polling, party hopping continued in Odisha today with former BJD MLA Jyotirindra Nath Mitra of Khurda joining BJP and senior leader Arun Dey quit the ruling party. Mitra, a two-time MLA, was welcomed by BJP. “I have joined BJP after being inspired by […]

New Delhi: GMR Group today announced that the third 350-MW unit of its Kamalganga thermal power project in Odisha has started commercial operation. “The third 350-MW unit of the Kamalganga thermal power project at Dhenkanal in Odisha was declared commercially operational today,” GMR said in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges. The first 350-MW […]

Bhubaneswar: Undertaking a massive change in the list of candidates for both the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Odisha, ruling BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik today denied tickets to 35 sitting MLAs and 6 MPs. The sitting MPs denied tickets were Nityananda Pradhan (Aska), Mohan Jena (Jajpur), Rudramadhav Ray (Kandhamal), Yoswant Singh Laguri (Keonjhar), Jayram […]

Kendrapara: With Olive Ridley sea turtles yet to arrive at Gahirmatha rookery in Kendrapara district for mass nesting, wildlife personnel are in a spot of bother. As the mass nesting has got considerably delayed, apprehension of marine animals skipping their annual sojourn at the tranquil beach looms large. The turtles might skip their annual visits […]

Phulbani: A revenue inspector has been sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment by a special vigilance court in Odisha’s Kandhamal district for accepting bribe to demarcate a piece of land. Special Vigilance Judge, Phulbani, Gouri Shankar Satpathy while pronouncing the judgement yesterday also imposed Rs 5000 penalty on the revenue inspector of Daringbadi. Baliarsingh was […]

Coming down heavily on BCCI President N Srinivasan, the Supreme Court today asked him to step down for a free and fair probe .........

US President Barack Obama and top economic powers have cancelled an upcoming G8 summit in Russia to build ....