Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Friday, 22 March 2024

It was a homecoming for Nayak as she distanced herself from the party after the 2009 elections when she contested from the Bhubaneswar Parliamentary seat on a BJP ticket and subsequently crossed over to the BJD.  More

Senior Congress leader and Jatani MLA, Suresh Routray announced his retirement from electoral politics on Friday.  More

In a bid to revive the relationship, and spread brotherhood and friendship between the local people and police, the then Bhandaripokhari IIC, Babu Lal Munsi had started this ‘Melana’. Over the years, the Melana has turned into a festival and is celebrated with pomp and gaiety every year.  More

The Aditya Birla Group topped the list of donors with a Rs 260 crore donation to the ruling party in Odisha through its associate companies.   More

On being informed, three fire tenders reached the spot and launched an operation to control the flame.  More

Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab resigned from the BJD's primary membership on Friday.  More

BJP state president Manmohan Samal on Friday said that the party will contest alone in both the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.  More

Following speculations that Patasani may be named as BJD candidate from Chilika, Raghu Sahu with his hundreds of supporters arrived at Sankha Bhawan in Bhubaneswar on Friday claiming his candidature. More

Speaking at the Hyderabad Dialogues organised by The New Indian Express, he also claimed BJP’s target of 400 seats is psychological warfare and the party on its own is highly unlikely to win 370 seats. More

Rout, who was also known for his incendiary remarks in politics, seldom minced his words when it came to his rivals More

He had suffered a cardiac arrest on March 18 and was undergoing treatment in Bhubaneswar. More

Three persons hailing from Sargipalli Lokadega area were going on a bike to Darlidhipa. It was stated that the three were going to their relative’s house. More

As per reports, Gula Swain and his son Rajendra Swain, residents of Jagannathpur under Patapur police limits, were murdered on December 28, 2013.  More

It is said that the BJD is gripped by infighting in Aska, Khallikote, Digapahandi, Chhatrapur, and Kabisuryanagar Assembly segments. In Gopalpur, present BJP leader Pradeep Panigrahi has posed a challenge to the ruling party.     More

The saffron party has finalised candidates for nearly 100 Assembly seats and 16 Lok Sabha seats.  However, the saffron party is weighing political equations for the Lok Sabha seats of Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Kendrapara, sources said. More

MP Bhartruhari Mahtab was accused of slapping the then Sub-Inspector Amitabh Mohapatra, now posted as ACP, during a programme held at Netaji Birthplace Museum in Cuttack on January 23,  2011. More