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Bhubaneswar: Intensifying its investigation into the KIIT University campus violence incident, Commissionerate police today informed that CCTV footages are being examined to identify more students involved in the group clash. Police Commissioner Satyajit Mohanty today informed that police have enough footage to establish identify of the students involved and accordingly notices will be issued to […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after BJD vice-president and Rajya Sabha member N. Bhaskar Rao targeted a particular media for ‘publicising’ the attack on Utkal Bharat party chief Kharabela Swain, the former MP today took a jibe at Rao and said that there is no need to name any party as the pictures and videos circulating in […]

Bhubaneswar: Unable to digest the truth and face its failures, Odisha government seems to have forgotten that a free press is the central component of democracy and an attempt to chain it will only backfire. Opposition party chief whip, Tara Prasad Bahinipati on Tuesday brought a ‘Breach of Privilege Motion’ against OTV after the channel […]

Bhubaneswar: Just ahead of the 2014 general polls, the then Congress stalwart and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Bhupinder Singh left the party mid-way and joined the BJD giving an unexpected blow to the party. Five years later, with a few months to go for the 2019 elections, speculations are rife that Congress will again witness […]

Bhubaneswar: West Bengal BJP Chief, Dilip Ghosh’s announcement that a proposal of Narendra Modi contesting from Puri is already under discussion within the party has taken Odisha politics by storm. While speculations are rife now about the political ramifications it will have, many are wondering the very intention behind such a move. After coming to […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the ongoing lawyers’ strike over alleged thrashing of an advocate by the Odisha police, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today sought Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s intervention to end the stalemate in the interest of the people of the State. In a Facebook post (video), Pradhan expressed concerns over the problems people are facing […]

Bhubaneswar: Expelled BJD leader Damodar Rout on Wednesday announced to float a new party by the end of this month stating that it will be named after former Chief Minister late Biju Patnaik. Ever since the BJD expelled the senior leader for his alleged anti-party activities, he has been the centre stage of Odisha politics. […]

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: After crops in over 1.10 lakh acres of farmland across the state were affected due to brown plant hoppers last year, farmers expected that the Odisha government would come up with plans to prevent such pest attack. However, it seems that the government has learnt nothing from the ‘Chakada (brown plant hopper)’ menace that […]

Bhubaneswar: It’s disheartening that those who were strong supporters of Biju Babu and had worked with him have been removed from the Biju Janata Dal one after another. The action taken against Dama Babu seems like an injustice, said former MP Baijayant Panda after meeting ex-minister Damodar Rout who was expelled from the BJD yesterday. […]

Bhubaneswar: After creating a flutter in Odisha politics with sapling and Omfed scams allegations, former Cooperation Minister Damodar Rout on Saturday hinted at another scam in Cooperative bank loans. The senior BJD leader pegged the scam to be around Rs 700 crore to Rs 800 crore. Rout said that while 60% loan from the banks […]

Sambalpur: While the Mahanadi water sharing dispute continues to be the bone of contention between Odisha and Chhattisgarh, a crucial coordination meeting of the National Council of Dam Safety was held today to discuss safety of Hirakud and floodwater management. According to sources, if Chhattisgarh, which has constructed dams on the upstream of Mahanadi, releases […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst talks of early elections, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Wednesday announced a new team of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC). However, it has led to dissidence within the party after many leaders have been left out. While many alleged that the PCC list includes people who are close to the party’s […]

Bhubaneswar: The war of words between the BJP and the Congress over BJD’s support to NDA candidate for the deputy chairman post of Rajya Sabha continued on Monday with Congress leader Anand Sharma alleging ‘match-fixing’ between the ruling-BJD in Odisha and the BJP. Sharma said that the saffron party will not get enough seats in […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Civil Aviation Ministry approved the proposal to set up a water aerodrome on Chilika lake in Odisha, the BJD and the BJP on Monday engaged in a political slugfest over the project. While the BJD today raised concerns over the impact of the project on marine species and biodiversity, the […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today played the ‘Odia card’ to counter the allegations of the Congress over the recent Rajya Sabha deputy chairman election following which political slugfest took the centre stage in Odisha politics. Following a slew of questions and allegations being made by the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik […]