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Bhubaneswar: With an aim to stop distress sale and provide right price to farmers for their agricultural produce, the Odisha government is planning to bring an ordinance for ‘contract farming’ in the State, said sources. As per the new proposed law, companies chosen by the State government will sign contracts with farmers in the State […]

Bhubaneswar: Already in the eye of a storm for his derogatory remarks on Odisha, Sun Temple and MLAs, Delhi-based journalist Abhijit Iyer Mitra today failed to turn up before the House Committee constituted by Odisha Assembly to probe breach of privilege motion moved against him. In an email sent to Odisha Assembly speaker, Iyer sought […]

New Delhi: There is no need for another backwater study of the Polavaram project as similar type of study was carried out in 2011 by the Gopalakrishna Committee, the Centre told the Supreme Court today. While hearing a petition filed by the Odisha government which has claimed that the project is being undertaken without environmental […]

Bhubaneswar: Mounting pressure on the Centre to rein in rising price of fuel and cooking gas, activists of ruling-BJD today staged a protest meeting in front of the Raj Bhavan here today and later submitted a memorandum to the Governor Ganeshi Lal addressing the President of India. Leaders of the ruling party accompanied by members […]

Dhenkanal: Former Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda today said people of Odisha especially youths want development in the state so that nobody will have to go outside the state in search of work. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of ‘Heijau’, an informal tea party organised at Ganesh Bazaar in Dhenkanal, Jay Panda said, “After […]

Bhubaneswar: Hockey player Lilima Minz will receive the prestigious 26th Ekalabya Puraskar for the year 2018. The annual award is instituted by IMPaCT, the charitable wing of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys (IMFA). The Ekalabya Committee comprising jury members from different walks of life unanimously picked the woman hockey player for the prestigious award at […]

Cuttack: Intensifying their agitation, lawyers of the Orissa High Court today locked up main gate of the court despite the Supreme Court’s order to withdraw strike. While a meeting of the general body of the Bar Association was scheduled at 2:30 pm to decide on future course of action, the lawyers did not allow the […]

Agartala/Bhubaneswar: As many as 100 students and teachers from Odisha levelled allegations of physical torture by other some students at Agartala-based Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan on Wednesday. According to sources, around 90 students of the deemed university have complained that they were thrashed by their other mates as they did not participate during a recent strike […]

Cuttack: A day after advocates in Cuttack intensified their agitation demanding immediate arrest of accused involved in the attack on a lawyer in Cuttack, the Crime Branch of Odisha Police on Tuesday night arrested two persons including Home Guard. The arrested duo, identified as Home Guard Kishore Jena and one Dilip Singh, was taken into […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government, the ruling party of the state in a counterattack said that the PM’s remarks have brought him to a ‘low level’. Coming down heavily on the State government while addressing public gatherings at Talcher and Jharsuguda […]

Puri: The Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae, Gopal Subramanium is of the opinion that while the heredity system of appointment of servitors should remain, there should be restrictions on the numbers of servitors at Puri Srimandir. Following a meeting between the Srimandir Managing Committee and Subramanium at the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) office, chief administrator […]

Puri: Devotees are now in a fix as chief administrator of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Pradipta Mohapatra today claimed that no rate chart for the sale of ‘Abadha’ at Puri Srimandir has been approved yet. Mohapatra further claimed that he was not aware about who has put up such rate chart inside the […]

Bhubaneswar: An FIR was lodged against Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for allegedly flying over Chilika lake. The complaint was filed at Arakhakuda Marine police station in Puri district by convener of Sachetana Nagarika Manch Priyadarshan Patnaik today. The complainant alleged that CM and others also violated norms by flying over the brackish water lake […]

Sundergarh: As many as four persons killed while more than 30 injured in separate road mishaps in different parts across Odisha on Thursday. A car carrying five persons rammed into a truck from behind near Anantpur under Salepur block in Cuttack district, killing three including a woman on the spot. Another person succumbed while undergoing […]

Bhubaneswar: Expelled from the BJD a few days back, senior leader Damodar Rout does not seem to relent from making scathing attacks on almost all BJD leaders including the party president and CM Naveen Patnaik. Continuing the tirade, Rout today once again lambasted CM Patnaik alleging that he has made corruption a policy of the […]