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Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: Amid her standoff with the CBI over its investigation into the Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar’s role in the Saradha and Rose Valley chit fund scams, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that she is not alone as she will consult many senior leaders cutting across party lines including Odisha CM Naveen […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after BJP legislature party leader KV Singh Deo stirred hornet’s nest by claiming that Odisha Chief Minister was quizzed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the multi-crore chit fund scam, Naveen retorted to such allegations as ‘absolute nonsense’. Citing media reports that Naveen was also grilled by the CBI […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after BJP legislature party leader KV Singh Deo stirred hornet’s nest by claiming that Odisha Chief Minister was quizzed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the multi-crore chit fund scam, Naveen retorted to such allegations as ‘absolute nonsense’. Citing media reports that Naveen was also grilled by the CBI […]

Bhawanipatna/Rourkela: All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Rahul Gandhi today reiterated that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is remote-controlled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the time has come to oust both and bring Congress to power. The AICC chief alleged that CM Naveen is working as per PM’s instructions as the ruling-BJD leaders and […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst protest by opposition parties, Odisha Finance Minister Sashi Bhusan Behera today presented a Vote-on-Account worth Rs 56,921crore for the first four months of the 2019-20 fiscal while tabling an interim budget of Rs 1.326 lakh crore for the full year of 2019-20 in the Odisha Assembly today. As tenure of the current assembly […]

Bhubaneswar: Several places of Odisha will experience rain under the influence of a western weather disturbance from today. As per the latest forecast of the Bhubaneswar Regional Meteorological Centre, the western disturbance has now reached Jammu and Kashmir area from the Mediterranean Sea and moving towards Assam. Besides, a cyclonic circulation has also formed over […]

Bhubaneswar: Alleging Centre’s failure in generating employment in Odisha, the ruling-BJD members created ruckus in the Assembly today and met Governor Ganeshi Lal to submit a memorandum in this regard. This came in retaliation to BJP Yuva Morcha’s attempt to gherao Odisha Assembly yesterday over allegations that the State government has failed to create job […]

Sambalpur: After being in the eye of the storm for his alleged ‘unproven therapies’ and subsequent standoff with junior doctors’ association (JDA), VIMSAR director Ashwini Pujahari today resigned from his post. Pujahari reportedly sent his resignation to Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal for approval. Addressing a presser in Sambalpur today, Pujahari stated that he had no […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Odisha sounded the poll bugle in earnest today by promising a slew of welfare measures for the people of Odisha during party’s ‘Pratisruti Samabesh’ held in Bhubaneswar. Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced that the party will provide permanent land records (pattas), jobs to youths […]

Bhubaneswar: Being one of the most significant festivals, Saraswati Puja is being celebrated with religious fervours across Odisha today. Several schools and other educational institutions have made elaborate arrangements to perform special rituals to worship Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge. Amid chanting of hymns, children in Bhubaneswar invoked the goddess in their respective schools. #WATCH: […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the BJP announced several poll sops including provision of land records (pattas), jobs to youths and pucca houses while urging people to vote for the party in the upcoming polls, senior BJD leader Sanjay Das Burma today came down heavily on the saffron party and said that their promises are the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court stating that the State will complete the process for the appointment of Lokayukta by March 31 and it will start functioning by April 8. The affidavit was submitted by Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi, who deposed before a three-member bench of the […]

Bhubaneswar: The day following the conclusion of the Road Safety Week could not have been more ironical with as many as 15 people across Odisha losing their lives in separate road mishaps today. Besides, a total of 29 persons were injured in the accidents. At least four persons including two women were killed and 11 […]

Bhubaneswar: During his Odisha visit, Chhattisgarh Health Minister T S Singh Deo on Monday accused the BJD-led government of neglecting Mahanadi river water dispute in last 19 years of its rule. “The BJD has been in power for last 19 years, but in this period, it has not even bothered to look into the Mahanadi […]

Mayurbhanj: At a time when educational institutions and other establishments were dipped in Saraswati Puja celebrations, a class VIII girl student was subjected to sexual assault by a minor boy inside the toilet of her school under Sadar police limits of the district. Though the incident happened on Sunday, the matter came to fore after […]