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Bhubaneswar: Veteran leader and BJD’s candidate from Patkura Assembly constituency in the 2019 elections Bed Prakash Agarwalla died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. According to reports, Agarwalla was unwell for the past few days and was admitted to a private hospital in the city. He was elected twice to […]

Puri: BJD MLA and former State minister Pradeep Maharathy was arrested today in connection with the alleged attack on Election Commission flying squad Magistrate Rabinarayan Patra and Static Surveillance Team(SST) members in Pipili area of the district. Maharathy, who is BJD candidate from Pipili Assembly constituency for 2019 elections, was arrested after being interrogated in […]

Bhubaneswar: The third phase elections for the six Lok Sabha and 42 Assembly constituencies in Odisha concluded peacefully barring few incidents of violence and EVM/VVPAT glitches on Tuesday. Voting began at 7 AM amid adequate security arrangements for the conduct of polls in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Sambalpur, Keonjhar and Dhenkanal Lok Sabha seats and 42 Assembly constituencies […]

Bhubaneswar: Voter apathy in Bhubaneswar to fore again, when the State in third phase polls witnessed around 61 per cent turnout. The Capital city has recorded a poor voter turnout of around 41 per cent till 5 PM today. It seems on the election day, nearly six of every ten voters preferred to stay indoors […]

Bhubaneswar: The third phase polls in Odisha covering six Lok Sabha (LS) and 42 Assembly Constituencies (AC) passed of peacefully today, though some stray incidents of attacks were reported from some places in Puri LS where an EVM was smashed. The final polling figures released by CEO Surendra Kumar reveals that around 71.61 per cent […]

Bhubaneswar: Re-polling in as many as nine booths spread across four Lok Sabha constituencies, two each in Sundergarh and Kandhamal, four in Bargarh and one in Aska concluded amidst tight security arrangements today. A total of 70.5 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Sundergarh (booth no- 213) and Bonai (booth no-129) Assembly seats under […]

Balasore: As many as 50 polling staff from Khudra had a harrowing time as no arrangements were allegedly made for their stay in Balasore on Thursday. As a result, the poll officials were forced to spend the night under the open sky. The poll officials from Khurda have been deployed for the conduct of fourth […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is all set to see a stormy May!  Models by Indian National Centre of Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) did suggest of the cyclonic storm system Fani drifting along the Odisha coast and would be nearing to Chandrabhaga coast by the night of May 3. While the IMD has indicated formation of a well […]

Bhubaneswar: With the campaigning for the fourth and final phase in Odisha coming to an end today evening, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has gone with all guns blazing at CM Naveen Patnaik. The ruling BJD has camped party’s senior leaders and workers from across the State in Kendrapara. The ruling party did so to […]

Bhubaneswar: For Odisha, the cyclonic storm Fani it seems will bring pounding rain than wrecking devastation. The latest model update by Indian National Centre of Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) indicate the cyclonic system Fani kissing the Odisha coast and leaving towards Bangladesh by May 4. However, the Indian Metrological Department in its latest afternoon bulletin […]

Bhubaneswar: When IMD officially announced of Cyclone Fani re-curving towards Odisha from May 1, the shocker from Indian National Centre of Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) model reveals that Cyclone will actually make landfall between Kalingapatnam and Puri on the evening of May 3. A close analysis shows the landfall will be on Odisha side, and […]

The fourth phase elections for six Lok Sabha and 41 Assembly constituencies in Odisha began on Monday. Voting began at 7 AM amid adequate security arrangements for the conduct of polls in Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur and 41 Assembly constituencies under these segments. However, EVM malfunction was reported at multiple polling booths […]

Bhubaneswar: With packing severity the extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani is when a mere 340 km away from Puri, the haze over landfall place and time is seemingly getting clearer now. Both top forecasters have almost predicted the same fact. While the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) in its latest model predict […]

Bhubaneswar: After keeping everybody on tenterhooks by frequently changing its track and speed, extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ hit Odisha coast near Puri today. The landfall process began at 8 AM and it is likely to continue till 11 AM today, informed Director of Bhubaneswar Regional Meteorological Centre, HR Biswas. As per latest report of […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ pummelled the entire coastline of Odisha causing extensive damages in several districts after making landfall near Puri, relief and restoration process to bring back life to normalcy has been undertaken on a war footing. According to sources, relief works and restoration of electricity, water supply, roadways […]