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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of BJP will kick off its ‘Jana Kalyan Yatra’ tomorrow from Nabarangpur district to reach out to the people over State government’s failure. It was decided during the celebration of party’s foundation day here at the state headquarters. “The yatra will start from Chandahandi in Nabarangpur and will culminate in Keonjhar […]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA from Barabati-Cuttack constituency Debashish Samantaray landed in a fresh soup after his brother’s wife Sikha Samantaray filed a mental harassment case against the legislator at the State Commission for Women (SCW). In her complaint Sikha alleged that she is being tortured mentally by Samantaray. “He is not giving the […]

Bhubaneswar: Days after Congress leader Bapi Sarkhel accused Excise minister Damodar Rout of taking money from chit fund company Astha International, senior party leader Lalatendu Bidyadhara Mohapatra has trained his guns on the government – this time for its failure to control the law and order situation in the state. The Congress leader on Saturday […]

Bhubaneswar: Though we are 10 months away from the Panchayat elections in the State, all the major parties –BJD, Congress, BJP – have began warming up for the same. While Congress launched an membership drive for the same on Friday, BJP is all set to kick off its Jana Kalyan campaign from April 7. Even […]

BJD Rajya Sabha MP Baishnab Parida on Friday embarrassed the State government yet again alleging that Odia language is being neglected by government functionaries

In a scathing attack on the ruling party, Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra on Friday said investigation is not done properly into allegations of involvement of rapport between BJD leaders and people with criminal antecedents

A seven-member team of BJD MLAs, led by senior legislator and BJD spokesperson Amar Prasad Satpathy, on Monday met Nabanirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS) members who are on a dharna at the Lower PMG here for the last 11 days

The Opposition parties on Monday lambasted the state government in the Odisha Assembly for its failure to provide drinking water to the people in the State

Bhubaneswar: After the Holi break, the Odisha Assembly began on a stormy note on Monday with Opposition Congress members demanding a statement from the chief minister on the steps the government had taken against the anti-socials who had allegedly raped a college girl inside a running car six days ago. Unable to run the proceedings, […]

The Opposition parties in Odisha are all set to corner the ruling party during the second phase of the Budget session in the State Assembly starting from Monday

The State government is likely to face an uphill task while cancellation of plot/flat allocations under the discretionary quota (DQ)

Unfazed by the demand for his arrest by the supporters of BJD minister Sanjay Dasburma, senior Congress leader Lalatendu Bidyadhar (Lulu) Mahapatra on Saturday said the earlier charges he had brought against his arch rival was a tip of the iceberg

Lambasting both the BJP-led Central government and the State government over shifting of the proposed railway wagon factory from Narla in Kalahandi to Vizag, State Congress chief Prasad Harichandan on Thursday said the Kalahandi district unit will observe a Kalahandi bandh on April 6 protesting against the decision

The silence of the Opposition in the State Assembly on the alleged rapport of some leaders of the ruling party with the arrested Dhalasamant brothers more than a one week after the commencement of the budget session has raised eyebrows among many in Odisha

The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report on the performance of the Odisha government in the financial sector for the year 2015 which was tabled in the State Assembly on Monday, has found gross violation of rules in the disbursal of agriculture loans and assistance to drought-hit farmers of the state