Odisha

Nuapada: Amid ongoing simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha, the Maoists were engaged in an encounter with security forces in a forest near Chhattisgarh border in Nuapada district....

Sambalpur: All eyes are on Sambalpur parliamentary seat, which will go to polls on May 25, with two heavyweights - Union Minister and senior BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan and BJD...

Bhubaneswar: Khandapada MLA and Independent candidate for the Assembly elections from Ghasipura seat in Keonjhar district on Tuesday staged a dharna against repressive measures of police. Sitting on a dharna...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly has issued notices to four MLAs, who recently resigned from the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), to explain as to why they should not be disqualified as...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD on Tuesday moved Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), accusing BJP MLA candidate from Titlagarh Naveen Jain of distributing foreign liquor among voters. In the memorandum submitted to...

Bhubaneswar: The missing keys of Ratna Bhandar (treasure trove) of Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri has snowballed into a major political issue amid the ongoing polls in Odisha with the...

Bhubaneswar: Amid a raging controversy over a video showing Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, BJP national bice-president and party’s Kendrapada Lok Sabha candidate Baijayant Panda on Tuesday questioned its authenticity....

Bhubaneswar: Affirming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolve to ensure speedy development of railway sector in Odisha, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said visible changes have already taken place in the last...

Bhubaneswar: Amid the rising mercury levels and thunderstorm activity in Odisha, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that the forecasted depression over central parts of Bay of Bengal...

Bargarh: Police have detained eight youths in connection with the murder of an auto-rickshaw driver transporting voters to a polling booth in Odisha’s Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency while the prime...