Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Putting to rest all speculation about its candidate in Korei Assembly constituency for the upcoming elections in Odisha, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday fielded Sandhyarani Das, mother of...

New Delhi: The BJP can win 16 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha in the upcoming elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in an interview to a TV channel. "I...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Thursday named candidates for six more Assembly seats for upcoming elections in Odisha. Purna Chandra Mohapatra, party vice-president and noted gynaecologist who was earlier tipped...

Jajpur: A five-year-old girl on Thursday lost her life after drowning in Kharasrota River at Jari village in Binjharpur area of Odisha’s Jajpur. The deceased has been identified as Soni....

Bhubaneswar: Shortly after BJD declared its candidate for Khandapada Assembly seat, senior leader and former MLA from the constituency Anubhav Patnaik resigned from the primary membership of the party on...

Bhubaneswar: The intensity of heatwave is likely to subside in Odisha amid thunderstorm activity, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Thursday. While heatwave may persist till May 6, the...

Bhubaneswar: Dubbing the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government in Odisha as ‘anti-farmer’, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday alleged that corruption to the tune of Rs one lakh crore has...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, former Union Minister Jual Oram and Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi were among the prominent candidates who filed their nomination papers on Thursday. Dharmendra, who is...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit the tribal-majority Rayagada district in Odisha on Friday to address his second public meeting in the state ahead of Lok Sabha and...

Koraput: Police on Thursday seized 505 kg of ganja worth over Rs 50 lakh near Hanumal village under Machhakunda police limits in Odisha’s Koraput. Acting on a tiff, Machhakunda police...