Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal Supremo Naveen Patnaik will embark on a state wide tour to different districts from November. He will connect with the people, grassroots workers and local leaders of the party. The members of the newly formed Coordination Committee chaired by Debi Prasad Mishra met Naveen at Naveen Niwas yesterday evening and discussed [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday announced cash rewards for the Indian Men’s Hockey team for winning the Bronze medal in the Paris Olympics 2024. Congratulating the team for their victory over Spain 2-1 to bag back-to-back Bronze medals at the Olympic Games, the Chief Minister announced a cash reward of Rs [...]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal President and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik spoke to the victorious Indian men’s hockey team and congratulated the team on etching their name in history with consecutive bronze medals in Olympics. Everyone in Odisha and people across India are proud of this historic feat, Naveen said. Naveen, who has significantly [...]

Paris: Skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace of goals as the Indian men’s hockey team fought back from a goal down to prevail 2-1 over Spain in the third-place match and bagged a second successive bronze medal in the Olympic Games here on Thursday, giving seasoned goalkeeper PR Sreejesh a memorable farewell as he bid [...]

Bhubaneswar: In view of ensuing 77th Independence Day, Principal Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Deapartment Usha Padhee took a review meeting to assess the preparedness of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across the state. The meeting, which took place via video conference, was attended by DMA Debasis Singh and Additional Secy Rabindra kumar Sahu alongside [...]

Bhubaneswar: The first coordination committee meeting of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) was held at Sankha Bhawan here on Thursday. The meeting was chaired by senior BJD leader and former minister Debi Prasad Mishra. Most of the members of the committee attended the meeting. At the meeting, the BJD leaders have discussed on a range [...]

Bhubaneswar: Two people were killed following a dispute over a four-wheeler parking in an apartment at Sundarpada under the Airfield Police station area in Bhubaneswar. The deceased were identified as Rashmi Ranjan Sethi of Sundarpada and his friend Sambit Rout alias Julu of Kendrapara district. The prime accused Ganesh Mallik and his two associates are [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Thursday arrested Pradeep Kumar Sahu, Block Development officer (BDO), Athagarh in Cuttack district for possessing disproportionate assets. In this connection, Vigilance Cell PS case has been registered against the BDO. Based on searches conducted on properties of the BDO, he was found in possession of disproportionate assets including 2 buildings, 1 [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik condoled the demise of former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who died at his residence in South Kolkata on Thursday morning at the age of 80. Taking to his ‘X’ handle, CM Mohan Majhi wrote, “Saddened to hear about the [...]

Kolkata: Former West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who was the second and the last CM of the Left regime in West Bengal, died at his residence at Palm Avenue in South Kolkata on Thursday morning. He was 80. His daughter Suchetana Bhattacharjee has confirmed the demise of her father and said that he started [...]