Odisha

Sambit Patra was defeated by Pinaki Mishra, the sitting parliamentarian from Puri with a comfortable margin of more than eleven thousand votes.

Bhubaneswar: As the results of the ensuing elections for the Parliament and Assembly emerge, one thing that has been proved right is the confidence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on women candidates is worthwhile. The Biju Janata Dal supremo has many a times reposed faith in the capability of women in the development of the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today thanked the people of Odisha for his party Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD) fifth straight victory in the Assembly elections. Expressing his gratitude, the CM said, “I would like to express my deep gratitude to the people of our state, who have showered their blessings time and again”. The BJD [...]

Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is all set to retain power for the fifth consecutive term with landslide victory in the Odisha Assembly elections 2019. According to the trends in the counting of votes in Odisha elections 2019, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led BJD is leading in 110 seats, while its rivals BJP and [...]

Bhubaneswar: The concerted efforts of the State Government and the sincere co-operation of the people have resulted in bringing respite and normalcy in the lives of the affected people. Especially, the collective endeavour of different Departments i.e. Housing and Urban Development, Panchayatiraj and Drinking Water, Energy, Health & Family Welfare, Forest & Environment, Revenue & [...]

Bhawanipatna: In a tragic road accident, six persons of a family including two children, died after the car they were travelling in rammed into a truck near Jaring in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Wednesday, media reports stated. The family was returning to their village Khurselguda under Junagarh block after deboarding a train from Visakhapatnam to [...]

Bhubaneswar: In the aftermath of the devastating cyclone Fani, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi has flagged off a mobile ATM for Puri district from State Secretariat today in the presence of Principal Secretary Finance Ashok Kumar Meena, Special Secretary General Administration & Public Administration S.N Girish and Odisha Zone Head of HDFC Bank Andaman Rajesh [...]

Bhubaneswar: City parks, the green recreational zones, which were ravaged by the furious winds of the severe cyclonic storm Fani on May 3, have come back to near normal pre-cyclone situation with many parks are opening to evening visitors and two more i.e. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Park and Kharavela Park planning to allow visitors during [...]