Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party has announced its first list of candidates for Odisha Assembly election. According to the list, State BJP President Prafulla Samal will contest from Chandbali Constituency. Likewise, Suresh Pujari will contest from Brajrajnagar, Jayanarayana Mishra from Sambalpur, Kanak Vardhan Singhdeo from Patnagarh, Upasana Mahapatra from Brahmagiri, and Pratyusha Rajeswari Singh from [...]

Bhubaneswar: Senior leader from Kendrapada and former MLA Ganeswar Behera today resigned from the Congress. He has sent his resignation letter to OPCC President Sarat Patnaik. Ganeswar is likely to join the Biju Janata Dal. Ganeswar was elected as an MLA from Pattamundai Assembly Constituency in 1985 and 1995.

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to ensure peaceful elections, an inter-state co-ordination meeting between the Odisha Police and Andhra Pradesh Police was held on Monday. The virtual meeting was convened by Odisha DGP Arun Kumar Sarangi. The senior police officers of both the states have attended the meeting. It was discussed that the police forces of [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has expressed his deep grief over the demise of eminent Odia singer Shantilata Barik, who passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital city on Monday. In a condolence message, the Chief Minister said that Shantilata Barik, a popular Bhajan singer, was a unique devotee of Lord [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday has called upon to work together to protect Odia identity and pride. Inaugurating the state-level celebrations of Utkal Divas, the Chief Minister greeted the Odias in different parts of the state and the world. In 1936, the dream of formation of a separate state of Odisha came true. [...]

Chatrapur: Providing better service to the people is the first motto of the police force. All officers and employees of the police department should ensure it, said Ganjam SP Jagmohan Meena. While addressing the 89th Police Formation Day celebrations at Reserve Police Ground here, the Ganjam SP said that the police personnel are risking their [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has recorded an eight per cent growth in the Good and Services Tax (GST) revenue for the month of March 2024. As per the data released by the Ministry of Finance, Odisha’s GST collection stood at Rs 5,109 crore in March 2024 compared to Rs 4749 crore in same month in 2023. In [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party Odisha unit has no candidates to field in at least 80 assembly constituencies of the state for the coming Assembly elections. The saffron party is finding it difficult to field suitable candidates in the state. BJP, which was boasting of winning 80 seats in the state, is unable to find [...]

Bhubaneswar: In view of the prevailing heatwave conditions across the State, the Odisha Government has revised the timings of Anganwadi centres. The daily activity schedule for Anganwadi centres functioning in own buildings or Community Halls or Non-School building have been revised from 09.00 AM to 02.00 AM to 07.00 AM to 11.30 AM. Anganwadi centers [...]

Bhubaneswar: Wishes poured in from every corner of the society as Odisha is celebrating ‘Utkal Dibasa’ or the 88th Formation Day of the state on Monday. Odisha, one of the first states in the country to be formed on the basis of language on April 1, 1936, commemorates the day every year as Utkal Dibasa [...]