Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Former minister and a prominent leader from western Odisha Surendra Singh Bhoi has joined the ruling Biju Janata Dal here on Friday Bhoi, who has recently resigned from the Congress party, has formally joined the BJD at an induction program held at Sankha Bhawan. The three-time former MLA has been welcomed to the BJD [...]

Bhubaneswar: Many districts of Odisha will witness light to moderate rains along with thundershowers in the next four days. The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted that light to moderate rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and dry weather very [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Thursday apprehended Manas Ranjan Behera, CTO & GST Officer, Enforcement Unit, Puri for allegedly taking bribe. Behera was arrested infront of Zilla School, Puri while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs. 30,000 from a vehicle owner to release his detained vehicle. As per provisions of Govt., the vehicle owner had already [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Thursday apprehended Ganesh Mallick, Revenue Supervisor, Special Land Acquisition Office, Paradeep and Khirod Rath, Retired Amin for accepting bribe of Rs.4000 from a complainant to process the file for facilitating land acquisition payment. As per the direction of Mallick, the retired Amin while accepting the bribe amount from the complainant, was [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has decided to sign an MoU with Ministry of Education, Government of India to implement PM SHRI Scheme. The MOU will be signed by the State before beginning of next academic year 2024-25, the Ministry of Education said. This partnership between the Odisha Government and the Ministry of Education, Government of [...]

Bhubaneswar: With the Biju Janata Dal announcing the first and second list of candidates for the upcoming General and Assembly elections, the election atmosphere in the state is heating up. Party Supremo Naveen Patnaik yesterday announced the names of 15 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections and 72 names for the State Assembly elections. After [...]

Bhubaneswar: A coordination meeting of the State Level Enforcement Committee was held here on Wednesday for the ensuing general elections 2024. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena at Lok Seva Bhawan. The members of the state-level committee, which has been constituted to ensure that the general elections are [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced the second list of BJD candidates for the Lok Sabha seats for the ensuing General Elections 2024. Here is the list: Puri: Arup Patnaik Dhenkanal: Abinash Samal Jagatsinghpur: Rajashree Mallick Kandhamal: Achyuta Samanta Cuttack: Santrupt Misra Jajpur: Sarmistha Sethi

Berhampur: In a breakthrough, the Berhampur Police has nabbed two interstate ganja smugglers including the kingpin who are wanted in Mumbai and Chennai. The smugglers were handed over to the police in Mumbai and Chennai following their arrest by the Berhampur police. The interstate smugglers have been identified as Ranjan Nayak(34) of Dharampur village under [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced the first list of nine candidates for the Lok Sabha seats for the ensuing General Elections 2024. As per the announcement, BJD Orgnaisational Secretary Pranab Prakash Das will contest from Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat. Here is the list: Kalahandi: Lambodhar Nial [...]