Youth kills mother by slitting her throat
Bodies of an elderly woman and her unmarried son were spotted on Saturday morning in a house under mysterious circumstances at Bhaludhari village of Balaramprasad under the Nalco police limits in Angul district. The deceased elderly woman, aged around 65 years, was identified as Draupadi Sahu and her son was identified...
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Of India’s 80 Ramsar sites, Odisha has six
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‘I’ll contest from Jatni as Independent’
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‘Semiconductor sector expected to generate 1L jobs’
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3 from Odisha in BJP manifesto committee
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BJP moves ECI on ‘huge’ security for Pandian
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British national enters Shreemandir
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Chiranjib resigns from Cong
In a setback for the Congress in Odisha ahead of the 2024 elections, senior party leader Chiranjib Biswal resigned from the grand old party on Saturday. The former two-time MLA tendered his resignation letter to Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattanayak. He is likely to join the Biju Janata Dal...
Ex-Cong leader Surya Rao joins BJD
Ahead of the elections 2024, former Congress leader K Surya Rao joined the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday. Rao was inducted into the regional party in the presence of BJD leaders including Rajya Sabha membr Sasmit Patra during a programme at the Shankha Bhawan in Bhubaneswar. Rao, a former Paralakhemundi MLA,...
Let intellectuals in large numbers contest polls
Political leaders all over the world, like all other professionals, are motivated by a desire to improve their careers; they want to remain in power and positions by hook or crook. So, they want to win the elections at any cost. But, the Election Commission of India (ECI) in order...
Morning classes in schools from April 2
For the first time in 2024, four cities of the State on Saturday recorded maximum day temperatures of above 40 degree Celsius. Malkangiri became the hottest place in the State with 41 degree. The other cities that recorded temperatures above 40 degrees were Boudh 40.5 degree, Titilagarh 40.5 degree and Balangir...
BJD faces desertion of multiple leaders
--Dissidents join BJP: Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has faced an avalanche of desertions by the party's sitting and former lawmakers, most of whom joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This prompted BJP State president Manmohan Samal to renew his claim that the BJP would form the next State Government. Over...
DRI seizes Rs 6.65-crore gold; 2 held
A team of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) foiled a gold smuggling bid and seized 9,180 grams of the yellow metal following a raid carried out at the Manguli toll plaza in Cuttack district. The DRI arrested two persons in this connection and initiated a detailed probe into the incident. Based...
Bhartruhari BJP Cuttack LS nominee
The BJP on Saturday announced its candidates for the remaining three Lok Sabha seats. Bhartruhari Mahtab was declared as the nominee for Cuttack and Rabindra Narayan Behera and Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi were announced as the candidates for the Jajpur and Kandhamal Parliamentary constituencies, respectively. The party had named its candidates for the...
