BJD, BJP in verbal duel over Dharmendra
A verbal duel has been triggered between the BJD and the BJP over BJD organisational secretary Pranab Prakash Das’ remark on Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan contesting from the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat. In a post on his X handle, Das alleged that Dharmendra has not only lost the confidence and trust...
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Leopard census begins in State
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Dissent in Remuna BJP after aspirant Sethi denied ticket
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CUO holds two-day talk on NEP 2020
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Bijay suspends campaign due to heatstroke
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Tobacco control: Agenda for India on harm reduction
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Dissidence grows over BJP nominee choice
Dissidence has been growing in the BJP cadre in Balikuda area after the party gave ticket to one Satya Sarathi Mohanty for the Balikuda- Erasama Assembly seat for this election. As many as six saffron party leaders were aspirants for party ticket from the seat and they have been openly revolting...
3 including 2 women die as truck hits auto
Three persons, including two women, were killed and eight others sustained grievous injuries when an auto-rickshaw by which they were travelling had a head-on collision with a speeding truck near Jodenga under the Raighar police station in Nabarangpur district on Sunday. The identities of the deceased and injured were yet to...
Iran-Israel conflicts: Challenges for Indian diplomacy
West Asia is in news, as ever. This time Iran and Israel are in the battlefield. Iran's attack on Israel early Sunday came in response to what it is discussed was an Israeli strike on Iran's Consulate in Syria on April 1. Israel’s military chief asserted that his country would...
Challenges for Indian Diplomacy
This unprecedented turn of the shadow war into real war between the two power houses in West Asia puts Indian diplomacy to litmus test. As expressed by Bhopinder Singh, in his article, the enduring ties between India and Iran, in The Pioneer dated, April 19, 2024, “The template of ‘strategic independence’ (used in...
Ex-MLA sells land to meet daughter’s poll expenses!
To contest the poll is certainly not the cup of tea of a person with poor financial strength as these days elections have become highly expensive, at times running into crores. As a matter of fact, a former MLA has had to sell his ancestral property to meet his daughter’s poll...
Ganjam Election Exp Inspectors' training held
In preparation for the upcoming elections in Ganjam district, a training session was organised for Election Expenditure Inspectors to ensure fair and transparent monitoring of expenses by the contestants, on Saturday in Chattrapur. Led by District Election Expenditure Inspector Saurabh Dubey, the training aimed to equip inspectors with the necessary skills...
BJD's Biplab cashes in on dad's craze in D'pahandi
Biplab Patra, BJD candidate for Digapahandi Assembly Constituency, showed his strength by conducting a mega bike rally in his constituency, projecting his father former Assembly Speaker late Surjya Narayan Patro's clean image and the welfare projects undertaken by him. On Thursday, he conducted a bike rally and padayatra, visited villages Tamana,...
