Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Opposition BJD Wednesday expressed shock at a newspaper report claiming over 13 crore names were struck off draft rolls across 30 states and UTs during the SIR, and demanded an investigation into the matter. The statement came after The Indian Express reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had formally objected at...

Baripada: A court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his mother over a domestic dispute in March 2025. Second Additional District Sessions Judge Suman Kumar Mishra found the accused, Kanhu Kisku (31), guilty of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment, government counsel Satyabrata Mohanty said. The court also imposed...

Bhadrak: A 21-year-old woman working as a data entry operator at a private hospital in Bhadrak was found dead on the hospital premises Wednesday, with her family alleging that she had faced mental harassment from some employees. The deceased was identified as Seema Sahu of Karandimal village under the Mato police outpost in Chandbali police station limits....

Bhubaneswar: Lok Sabha MP D Purandeswari has been appointed the BJP’s in-charge for Odisha, with party national secretary Swadesh Singh named co-in-charge, as part of a nationwide reshuffle of the party’s state and Union territory organisational responsibilities. The appointments, announced Wednesday by BJP president Nitin Nabin, take immediate effect, according to a party notification. Purandeswari, a senior...

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has ruled that studying in a Telugu-medium school does not disqualify a candidate from engagement as a Sikhya Sahayak (SS) (Telugu), provided he has studied Odia up to the prescribed level. The Division Bench of Justices BP Routray and Savitri Ratho dismissed the Odisha government’s appeal against a single-judge bench’s January 17,...

Sanaa: Saudi airstrikes and missile attacks hit several Houthi-held areas across western, southwestern and northern Yemen Wednesday, with casualties reported in the Red Sea province of Hodeidah, Houthi-run media said. The Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported that "Saudi aggression warplanes" carried out around 15 airstrikes across Hodeidah Wednesday, targeting telecommunications infrastructure and other facilities. The strikes hit telecommunications...

New Delhi: Essel Group founder Subhash Chandra has approached the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) challenging the order of a five-member Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) that stayed approval of his repayment plan and restrained him from alienating his properties. The appeal came up for hearing before a three-member Bench of the NCLAT,...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to Thursday Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee’s plea challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to freeze the party’s name and its reserved election symbol amid an ongoing dispute between rival factions. As per the Cause List published on the website of the apex court, a Bench of...

New Delhi: BJP national spokesperson and MP Sambit Patra Wednesday launched a strong defence of the Election Commission of India (ECI), saying internal deliberations among Election Commissioners should not be portrayed as a sign of discord but as part of a functioning democratic institution. Reacting to the controversy surrounding the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision...

Khudurukuni immersion procession held at Chauliaganj, Cuttack   Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb marks the beginning of his 71st regnal year at Sri Nahar in Puri as Utkaliya year 1434 begins   Opposition members protest in Odisha Assembly, demanding discussion on MMDR Bill and the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond   Artists of Kala...