Berhampur: A team of researchers from the Estuarine Biology Regional Centre of the Zoological Survey of India have discovered a new fish species in the Bahuda estuary in Ganjam district, a report said. The newly identified species has been named Pseudorhombus bahudaensis. It bears close...
Keonjhar: The district police in Keonjhar Monday busted a sex racket operating from a three-storied building at Gobindpur village under Town police limits as it arrested six persons including a woman and rescued five other women. The accused have been identified as Banarani Barik, Firoz...
Bhubaneswar: BJD chief and former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday condemned the alleged assault on party worker and social media activist Rashmi Parija in Jagatsinghpur district and demanded strict action against those responsible. "Such incidents of increasing violence against women are unacceptable. The atmosphere...
Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Tuesday, complained with the Election Commission against Ghasiram Majhi, the Congress candidate for the upcoming Nuapada by-election, demanding rejection of his nomination papers for allegedly concealing his criminal record in the affidavit filed with the poll panel. According to...
Bhubaneswar: The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has told the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC) chairperson that it would "not be possible" for it to conduct the Rath Yatra on one specific date across the globe. The SJTMC chairperson, Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb,...
Bhubaneswar: At least two persons died and several sustained burn injuries during Kali Puja and Diwali celebrations across Odisha, police said Tuesday. Two devotees, a man and a woman, allegedly died of electrocution after coming into contact with a live wire near Maa Dakhina Kali...
Bhubaneswar: The Opposition BJD Tuesday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against Odisha minister Nityananda Gond, alleging that he violated the model code of conduct by campaigning at a government college for the BJP candidate in the Nuapada bypoll. Gond, the minister of school...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday put all districts on alert and directed collectors to remain fully prepared to handle any situation in the wake of a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal intensifying into a well-marked system and taking the shape of a depression...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari Tuesday criticised the Congress-led Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, saying the alliance has "miserably failed" to act as a credible Opposition both at the Centre and in the state. Speaking on the ongoing "political crisis" in Bihar, Pujari...
Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: The main Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Tuesday lodged a formal complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha against School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond, and others, alleging violation of the Model Code of Conduct in the ensuing Nuapada bypolls. The...
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