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Bhubaneswar: Former BJD MP Debashish Samantaray Friday filed his nomination papers as the BJP candidate for the Rajya Sabha by-election from Odisha. Samantaray, who joined the saffron party May 26 after quitting the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), was named the party's candidate by the BJP...

Bhubaneswar: Hindi film actor and Member of Parliament Kangana Ranaut arrived in Bhubaneswar Friday for premiere of her latest film, Bharat Bhagya Vidhata. After arriving at the Bhubaneswar airport, she participated in the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign by planting a sapling. Kangana is...

By ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Odisha is increasingly witnessing the realities of a changing climate. Bhubaneswar and several other parts of the state have experienced intense heatwaves, rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and prolonged dry spells, while rapid ur banisation and shrinking green cover have made cities...

Bhubaneswar: From the classrooms of Bhubaneswar to the startup ecosystem of San Francisco, Pratham Batra’s journey is anything but ordinary. At 19, the young entrepreneur is already contributing to the future of robotics, positioning himself among a new generation of innovators driving the physical AI...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has come out with a 70:30 fund-sharing mechanism to ensure proportionate sharing of District Mineral Foundation (DMF) funds among the districts that are affected by mining directly and indirectly. In a resolution issued by Planning and Convergence department June 3, government...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday asked officers of the state police department to behave friendly with the people amid custodial torture allegations that surfaced from at least three police stations in the past few days. Majhi was speaking at an event...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police have busted a chain snatching racket and arrested six members of the gang, operating mostly in Khurda district, police said Thursday. Police nabbed two of the accused persons during a vehicle checking drive Wednesday night. When the faces of the accused...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Opposition BJD Thursday expressed displeasure over the manner in which the Centre approved the ambitious coastal highway project that allegedly differs from its original design and alignment. The party also claimed that the people of Odisha are unhappy over the exclusion of a...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday released a list of "top 24 failures" of the Mohan Charan Majhi-led BJP government in Odisha, which is set to complete two years in office June 12. However, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday described June 4, 2024,...

Bhopal: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Central Election Committee Thursday announced its list of candidates for the upcoming biennial Rajya Sabha elections scheduled across several states, along with the by-election in Odisha. Gujarat will see a strong slate of candidates with Rajubhai Shukla, Mukeshbhai Rathwa,...