Bhubaneswar, March 25 Former minister Raghunath Mohanty and former MLA Jiban Pradeep Dash returned to the BJD on Wednesday after severing their ties with the ruling BJP.BJD president Naveen Patnaik welcomed the two leaders at his residence after they formally joined the regional outfit at...
Bhubaneswar, March 24 The Odisha government disbursed an interest subsidy of ₹208.35 crore to more than 2.67 lakh women self-help groups (SHGs) on Tuesday.Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida disbursed the funds to the women SHGs at a special event here.She also distributed ₹6.43 crore as a...
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Balasore, March 23 Two crew members of a mechanized boat died on Monday after allegedly inhaling toxic fumes while unloading fish at a jetty near Chandipur beach in Odisha's Balasore district, police said.The incident occurred at the Naupalgadi fishing jetty in Balaramgadi. The deceased were...
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Bhubaneswar/Balasore, March 19 Five people were killed in two separate road accidents in the Ganjam and Balasore districts of Odisha on Thursday, police said.Three people who were travelling on a motorcycle died after their motorcycle collided with a bus at the Patapalli village under the...
Bhubaneswar, March 11 – A day after resigning from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), former Balasore MP Rabindra Kumar Jena formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Wednesday.Jena, along with several other BJD leaders and over 100 of his associates from Balasore, Mayurbhanj, and...
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Bhubaneswar, March 11 A day after quitting the opposition BJD, former MP Rabindra Kumar Jena joined the ruling BJP in Odisha on Wednesday, citing the lack of a succession plan in the regional party.Jena, along with his supporters from Balasore, Bhadrak, and Mayurbhanj districts, joined the...
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Bhubaneswar, March 10 Ahead of launching the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Odisha on April 1, the Election Commission of India organized a four-day state-level training programme for election officials on Tuesday.The SIR is a comprehensive voter list revision designed...
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Balasore, March 10 A 35-year-old man and his teenage sister-in-law allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a train in Balasore district, Odisha, police said on Tuesday.The two were suspected to be in an illicit relationship, and the 18-year-old woman was pregnant, they said.The...
Bhubaneswar, March 9 – As many as 54 communal riots were reported across different districts of Odisha between June 2024 and February 2026, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the Assembly on Monday.Responding to a question from BJD MLA Goutam Buddha Das, CM Majhi revealed that 24 of...
Balasore (Odisha), February 27 Two officials sent to conduct a special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal mistakenly entered a village in neighboring Balasore district of Odisha and were assaulted by locals, who suspected them of being members of a child-lifting gang, police...
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Bhubaneswar, February 19 – Continuing its crackdown on corruption, the Odisha Vigilance department arrested two individuals on Thursday, including the tehsildar of Soro in the Balasore district, after he was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe from a businessman."On Thursday, Daitari...
Bhubaneswar, February 17 The Odisha Police has launched a search operation to locate two juvenile offenders who escaped from the observation home in Angul, officials said on Tuesday.Although the incident occurred on February 14, it came to light only after the police initiated the search.The...
Bhubaneswar, February 14 The Odisha Cabinet on Saturday approved three tenders worth over Rs 358 crore for water distribution under the Integrated Anandpur Barrage Project (IABP), which aims to provide irrigation to around 15,765 hectares of agricultural land in the Balasore and Keonjhar...
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Balasore (Odisha), February 14 Two truck drivers suffered severe burns after their vehicles caught fire following a collision on NH-60 in Odisha's Balasore district early on Saturday, police said.The accident occurred near Basta around 1 am, and both vehicles, one carrying coal and the other...
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Balasore (Odisha), February 11 – One person was killed and five others were injured in two road accidents in the Balasore district of Odisha on Wednesday, according to police.A school peon died after a truck hit him in the Telipali area of the Nilgiri block.Following the accident, hundreds...