Last Updated: Saturday, July 5, 2014, 19:08
BJD chief and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked party MPs and MLAs to refrain from appointing their close relatives as their representatives or promoting them as block or notified area council (NAC) chairpersons.
Last Updated: Saturday, July 5, 2014, 19:02
At least five workers from Odisha have been stranded in strife-torn Iraq, an official said Saturday. All the labourers, mostly plumbers, are from Kendrapada district.
Last Updated: Friday, July 4, 2014, 23:58
Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javdekar on Friday said his ministry will prepare an action plan for Odisha to execute public purpose projects and address various issues including Justice MB Shah Commission`s recommendations and findings on the mining scam in the state.
Last Updated: Friday, July 4, 2014, 21:03
Two-term legislator Basant Kumar Panda was Friday unanimously re-elected the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Odisha assembly.
Last Updated: Friday, July 4, 2014, 17:26
The row over the Puri Shankaracharya boycotting Rath Yatra protesting restrictions put by administration snowballed into a major controversy.
Last Updated: Friday, July 4, 2014, 15:29
With the row over Puri Shankaracharya`s boycott of Lord Jagannath`s Rath Jatra lingering, senior Congress leader Jaydev Jena said the controversy should be resolved jointly by the seer, temple administration and Odisha government.
Last Updated: Friday, July 4, 2014, 13:21
Two persons were arrested for allegedly blackmailing a girl and trying to exort money after recording an objectionable video of her with a man in Odisha`s Jajpur district, police said Wednesday.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 3, 2014, 23:30
The bail plea of a police inspector accused in a sexual harassment case was on Thursday turned down by a local court which remanded him to 14 days` judicial custody.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 3, 2014, 12:20
Odisha, one of India`s top vegetable producers, Thursday said it has deregulated fruit and vegetables from local market fees so that these can be available at lower prices to consumers.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 2, 2014, 22:15
Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati today alleged that there was a "well-planned conspiracy" behind Sri Jagannath Temple Administration asking him to visit the chariots alone without being accompanied by aides.
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