Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 15:24
Alleging extensive use of money by ruling BJD in Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls being held today, senior Congress leader and Union Minister Srikant Jena said distribution of cash for votes posed a serious threat to democracy.
Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 16:06
With the high voltage campaigning for the January 8 elections to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation ending on Monday, opposition Congress promised free power to the people living below poverty line while ruling BJD assured voters of overall development.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 13:44
Four threat letters were seized from the rented house of Pranati Das, a ration dealer, who died on Tuesday after attackers stabbed her and set her on fire in Ganjam district, police said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 13:04
A woman died of injuries Tuesday after being stabbed and burnt by miscreants in Odisha`s Ganjam district who wanted her to stop running a fair price shop, police said.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 21:53
The opposition Congress and BJP separately reiterated their demand for a CBI probe into the alleged multi-crore-rupee mining scam in Odisha.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 12:48
A 15-year-old girl in Odisha`s Bhadrak district got so angry when her mother refused to give her money for picnic that she poured kerosene and set herself on fire, police said on Thursday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 18:12
At least 26 members of a farmers organisation were arrested for blocking the car of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while he was on his way to office, police said.
Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 14:20
Over 600 migrant workers, including 170 children, were rescued in Odisha in a crackdown launched after the brutal torture of two labourers in the state three days ago, an official said on Friday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 14:39
The Odisha Police have launched a manhunt to nab a labour contractor and his four henchmen who allegedly chopped off the hands of two migrant workers two days ago, a police official said.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 10:51
Maoists Saturday killed two of the six men they had abducted two days ago in Odisha`s Malkangiri district, police said.
Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 20:54
The State Information Commission (SIC) of Odisha Friday rejected a plea to bring the state`s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) under the ambit of the Right to Information Act.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 12:13
At least 18 people, including six women, were arrested after a woman tried to set herself on fire at a protest near the official residence of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
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