Senior BJP leader and Kendrapara MP Baijayant Jay Panda has retained his post as the party's National Vice-President following the announcement of the new national office-bearers by BJP president Nitin Nabin on Monday. Panda is among 13 leaders designated as...
The ruling BJP in Odisha asserted on Monday that the state will suffer no revenue loss from the newly enacted Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, arguing instead that it will gain from a more competitive mining...
The Odisha government will distribute the fifth instalment of Rs 5,000 to over one crore beneficiaries under the flagship Subhadra scheme on August 28, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida announced on Monday. "We will release the financial assistance under the...
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday visited the inundated villages in Jajpur district by boat as severe flooding impacted more than 7.85 lakh people across the state, officials reported. The CM was accompanies by Revenue and Disaster Management...
A government doctor was taken into custody in Bhubaneswar after allegedly demanding and accepting a Rs 30,000 bribe from a non-governmental organisation, said officials on Monday. Acting on a formal complaint, Odisha Vigilance officers caught Dr Satyajit Behera, assistant surgeon...
Odisha Police have seized stolen gold and silver ornaments valued at roughly Rs 50 lakh, which were robbed from a Chhattisgarh jewellery dealer last month, officials said on Monday. The recovered ornaments, consisting of 300 grams of gold and 1.4...
