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Odisha CM’s resignation sought over Puri gang rape case
Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over the gang rape of a girl in police quarters in Puri district on Monday.
Two persons including…
Former Odisha Minister grabbed land worth over Rs 100 crore!
Bhubaneswar: Demanding action against Pipili legislator and former Minister Pradeep Maharathy and former Congress MLA Yudhistir Samantray BJP today said the duo was involved in land grabbing and encroachment.
While terming Maharathy as a…
Odisha Congress MLA praises 5T initiative, says health services have improved
Bhubaneswar: The State government’s 5-T initiative got praises from unusual quarters today. Congress MLA from Jeypore Tara Prasad Bahinipati lauded the programme in the State Assembly by saying that health services in Koraput district have…
Is NCP the new ‘king-maker’ in Maharashtra?
Mumbai: Hours after the day-break drama tumbled out of the comfortable confines of Raj Bhavan, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) seems to have been catapulted in an enviable position of being the new 'king-maker' in Maharashtra,…
Congress holds BJP’s flawed policy responsible for economic slowdown
Bhubaneswar: Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Deepa Dasmunsi today held the BJP government at the Centre for the economic slowdown and increase in unemployment rate.
Talking to media persons following the ‘Bharat Bachao…
Maharashtra midnight coup leaves political circles miffed; Here’s what happened
Mumbai: Maharashtra early on Saturday got a surprise pack of Chief Minister and his deputy in BJP's Devendra Fadnavis and NCP's Ajit Pawar.
Here is the what happened when:
Sometime around 11.45 night - Ajit Pawar-BJP Deal finalised.…
Pawar, Thackeray, Raut in midnight rendezvous
Mumbai: Inching towards forming the Maharashtra government, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar had a midnight rendezvous meeting with Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray, here.
Thackeray was accompanied by his son…
Opposition creates ruckus in Assembly over absence of ruling party MLAs
Bhubaneswar: The opposition members on Wednesday created noise in the Odisha Assembly following the absence of ministers during the proceedings in the House.
With the absence of ministers during the zero hour, Speaker Surjya Narayan…
Odisha MLA demands correct, uniform presentation of ‘Vande Utkal Janani’
Bhubaneswar: Drawing the attention of Odisha Assembly members, Khandapada legislator Soumya Ranjan Patnaik today reiterated his demand for correct rendition of ‘Vande Utkal Janani’.
Moving a calling attention motion in the State…
BJD to raise a host of issues during Parliament’s winter session
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today announced its decision to demand exemption of income tax from District Mineral Fund, heritage festival tag to Cuttack Bali Jatra and sanction of pending amount under the Awas scheme to Odisha…