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Odisha's leopard estimate declines 25% since 2018

India, March 1 -- Odisha's leopard population declined by over 25% to 568 as compared to the 2018 estimate of 760, according to a leopard population estimation by the Union environment ministry. The ... Read More


PM Modi to visit Odisha on March 5 amid speculations of alliance with BJD

India, March 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha on March 5 amid rising speculations of alliance between the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of ... Read More


Odisha sets up committee for preparing inventory of Jagannath temple's treasury

India, Feb. 29 -- The Odisha government on Thursday a 12-member high-level committee headed by former Supreme Court judge, justice Arijit Pasayat (retd) to supervise the process of preparing an invent... Read More


ECI issues notice to BJD over use of party symbol in government advertisements

India, Feb. 29 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a notice to the Odisha government and the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over the alleged use of the party symbol in advertisements us... Read More


How SHGs helped Naveen Patnaik consolidate women supporters base

India, Feb. 26 -- Maa Samaleswari Producer Group, a self-help group (SHG) of 50 women in Suamal in Odisha's Sundargarh district, has come a long way over the last five years. From living in poverty, i... Read More


Debasis Nayak was out of Naveen's charmed circle long before quitting BJD

India, Feb. 26 -- When Debasis Nayak quit the Biju Janata Dal on Saturday and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), no one in Odisha's political circles was surprised about the former minister and ... Read More


Debasis Nayak, senior BJD leader and former Odisha minister, joins BJP

India, Feb. 25 -- Former Odisha minister and senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Debasis Nayak, once among the trusted aides of chief minister Naveen Patnaik, resigned from the party on Sunday ahead o... Read More


Former Odisha minister and senior BJD leader Debasis Nayak quits party

India, Feb. 25 -- Former Odisha minister and senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Debasis Nayak, once among the trusted aides of chief minister Naveen Patnaik, resigned from the party on Sunday ahead o... Read More


Former Odisha min and senior BJD leader Debasis Nayak quits party, joins BJP

India, Feb. 25 -- Former Odisha minister and senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Debasis Nayak, once among the trusted aides of chief minister Naveen Patnaik, resigned from the party on Sunday ahead o... Read More


Orissa HC orders arrest of Indonesian ship from which 22 kg cocaine was seized

India, Feb. 24 -- Nearly three months after Customs officials in Odisha seized 22.2 kg of Cocaine from a bulk carrier owned by a Vietnamese shipping company at Paradip port, the Orissa high court has ... Read More