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BJP wins Nuapada bypoll with a vote margin of 83,000, BJD slips to third place

India, Nov. 14 -- BJP's Jay Dholakia swept the Nuapada assembly bypoll in Odisha by a margin of 83,748 votes against his Congress rival Ghasi Ram Majhi, transforming what was expected to be a closely ... Read More


CBI lodges FIR in Odisha police recruitment scam case

India, Nov. 13 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR in a case related to the alleged question paper leak in the Combined Police Service Examination (CPSE) 2024 in Odisha.... Read More


Govt authorises CBI to take over Odisha police recruitment paper leak case

India, Nov. 11 -- More than two weeks after the Odisha government agreed to hand over the police sub inspector recruitment scam case to the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Personnel... Read More


Orissa HIgh Court rejects bail plea of convicted terror recruiter

India, Nov. 11 -- The Orissa high court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Mohd Abdur Rehman, an alleged al Qaeda operative, who faces charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act of indoc... Read More


Odisha law commission recommends sweeping amendments to anti-witch hunting Act

India, Nov. 8 -- The Odisha Law Commission has recommended sweeping amendments to the Odisha Witch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention and Protection) Act, 2013, proposing a tougher, more enforceable, an... Read More


Odisha law commission recommends sweeping amendment to anti-witch hunting Act

India, Nov. 8 -- The Odisha Law Commission has recommended sweeping amendments to the Odisha Witch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention and Protection) Act, 2013, proposing a tougher, more enforceable, an... Read More


Odisha plans to ensure roads, power, drinking water in all villages by 2027

India, Nov. 5 -- The Odisha government is considering launching an integrated initiative titled Mission PoWaR - short for Power, Water and Roads - with the goal of providing every village with electri... Read More


Odisha: Former BJD MP Amar Patnaik joins BJP

India, Nov. 3 -- Former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Rajya Sabha MP Amar Patnaik joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday-a defection that laid bare the deepening crisis within Odisha's once-dominan... Read More


Nuapada bypoll: The first election in Odisha after BJD's fall

India, Nov. 3 -- An assembly bypoll in western Odisha district of Nuapada, scheduled for November 11, may measure whether Odisha's seismic political shift last year was a genuine transformation or a t... Read More


Odisha SI recruitment case mastermind arrested from Indo-Nepal border

India, Nov. 2 -- The Odisha Police CID on Sunday brought back the alleged mastermind in the police sub-inspector (SI) recruitment case, Shankar Prusty, from Uttarakhand, where he was arrested near Ind... Read More