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Orissa HC rejects plea to drop murder charges against forest officer's widow

India, July 9 -- Four years after a forest officer of Odisha died of burns under mysterious circumstances, the Orissa high court on Wednesday dismissed petitions by his wife and a divisional forest of... Read More


State officials to audit Jagannath temple from Aug

Bhubaneswar, July 9 -- Odisha law minister Prithviraj Harichandan on Tuesday said officials will begin the process of auditing and inventorising valuables kept in Ratna Bhandar of the Jagannath temple... Read More


Audit of Jagannath temple Ratna Bhandar to begin from next month

India, July 8 -- The audit-cum-inventorisation of the valuables kept in Ratna Bhandar of the Jagannath temple in Puri would begin from August with experts from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) playing a ro... Read More


BJD leader approaches women's commission against BJP MLA's derogatory remark

India, July 7 -- Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Lekhasri Samantsinghar on Monday approached the State Commission for Women (SCW) to seek action against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Santosh Kh... Read More


Manmohan Samal set to be reelected as president of BJP's Odisha unit

India, July 7 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Odisha unit president Manmohan Samal is all set to be re-elected as he is the only candidate to have filed nomination for the post on Monday. A form... Read More


BJP leader held over assault on OFFICER IN oDISHA

New Delhi, July 4 -- BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan was arrested on Thursday evening in connection with the alleged assault on Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation additional commissioner Ratnakar Sahu. "I... Read More


BJP leader who 'orchestrated' the attack on OAS officer surrenders before police

India, July 3 -- In a dramatic escalation of events that have roiled Odisha's political landscape, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jagannath Pradhan was arrested late Thursday evening in connection with... Read More


Odisha services hit as OAS officers continue strike seeking arrest of BJP leader

India, July 3 -- Nearly 1,500 officers of the Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) and Odisha Revenue Service (ORS) across more than 20 districts continued their indefinite mass leave on Thursday in pr... Read More


Orissa HC: Woman contractual employee cannot be denied maternity leave, benefits

India, July 2 -- The Orissa High Court has ruled that a woman contractual employee cannot be denied maternity leave and its associated benefits, emphasising that denying such benefits based on the nat... Read More


Odisha assault: Officers association postpones mass leave after assurances

India, July 1 -- The Odisha Administrative Service Association (OAS) on Tuesday postponed a mass leave after chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi assured strict action against those involved in the assau... Read More