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Ex-Balasore MP quits BJD, may join ruling BJP

Bhubaneswar, March 11 -- Ahead of the March 16 Rajya Sabha polls, senior BJD leader and former Balasore MP Rabindra Kumar Jena resigned from the primary membership of the regional outfit on Tuesday, c... Read More


Ex-Balasore MP quits BJD, may join ruling BJP

Bhubaneswar, March 11 -- Ahead of the March 16 Rajya Sabha polls, senior BJD leader and former Balasore MP Rabindra Kumar Jena resigned from the primary membership of the regional outfit on Tuesday, c... Read More


Over 22,000 hectares of forests lost to fires in Odisha since 2022: State govt data

India, March 10 -- Forest fires have destroyed 22,293 hectares of forests in Odisha over the past three years, forest, environment and climate change minister Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia on Tuesday told t... Read More


Lack of flights stall return of worker's body from Qatar

Bhubaneswar, March 10 -- The family of a migrant worker from Odisha's Ganjam district is awaiting the return of his body from Qatar, with the repatriation delayed due to flight disruptions amid the on... Read More


Youth from Odisha dies in Qatar amid tensions; family seeks help to bring body home

India, March 9 -- Anxious and grieving, the family of a migrant worker from Ganjam district is awaiting the return of his body from Qatar as tensions escalate in the Gulf following the ongoing hostili... Read More


54 communal riot cases, 7 mob lynchings reported in Odisha since June 2024: CM Majhi

India, March 9 -- At least 54 instances of communal riots and seven cases of mob lynching were reported in Odisha since June 2024, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi told the state assembly on Monday. ... Read More


School reopens in Odisha 34 days after primary student's death

India, March 9 -- Caste-related tensions between upper and lower caste people in a village of Odisha's Nayagarh district kept a government primary school shut for more than a month after the death of ... Read More


Shah reiterates vow to end Maoist violence by March 31

Bhubaneswar, March 7 -- India would be free from Maoist violence by March 31, Union home minister Amit Shah reiterated on Friday, adding that security forces will defeat those who dream of building a ... Read More


Man hacked to death outside court in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, March 6 -- A 44-year-old man died after being attacked by another man with an axe outside a court complex in Bhanjanagar town of Odisha's Ganjam district on Thursday, police said. The dec... Read More


India will be free of Maoist violence by March 31, reiterates HM Amit Shah

India, March 6 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday set a firm deadline for ending Left-Wing Extremism in India, declaring that the country will be free of Maoist violence by March 31 and that s... Read More