Fifteen employees, including vigilance officers and workers of Hindustan Koppe Limited, were trapped at a height of 1,875 feet in a mine at Kolihan near Khetri in the district after the lift broke down.Superintendent of Police (SP) Praveen Nayak confirmed, "Fourteen of the 15 employees...
The assembly constituencies where the party has changed candidates are
(Cuttack district), Athamallik (Angul district), Bari (Jajpur district) Jaleswar (Balasore district) and Puri.Dissident senior leader Sudarshan Das has been nominated for the Jaleswa assembly seat in place of Debi Prasanna...
Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Sunday changed its candidates in five assembly constituencies in Odisha, while fielding Akshay Acharya from the Nilgiri assembly seat.In place of Aarti Dev, the party has made former minister and four-time MLA Debashish Nayak its candidate from Bari assembly...
The party had earlier announced the names of candidates for 14 out of 146 assembly seats.On Friday, BJP declared its candidate for Nilgiri assembly seat. Former Biju Janata Dal leader Santosh Khatua has been named as the party's candidate for the Nilgiri constituency.Khatua resigned from BJD...
Rishikesh, a new tourism zone has been started in Ram Nagar Forest Division where tourists can see all the wild animals that the Corbett landscape is known for such as tigers, leopards and elephants.Ramnagar DFO Digant Nayak said here on Thursday that the area has been named Kota Tourism Zone...
BJP announced names of candidates for eight assembly constituencies.Oriya cine star Arindam Roy has been fielded from Salipur assembly constituency of Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.The party has fielded sitting Chilka MLA Prashant Kumar Jagdev as its candidate from Khord assembly seat of...
New Delhi: Electronics Corporation of India Ltd and Bharat Electronics Ltd disclosed the names and contact details of manufacturers and suppliers of various components of EVMs and VVPATs under the RTI Act citing "commercial confidence", according to RTI replies from PSUs. Has refused to do. To a...
Bhubaneswar: BJD MLA Simrani Nayak on Tuesday joined the BJP after not getting nomination from Hindon constituency.State BJP President Manmohan Samal welcomed him into the party.BJD on Monday named Dhenkanal MP Mahesh Sahu as its candidate from Hindol assembly seat.Nayak, a two-time MLA...
In another blow to the party, sitting BJD MLA from Hindol Assembly constituency of Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency Simrani Nayak also resigned from the primary membership of the party as Dhenkanal MP Mahesh Sahu was made the BJD candidate from Hindol in place of Nayak. Was. ,"I resign the...
Bhubaneswar: A week before the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state, two prominent women leaders of the BJD have left the ruling party.While Hindol MLA Simrani Nayak resigned from BJD on Monday, former Sambalpur MLA Rasswari Panigrahi announced her decision to step down...
Two girls drowned in a pond in Mayurbhanj district of Baripada, Odisha on Tuesday. Police gave this information.He told that this incident happened in Pratappur village of Barasahi police station area.He told that Surekha Nayak (15) and Lily Nayak (17) had gone to take bath in the village...
Rourkela, Odisha's Rourkela assembly is going to see a contest between two veteran candidates - BJP's former Union Minister Dilip Ray and BJD's State Labor Minister Sarada Prasad Nayak.Ray is a former Union and state minister and three-time MLA from Rourkela, while Nayak is seeking his fourth...
Bhubaneswar, Odisha Assembly Speaker Pramila Malik has disqualified two ruling BJD MLAs as members of the House under the anti-defection law.The MLAs – Arabinda Dhali and Premanand Nayak – recently joined the opposition BJP after resigning from the BJD.The assembly seats of Jaydev in...
Bhubaneswar, Senior BJD leader Pranab Prakash Das has held the Central government responsible for "over 400 deaths in 200 accidents" in the last ten years due to the "dangerous" condition of National Highway 5, connecting Sambalpur to Odisha's Cuttack. .In a post on X, Das wanted to know from...