1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (206+ words) Bhawanipatna: Hundreds of farmers blocked National Highway 59 in Odisha's Kalahandi district Thursday, protesting delays in the procurement of rabi paddy and demanding immediate lifting of their produce from local mandis. The agitation took place near the Ainlapali and Bamak procurement…...

20+ hour, 22+ min ago  (384+ words) Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday decided to form a structured engagement mechanism to implement investment proposals from Singapore in the state. The decision was taken at a meeting between Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and High Commissioner of Singapore to…...

22+ hour, 19+ min ago  (393+ words) New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Wednesday slammed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for his criticism of the Opposition for defeating the Constitution amendment bill in Parliament and pointed out that southern states" chief ministers are concerned over…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (690+ words) Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Donald Trump last year that he was the "greatest friend Israel ever had in the White House." Now, as Trump tries to finalise a deal to end the war with Iran, he's…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (279+ words) Baripada: Tension prevailed in Baripada town of Mayurbhanj district after an alleged interfaith marriage attempt triggered protests by local residents and members of a Hindu outfit. Acting swiftly, police Tuesday intervened and detained the prospective groom, bride and two others…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (333+ words) Bhubaneswar: As Odisha gears up for the visit of President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi June 20, the government Tuesday said the state will get developmental projects worth several thousand crores of rupees on the occasion. The country's two…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (104+ words) Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday filed an election petition before the Calcutta High Court, challenging the poll result in the Bhabanipur Assembly seat she lost to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari. Adhikari defeated Banerjee by a margin of 15, 105 votes in…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (206+ words) While both deep tube-wells in the village are defunct, two massive water storage tanks built under the "Basudha" scheme stand as hollow monuments of administrative failure. Not a single household receives water; the pipelines are broken, and taps shattered. Shockingly,…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (496+ words) Anil Singh The forthcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament in July could become one of the most consequential political tests of the current government. At the centre of the agenda is the possibility of reviving the Delimitation Bill and related constitutional…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (270+ words) Bhubaneswar: Enumeration forms for the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Odisha have been distributed to around 99 per cent of the state's voters, and 34. 54 per cent of those have been digitised, an official said Monday. Chief Minister Mohan Charan…...