Nab Pgarh land fraud kingpin soon: SP

BHUBANESWAR: Janata Maidan here was resplendent on Tuesday as Udaipur 'prince' Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar and Patnagarh 'princess' Nivritti Kumari Singhdeo tied the proverbial knot. Dignitaries from all walks of life and royal personalities from ...

The Maharaja of Patnagarh, K.V. Singh Deo, a former minister who heads the state unit of the BJP, is pulling out all stops to make the wedding of his only child, Nivritti Kumari Singh Deo, a grand affair.   Nivritti, 28, who studied hotel management in Switzerland, is set to tie the knot with Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, 29, of Udaipur here tomorrow. Everything about this marriage seems to be gilt-edged beginning with the invitations replete with honorifics preceding each name. If K.V. ...

The central election committee of the BJP on Saturday cleared the name of candidates for five Parliamentary seats and 57 Assembly seats. The Lok Sabha candidates are Pratap Sarangi (Balasore), Subhash Chouhan (Bargarh), Shiba Shankar Ulaka ...

BHUBANESWAR: Veteran film stars Aparajita Mohanty and Bijay Mohanty were on Saturday picked for playing new roles as Congress Lok Sabha candidates and test their popularity in the upcoming elections. Aparajita, once the heartthrob of many, will try ...

BHUBANESWAR: Maoist presence may hit campaigning in parts of Balangir and Nuapada, going to polls on April 10. Official sources said Red rebels are still active in Belpada, Patnagarh, Turekela and Khaprakhol blocks in Balangir district. No ...

r a few days of lull, another incident of exploitation of bonded labourers came to limelight when two Andhra Pradesh-based NGOs brought 72 rescued labourers from the Telangana area to the Bhubaneswar railway station on Friday. The labourers, ...

Gummer land grab case rears head again Statesman News Service Bolangir, 24 February Alert villagers prevented felling of trees on a disputed land and are now demanding action against the errant company which had tried to discreetly secure ...

To meet drinking water needs of people of Bolangir Statesman News Service Bolangir, 18 February Indulging in a spree of pre-poll inaugurations and meetings Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced a pipe water supply project from Tel river ...

Police on Thursday arrested one of two labour agents involved in the case of physical torture of a minor migrant labourer in Karnataka last month. The labour agents Bharat Behera alias Bhutulu of Tikrapada and Mohan Meher of Bagalabandh were ...