CM Naveen Patnaik for norm change

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged the Union minister for Urban Development, Venkaiah Naidu to release the first installment of additional central assistance under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) to enable the ...

BHUBANESWAR: Senior MLA from Patnagarh and State BJP president KV Singhdeo will function as leader of the BJP Legislature Party in the Assembly till a new leader is elected. Announcing this after the first meeting of the newly elected MLAs of the ...

In a landslide victory, the Biju Janata Dal on Friday stormed back to power for a record fourth consecutive term in Odisha by securing as two-third majority in the 147-member assembly. Candidates of the Naveen Patnaik-led party have won in 105 assembly seats, while the Congress has won 16 seats (11 in the previous assembly), and the Bharatiya Janata party 10 seats. Prominent among BJD candidates are party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who trounced Congress nominee Sibaram ...

BALANGIR: Six dacoits looted the house of a businessman in Ghagurli village under Belpara police limits at gun point on Sunday. The loot includes `five lakh in cash and gold jewellery of equal value. Sources said the dacoits barged into the house ...

SAMBALPUR: While the Trinity in Puri became the cynosure of the entire State during Rath Yatra celebration, the idols of several temples in submerged areas of Hirakud Dam project are languishing in obscure places in neglect without having permanent ...

BHUBANESWAR | BERHAMPUR: Those who claimed candidates spent huge money to fight the 2014 elections will have to rethink, given the expenditure list submitted by some MLAs and MPs to the Election Commission (EC). The poll monitor had put the upper ...

With the issue of devotees climbing the chariots of Lord Jagannath during Rath Yatra gradually becoming a major controversy, Congress today urged the Speaker to convene a meeting to resolve the matter. "The situation is gradually becoming ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the District Magistrate and Collector to take appropriate action within eight weeks in tracing the whereabouts of migrant labourer Gura Puta of Patnagarh block, who had gone to work in brick ...

STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE Bolangir, 9 June The clean chit given to a storage agent accused of pilfering wheat meant for public distribution system (PDS) raised many an eyebrow here with a section of citizens questioning the judiciousness of the ...