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Odisha cow vigilantes stop truck carrying suspected beef, driver held
Berhampur: The police on Sunday seized a container truck full of meat in Odisha’s Ganjam district after local cow vigilantes stopped the vehicle suspecting that it was beef. The driver of the…
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Railways to invest Rs 1 lakh crore in Odisha in next 5 years: Vaishnaw
Bhubaneswar: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said new railway projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore will be implemented in Odisha in the next five years. Vaishnaw said this while addressing a…
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SC shields Odisha official from arrest in DA case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim protection from arrest to Odisha Administrative Service officer, Bijaya Ketan Sahoo, in connection with a money laundering case lodged against him by the…
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Bakri Eid sacrifice: Curfew clamped in Odisha’s Balasore town
Curfew has been clamped in Odisha’s Balasore town following a clash between two groups, police said on Tuesday. The district administration has also suspended internet service in certain sensitive areas of the…
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Miscreants loot church, attack 2 priests in Odisha’s Sundergarh district
Rourkela: Unidentified miscreants physically assaulted two priests and looted Rs 10 lakh from a catholic church in Odisha’s Sundergarh district, police said on Saturday. Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Rourkela Zone 3) Nirmal Chandra…
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Odisha: All four gates of Jagannath temple opened for devotees
Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Odisha on Thursday fulfilled one of its poll promises by throwing open all four entrance gates of Puri’s Jagannath Temple for devotees. Chief Minister…
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Mohan Charan Majhi takes oath as CM as BJP makes debut in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Mohan Charan Majhi took oath as the Chief Minister Odisha on Wednesday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and many other Union ministers, including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin…
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Odisha gets tribal CM in Mohan Charan Majhi, 2 deputy CMs
Bhubaneswar: BJP’s tribal leader Mohan Charan Majhi will be the new chief minister of Odisha, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced here on Tuesday. KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida were made deputy…
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BJP leader Mohan Charan Majhi new Odisha CM
Bhubaneswar: BJP leader Mohan Charan Majhi will be the new chief minister of Odisha, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced here on Tuesday. #WATCH | Mohan Charan Majhi elected as the Leader of…
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Pandian quits active politics after BJD’s defeat in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Exactly six months and 13 days after joining politics, former bureaucrat V K Pandian on Sunday announced his withdrawal from active politics and said he would keep Odisha in the core…
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Swearing-in ceremony of first BJP government in Odisha on June 12
Bhubaneswar: The swearing-in ceremony for the first BJP government in Odisha has been rescheduled from June 10 to June 12, party leaders Jatin Mohanty and Vijaypal Singh Tomar confirmed here on Sunday.…
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Odisha: Victory for four women candidates in Lok Sabha elections
Bhubaneswar: Four women candidates, all belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party, emerged victorious in the Lok Sabha elections in Odisha. A total of 29 candidates contested in the 21 Lok Sabha seats…
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Sofia Firdous becomes first ever Muslim woman MLA in Odisha
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, June 4, swept a majority of votes from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the Assembly elections held in the state between May 13 and June…
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Naveen Patnaik resigns as Odisha CM after BJD’s assembly poll defeat
Bhubaneswar: Marking the end of his 24-year-rule in Odisha, BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday resigned from the post of the chief minister after the defeat of his party in the assembly…
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Odisha: BJP ahead in 50 assembly seats, BJD in 35
Bhubaneswar: BJP has established early leads in at least 50 assembly seats in Odisha, as per the Election Commission of India. BJD nominees, on the other hand, were leading in 35 constituencies…
