Bhubaneswar: 29/3/24:Hot and humid weather conditions are likely to prevail over some districts of Odisha during the next 4-5 days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Friday. According to the IMD’s evening bulletin, due to prevailing dry conditions over major parts of the state and high solar insolation, a further rise in maximum temperature (Day Temperature) is likely by ...

New Delhi:28/3/24: Senior BJD leader and MP Bhartruhari Mahatab, actor-politician Sidhant Mohapatra and Santali Author Damayanti Beshra joined BJP on Thursday in Delhi. The event took place in the presence of party national general secretary Vinod Tawde, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, party Odisha Chief Manmohan Samal and National Vice President Baijayant Panda. Bhartruhari Mahatab, the son of Odisha’s former Chief Minister ...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced the first list of nine candidates for the Lok Sabha seats for the ensuing General Elections 2024. As per the announcement, BJD Orgnaisational Secretary Pranab Prakash Das will contest from Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat. Here is the list: Kalahandi: Lambodhar Nial Sambalpur: Pranab Prakash Das Sundargarh: ...

Bhubaneswar:27/3/24: Biju Janata Dal has released the first list of candidates for the coming Assembly elections in Odisha. BJD Supremo Naveen Patnaik announced the names of the candidates beginning with  Jagannath Saraka, who will contest from Bisam Cuttack. Here is the list of candidates: Bisam Cuttack: Jagannath Saraka Gunupur: Raghunath Gamango Rayagada: Anusaya Majhi Bargarh: Debesh Acharya Bijepur: Rita Sahu ...

Bhubaneswar, 22nd March 2024: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar recently organized a one-day Symposium titled ‘Konarka Manthan’, dedicated to unraveling the mysteries behind the Building Materials and Architectural Marvels of the Sun Temple. Hosted by the School of Minerals, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering of IIT Bhubaneswar, the symposium delved into this intriguing subject, exploring one of the most outstanding ...

Cuttack:22/3/24:In a big jolt to the BJD, senior leader & Cuttack’s sitting Member of Parliament Bhartruhari Mahtab Friday resigned from the Biju Janata Dal expressing dissatisfaction over the party’s functioning. Addressing a press meeting today, Mahtab read out his resignation letter to the BJD Supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. He resigned from the primary membership of the Conch party. ...

Bhubaneswar:22/3/24: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the ruling party of Odisha, got more than half of its electoral bond donations from three mining and steel companies, according to the latest data released by the Election Commission. Of the Rs 775 crore redeemed from 42 donors from April 12, 2019, to January 2024, Rs 175 crore is from Essel Mining, followed ...

Bhubaneswar:22/3/24: Ahead of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha, senior leader and former Kendrapada MP  Archana Nayak joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bhubaneswar on Friday. Archana, BJD’s Member of Parliament from Kendrapada Lok Sabha constituency from 2004 to 2009, joined BJP at a special function held at the state party headquarters in Odisha capital. She joined the saffron ...

Bhubaneswar:22/3/24: After Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its decision to go it alone in the upcoming elections in Odisha, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday claimed it will win more than 75 percent of the Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in the state. With both political parties making their intentions clear, all speculations about a possible BJP-BJD alliance ...

Bhubaneswar22/3/24:: Amid back-and-forth over alliance talks in Odisha, BJP state president Manmohan Samal on Friday confirmed that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will go solo and contest all 21 Lok Sabha and 147 Assembly seats under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of 4.5 crore Odias. Taking to his X handle, Samal thanked ...