Bhubaneswar, July 7 (IANS) The Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police on Tuesday arrested a 19-year-old youth from Angul district for allegedly creating and circulating AI-generated, morphed and defamatory content targeting high constitutional dignitaries, including Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, on social media. The accused, Manoranjan Pradhan, is a resident of Patakumunda village, under the Bagedia police station limits in Angul district. He was arrested in connection with a cas…
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Bhubaneswar, June 11 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Debashish Samantaray was on Thursday elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Odisha, as no other candidate was in the fray for the lone vacant seat.Samantaray had earlier filed his nomination papers for the by-election to the lone vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha at the State Assembly premises here on June 5.According to the election schedule, nominations closed on June 8, while June 11 was the last date for withdrawal of candi…
Bhubaneswar, June 10 (IANS) The Odisha Home Department has sought a police investigation into the disappearance of two important inquiry commission reports, including the commission report on the killing of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and others, after the documents were found to be untraceable during the previous Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government. On Wednesday, a case (244/26) was lodged with the Capital Police Station in Bhubaneswar over the disappearance of two inquiry reports.According to a …
Bhubaneswar, March 5 (IANS) Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and party’s nominee Santrupt Misra, along with the opposition parties’ joint candidate Dr Datteswar Hota, filed their nominations for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections on Thursday.Former Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) chief Bhakta Charan Das, Congress Legislature party leader Rama Chandra Kadam and senior leaders of the opposition parties were present during the filing of…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 30 (IANS) The Budget session of the Odisha Assembly is set to begin on February 17 with the address of Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati. According to Assembly sources, the sixth session of the 17th Odisha Assembly is scheduled to conclude on April 8. The session will be held in two phases and will have 28 working days.As per the poll schedule, following the address of Governor Kambhampati on February 17, the House will discuss the Motion of Thanks on the Governor’s address till Fe…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 1 (IANS) The law-and-order situation in Odisha emerged as a primary political flashpoint in 2025, with a series of high-profile crimes against women putting the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on the defensive.The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Congress party maintained sustained pressure on the administration throughout the year, citing a spike in atrocities. This political confrontation followed the BJP’s ascension to power in 2024, shifting the stat…