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President Droupadi Murmu calls return to Odisha Assembly a 'homecoming'

India, Nov. 27 -- President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday addressed the Odisha Legislative Assembly, calling her return to the House where she once served as an MLA "a homecoming" and an emotional full-c... Read More


Orissa HC quashes govt order allowing MLAs, MPs to recommend school teacher transfers

India, Nov. 27 -- The Orissa high court on Thursday quashed a state government order that authorised MLAs and MPs to recommend transfers of government school teachers, ruling that political interventi... Read More


Orissa HC says negligence led to prisoner's death, orders rRs.r20 lakh compensation

India, Nov. 26 -- The Orissa high court has ordered Rs.20 lakh compensation for the widow of an undertrial prisoner, who died in custody, underlining that such deaths due to medical negligence represe... Read More


BJD leader Debashish Samantaray resigns from party post

India, Nov. 25 -- Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray on Tuesday resigned from the post of vice president of the Senior Citizen Cell. In a letter to party president and former... Read More


State cannot balance budgets on backs of temporary workers: Orissa HC

India, Nov. 21 -- The Orissa High Court on Thursday ordered the regularisation of a 60-year-old daily wage employee who worked with the Cuttack Municipal Corporation for over three decades, asserting ... Read More


Orissa HC dismisses petition against Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan

India, Nov. 20 -- The Orissa high court has dismissed a petition that challenged the victory of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan from the Sambalpur Parliamentary constituency in the 2024 ge... Read More


BJP wins Nuapada bypoll with a vote margin of 83,000, BJD slips to third place

India, Nov. 14 -- BJP's Jay Dholakia swept the Nuapada assembly bypoll in Odisha by a margin of 83,748 votes against his Congress rival Ghasi Ram Majhi, transforming what was expected to be a closely ... Read More


CBI lodges FIR in Odisha police recruitment scam case

India, Nov. 13 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR in a case related to the alleged question paper leak in the Combined Police Service Examination (CPSE) 2024 in Odisha.... Read More


Govt authorises CBI to take over Odisha police recruitment paper leak case

India, Nov. 11 -- More than two weeks after the Odisha government agreed to hand over the police sub inspector recruitment scam case to the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Personnel... Read More


Orissa HIgh Court rejects bail plea of convicted terror recruiter

India, Nov. 11 -- The Orissa high court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Mohd Abdur Rehman, an alleged al Qaeda operative, who faces charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act of indoc... Read More