All 4 gates of Puri Jagannath temple reopened

All four gates of Jagannath temple in Puri were reopened for devotees on Thursday morning in the presence of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and his council of ministers. Image used only......

Four-time MLA Mohan Majhi sworn in as Odisha's first BJP CM

Four-time MLA and tribal leader from Keonjhar district Mohan Charan Majhi was on Wednesday sworn in as the first Bharatiya Janata Party chief minister of Odisha at a ceremony here attended by Prime......

Why Naveen Babu Lost Odisha

'The tide started to turn against the BJD when V K Pandian toured the districts gathering people's grievances last year.' IMAGE: Outgoing Odisha CM and Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik submits......

His master's voice: Bureaucrat speaks for Biju Patnaik

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's private secretary V K Pandian played audio of the CM at a public meeting in Barpali in which Patnaik can be heard telling the people that he has sent the IAS......

GST cut on Covid drugs, equipment, retained for vaccines

The GST Council on Saturday slashed tax rate on Covid-19 drugs such as Remdesivir and Tocilizumab as well as on medical oxygen and oxygen concentrators but ignored demands for reduction in taxes on......

GST meet on June 12 will discuss tax exemption on Covid essentials

Currently, 5 per cent is levied on domestically manufactured vaccines, while it is 12 per cent for Covid drugs and oxygen concentrators. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The Goods and......

Chitfund arrests in Odisha: BJP ashamed, BJD says no protection

Bharatiya Janata Party in Odisha on Tuesday said it was ashamed of its ex-MLA Hitesh Kumar Bagarti, arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation in the multi-crore chitfund scam, while ruling BJD......

Weightlifter Shailaja pleads innocence

Dope-tainted lifter Shailaja Pujari, who is facing a life ban after flunking a National Anti-Doping Agency test recently, on Thursday pleaded her innocence. Shailaja, who competes in 75-kg......

Pratima, Chanu test positive for drugs

After the day of glory came the day of shame.On Tuesday all Indians were on cloud nine with Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore winning the country's first ever individual Olympic silver......