Concerns rise with growing number of tribal community voicing discontent with recent land transfer policy changes.
Satya Prakash Nayak
Bhubaneswar January 3, 2024
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha is facing an increasing wave of discontent among the tribal communities due to recent controversial decisions involving tribal land and resources. The...
Bhubaneswar 02/01/24 (TBN) The recent controversy surrounding a video by food blogger Kamiya Jani featuring the revered Puri Sri Jagannath Temple, with 5T Chairman V.K. Pandian, has stirred a political storm in Odisha unlikely to die down soon. Posing not only a serious threat to the nicely crafted image...
TBN, 14/06; Sarbeshwar Behura, a prominent Right To Information (RTI) activist from Dharmasala block in Jajpur district, has been apprehended by the police. RTI activists and family members have alleged the arrest was part of a serious conspiracy by ruling local BJD leaders and Revenue officials to silence Sarbeswar...
The opposition BJP and the Congress have slammed the Naveen Patnaik government (BJD) in the Odisha assembly over the long-pending Mahanadi water dispute with neighbouring Chhattisgarh state.
Raising the issue during zero hour on Tuesday, Leader of Opposition Jayanarayan Mishra (BJP) said two House committees were formed under the chairmanship...
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday alleged that the killing of Odisha minister Naba Das by a policeman "shows lawlessness in the state".
Naba Das was shot at by a policeman in Brajarajnagar in the Jharsuguda district on January 29, and succumbed to his bullet injuries in Bhubaneswar hospital on...
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Kalyan Singh, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and former Governor of Rajasthan, passed away on Saturday. He was ill for a long time and was admitted to a hospital in Lucknow.
Several leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and other parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar...
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Bhubaneswar 21/08/2021; The row over the controversial Bhadrak Mega Drinking Water Supply Project is getting more dismaying and humiliating for both the Kendrapara district and state administration. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on 21 August has levelled serious allegations of manipulation and forgery against the state government in...
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Bhubaneswar, 17/08/2021 : Shortfall of mining revenue due to non-fulfilment of Iron ore transportation target has become a major headache for Odisha government. Most of the major mining lessees have defaulted in meeting the iron ore transportation target causing the revenue deficit to the tune of Rs 10,000...