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Odisha Elections 2019: Over 57% voting till 6 pm in five Lok Sabha and 35 Assembly seats; repoll sought in four booths

About 57.81 percent of the over 76.93 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 6 pm in the five Odisha Lok Sabha and 35 Assembly seats, some of them in Naxal-affected areas, in the second phase on Thursday

Former Congress MLA Jogesh Singh, who was suspended by party's Odisha unit for 'anti-party remarks', joins Biju Janata Dal

Jogesh Singh's entry into the ruling BJD coincided with the visit of Congress President Rahul Gandhi to Odisha to address rallies at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district and Rourkela in Sundrgarh district on Wednesday

Narendra Modi in Odisha: PM inaugurates new airport at Jharsuguda, says it will act as lifeline in western region of state

Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated a new airport at Jharsuguda, which he said will attract investors to the mineral-rich area.

Three arrested for selling, possessing beef in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district

Three persons have been arrested for allegedly selling and possessing beef in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district, the police said.

Odisha floods: Govt issues alert in six districts as met department predicts heavy rainfall

The Odisha government on Sunday issued a flood alert in six districts after the meteorological department forecast heavy rainfall in the next two days.

Eggs thrown at Jual Oram's car: Tribal affairs minister writes to Rajnath Singh, wants Odisha govt probe

Two days after BJD workers allegedly hurled eggs at his vehicle, Union tribal affairs minister Jual Oram on Friday requested Rajnath Singh to direct the state government to order a probe into the incident

Sunstroke toll rises to 16 in Odisha: Heatwaves take four more lives; Angul sizzles at 43.1 degress Celsius

Sunstroke toll climbed to 16 in Odisha on Monday even as rains and a nor'wester (northwester) in some areas brought respite from the intense heat in the state.

Heavy rains pound Odisha, 12 districts on alert

Train services were affected in Koraput-Rayagada section of East Coast Railway since yesterday due to incessant heavy rains leaving many passengers stranded for hours.

One dead, five injured in Odisha coal mishap

The incident took place when some people from nearby villages were collecting coal from the overburden dump at Kulda opencast mine in Basundhara-Garjanbahal area, an MCL spokesman said.