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The Commissionerate Police has filed a charge sheet against comedian and former BJD leader Tatwa Prakash Satapathy alias Papu Pom Pom for his alleged involvement in casting couch case.

The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday formed its trade union wing – Biju Shramik Samukhya (BSS). Rajendra Prasad Singh has been appointed President of the new unit.

Utkal Gaurab Madhusudan Das, one of the greatest pioneers of modern Odisha, was paid rich tribute across the state on his 169th Birth Anniversary on Friday.

CBI on Thursday filed a supplementary chargesheet in a special court here against two Trinamool Congress MPs Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Tapas Pal and Rose Valley group chairman Gautam Kundu in connection with the chit fund scam.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched ‘Banayana’ for sustainable management of forest and bio-diversity.

There has been satisfactory progress in the revival process of the now defunct Talcher Fertilizer Plant of the Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCI), said Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday.

The first direct international flight took off from Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar to Kuala Lumpur late on Wednesday night with 159 passengers on board.

India on Thursday successfully test fired its intermediate-range ballistic missile Agni-III from Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha’s Balasore district.

BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said there is no infighting in the party.

After a special CBI court framed charges against former Union Coal Minister Dilip Ray for his alleged involvement in coal block allocation case, the Odisha BJP MLA on Wednesday said he was a victim of ‘political vendetta’ by the then UPA government.