BJD said it will take legal action against Times Now, a leading English news channel, for trying to malign the party by running a story alleging the Odisha’s ruling party received dubious funding from suspicious sources before the 2014 general and Assembly elections.

A female tourist, who was in an inebriated condition, created ruckus near Bhubaneswar railway station last night on Sunday and assaulted cops before being arrested.

The Odisha government on Sunday alerted the district collectors of six districts in view of IMD forecast of extremely heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours, which may trigger flood in the Baitarani, Subarnarekha, Budhabalanga and Brahmani rivers.

Refuting the charges of BJP that BJD has received ‘dubious fund’ from suspected sources during the 2014 polls, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said the allegations are malicious, fabricated and false.

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The suspension order on senior BJP leader and former minister Jaynarayan Mishra has been revoked by the party’s state unit president Basant Panda on Saturday.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said several parts of Odisha are likely to experience heavy rainfall during the next 48 hours as a depression formed over North Bay of Bengal.

The Opposition Congress and BJP on Saturday demanded an inquiry into the alleged dubious transaction in the account of ruling BJD during the 2014 general and Assembly elections in the state.

Tension prevailed at the meeting place of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Angul district as the organisers offered cash to the journalists covering the event on Friday.

Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday assured Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to provide all possible assistance from the Centre to eradicate malnutrition in the state.