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Locals in the region have claimed that they have no option but to travel by boats, even to hospitals and schools, as there are no other means of transportation. (Photo: ANI)

Connectivity a key challenge for locals in these 16 Kalahandi villages

The area comes under the parliamentary constituency of Biju Janta Dal Member of Parliament (MP) Arka Keshari Deo.

11 April 2019 10:02 AM IST

Shah also alleged that the powers of the elected representatives have been handed over to the bureaucrats, sidelining the senior leaders of the ruling BJD. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Those involved in chitfund, mining scams will be put behind bars: Amit...

Shah, after releasing the party's manifesto said that the BJP seeks to build a 'New Odisha' by breaking the shackles of...

7 April 2019 2:18 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally in Odishas Sundergarh on Saturday. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

BJP born out of sweat of its workers, not dynasty or money: Modi in...

Addressing a rally, Modi said that today BJP flag is flying proudly in regions where it was unimaginable at one point of...

6 April 2019 12:02 PM IST

PM Modi said that parties like Congress and BJD treat poor people as vote-bank. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

People will reject both BJD, Cong in LS, Assembly polls: Modi

Modi's Saturday rallies will follow BJP president Amit Shah's visit to the state on Sunday.

6 April 2019 11:29 AM IST

A shopkeeper poses with political parties campaign materials ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019 in Jabalpur on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

2019 Lok Sabha polls: Odisha politics turn into a 'family affair'

Be it BJD, Cong or BJP, Odisha is witnessing a lot of candidates, who are in the fray with family members representing...

5 April 2019 11:39 AM IST

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik

Naveen Patnaik to take oath as Odisha CM on May 29; PM Modi invited

Invitations have also been sent to leaders of different political parties in the state.

27 May 2019 9:15 PM IST

The new legislators held talks with party chief and also posed for a photograph, flashing the victory sign with Patnaik, after the meeting held in Bhubaneshwar. (Photo: ANI)

Newly elected BJD MPs meet Naveen Patnaik

BJD put up a tough fight against BJP and managed to retain 12 of 21 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

26 May 2019 2:27 PM IST

Chief Minister Patnaik also stated that people of Odisha stand by the flood-affected people of Kerala at this hour of severe distress. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Naveen Patnaik's swearing-in-ceremony on May 29

Patnaik has continued his grip over Odisha with his party, BJD, winning 112 Assembly seats in the 147-member House.

25 May 2019 5:15 PM IST

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik

17th Lok Sabha results, Odisha: BJD gains majority, Patnaik to become...

Patnaik became Chief Minister of Odisha in 1997. From then on he never lost in the five Assembly elections held in the...

23 May 2019 9:24 PM IST

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Jay Panda. (Photo: Twitter/ Baijayant Jay Panda)

Jay Panda doesn't discard BJD's possibility of joining NDA

'BJP will keep an open mind if other parties want to join their coalition seeing the national mood,' says Panda

22 May 2019 12:57 PM IST

Rendered homeless, Khirod Jena, 58, a landless daily wage earner in Raghudeipur village, has been living in 7 feet x 6 feet toilet along with his spouse and two grown-up daughters. (Photo: File I Representational)

Desperate times: Man turns toilet into home after cyclone Fani razes...

The toilet was allotted to him under the Centre's flagship programme, Swachh Bharat Mission.

18 May 2019 2:36 PM IST

Cyclone Fani battered the coastal districts on May 3 but only half of the over 4.5 lakh electricity consumers in Bhubaneswar have got power supply back at a time when the state is sizzled under intense heat wave. (Photo: File | AP)

Cyclone Fani: Death toll rises to 64 in Odisha

Puri was followed by Khordha (9), Cuttack (6), Jajpur (4), Mayurbhanj (4) and Kendrapada (3) in the casualty list.

13 May 2019 9:42 AM IST