Afternoon News

ONI Bureau: -- Delhi High Court seeks response from EC within seven days on a writ petition filed regarding notification for Bijepur Bypoll. -- BJD gears up for grand welcome of 'Ideal Chief Minister' awardee Naveen Patnaik. -- BJP…

ONI Bureau:  -- Final electoral rolls for Bijepur Bypoll published; 2,21,149 voters identified in 270 booths, informs Bargarh Collector Khagendra Ku Padhi. -- Nabarangpur: Class 7th student dies, 13 others fall sick after consuming stale…

ONI Bureau: -- Koraput: Daily bus service begins to mineral rich Kotia. -- Odisha forest department launches dolphin census work in Chilika; 18 teams engaged. -- Damodar Rout blames three Youth BJD leaders for his exit from ministry.…

ONI Bureau: -- Badambadi bus stand in Cuttack to be shifted to Gopalpur following muck problems. -- BMC issues ‘Red Corner Notice’ against 284 individuals and firms for defaulting an amount of Rs 9 crores tax. -- Over 60 houses gutted…

ONI Bureau:  -- Odisha CM writes to Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal demanding allocation of Rs 6,500 crore for the State in the upcoming railway budget. -- Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra to skip House Committee meeting on…

ONI Bureau: -- Odisha CM effects major bureaucratic reshuffle in IAS cadre. -- Kinnars to help people dealing with legal issues in Cuttack. -- Pre and paraclinical PG students to get stipend of Rs 48,302 in 1st yr, Rs 50,658 in 2nd yr…

-- Youth throws acid on girl student over one-sided love affair at Kalampur in Kalahandi Dist, girl critical. -- Fire breaks out in iron ore processing unit of ESSAR plant Paradip. -- Odisha hikes monthly pension for artists to Rs…

-- Dhenkanal police to take Seashore CMD Prashant Das on two-day remand from January 15. -- Man detained for rape and attempt to murder daughter-in-law in Mayurbhanj. -- Pawan Hans chopper carrying 7, including top ONGC officials…

ONI Bureau:  -- BJD’s Kendrapara MP Jay Panda inaugurates overhead water tank project at Buhalo in Cuttack; slams Govt officer for interfering in party affairs. -- Former Satyabadi legislator Rama Ranjan Baliarsingh resigns from primary…

-- Odisha Jana Morcha, founded by Pyarimohan Mohapatra, merges with Samata Kranti party headed by former Union Minister Braja Kishore Tripathy. -- DGP RP Sharma seeks report from Commissionerate Police on Puri Talabania IIC's assault on…