Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 10 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday virtually laid the foundation for a global scale Technical Ammonium Nitrate (TAN) manufacturing complex at Gopalpur in Ganjam.

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 9 (ANI): The BJP Odisha unit staged a protest and marched towards the Odisha Assembly on Thursday demanding the removal of the Minister of State for Home Dibya Shankar Mishra from the State Cabinet over his alleged involvement in the murder case of Mamita Meher.

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 4 (ANI): Odisha assembly speaker SN Patra on Saturday adjourned the house till 4 pm after a ruckus broke out over the Mamita Meher's murder case.

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 1 (ANI): Congress MLAs protested against Minister of State (Home) Dibya Shankar Mishra and blocked his entry into the state Assembly building demanding justice in teacher Mamita Meher's murder case.

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 1 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday launched 17 industrial projects worth around Rs 1,000 crore, including the inauguration of 7 industrial projects and groundbreaking for 10 projects, said a press release from Chief Minister's Office.

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 7 (ANI): Slamming the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over the school teacher Mamita Meher murder case, Odisha Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Prithviraj Harichandan on Saturday said the state government is acting like 'Dhritarashtra' and shielding criminals.

New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda on Wednesday formed a three-member committee to investigate the case of kidnapping and alleged killing of a woman in the Mahaling segment of Junagarh Assembly under Kalahandi Parliamentary constituency in Odisha.

New Delhi Oct 26 PTI The BJP on Tuesday slammed the Biju Janata Dal government in Odisha over the continuation of the states Home Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra despite his alleged links to a case of the gruesome murder of a woman in connection with a suspected sexual exploitation scandal Briefing reporters BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said the police probe into the murder of the 24-year-old woman who worked in a Kalahandi school has led to the arrest of the institutes administrator Govind Sahu who allegedly ran a sex racket exploiting woman employees BJP president J P Nadda has formed a three-member committee including MP Sunita Duggal and partys woman morcha head Vanathi Srinivasan to visit the state to prepare a fact finding report on the issue he said It has now appeared Patra said that Mishra regularly visited the school and a college which was on the same premises and spent nights there Videos have appeared of Mishras speeches in which he is speaking of his nightly stays and how he felt young there the BJP leader alleged Still he has remained to be a minister in the state government he said If this is the condition of a minister what would be the condition of the BJD government Patra said hitting out at the state dispensation over the issue of atrocities against women He also noted that Mishra also hold the charge of energy portfolio Patra said Sahu had first escaped from police station after a power outage which he alleged was not possible without the governments complicity The woman had gone missing since October 8 and the police registered a case only a few days earlier after decomposed parts of her body were recovered Patra said To a question he took a swipe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his earlier criticism of the BJP over the Ram mandir issue and said it was good that he is visiting the temple in Ayodhya Kejriwal on Tuesday offered prayers at the Ram Janambhoomi site in AyodhyaWith the Congress often dubbing some regional parties as BJPs B team Patra said mockingly that the main opposition party will be gradually reduced to the Z team of politics PTI KR DV DV

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 24 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mahila Morcha on Saturday demanded the sacking of the Odisha Home Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra over a teacher's alleged murder in Odisha's Kalahandi district.