In eight by-elections in the state since 2019, with the exception of Brajrajnagar, the party candidates lost their deposits in all the contests. They lost deposits in the by-polls to Bijepur, Pipili, Balasore Sadar, Tirtol, Dhamnagar, Padampur and Jharsuguda.The
Facing allegations that the survey is motivated to win the OBCs' support ahead of next year's election, the Biju Janata Dal dismissed the charge that political considerations had any bearing on the move.
Senior official of state water resources department says reservoir, inaugurated by Nehru in 1957, had protected Odisha from a huge flood over the past few days