After participating in the 'Meru Yatra' on Monday, Pradhan said that it is his fortune that he got the opportunity to get the 'Darshan' of the goddess.
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Karnataka, state Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda alleged that out of Rs 5,300 crore that was promised to the state under the Upper Bhadra Project, not a single 'paisa' has been released to by the BJP-led NDA at the Centre.
As per the direction of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Chairman 5T and Nabin Odisha Kartik Pandian visited Bhadrak district on Saturday. Kartik Pandian travelled by road for about 50 km, including on bike, all along the Baitarani left embankment.
Karnataka former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai charged the state government of fooling the people of Karnataka by not submitting the memorandum in the prescribed format and blaming the central government for political purposes in regard to the grant for the Upper Bhadra project.
"Thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of Narwana, Fatehabad, Barwala, Adampur, Hissar (Haryana) Bhadra (Rajasthan) during the next 2 hours," IMD said on X.
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches at 10 locations in the Bhadrak and Bhubaneswar districts of Odisha in connection with a money laundering case involving Prayaskanti Samal, the son of former Odisha minister Prafulla Samal.
Eight people were arrested for allegedly transporting 404 kilogrammes of dry Ganja from Odisha to Hyderabad in Telangana's Bhadradri Kothagudem on Saturday.
Prayaskanti Samal, son of Prafulla Samal, MLA, Odisha State Assembly and "other associates" of the society have engaged in the embezzlement of crores of rupees by way of financial irregularities, ED said.
According to a press release, Gurugram emerged as the frontrunner with an impressive 31.3 per cent year-on-year surge, closely followed by Greater Noida (30.4 per cent YoY) and Bengaluru (23.1 per cent YoY).
Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday said the Congress party will not be a silent spectator to the injustice being meted out to Karnataka by the BJP government at the Centre.
"I know that Nirmala Sitharaman is a very intelligent leader and a Minister. But she represents Karnataka. As far as irrigation is concerned in Karnataka, for the Upper Bhadra Project, the Finance Minister had announced that she is going to give Rs 5,300 crores for the Bhadra project. Was