Western Odisha

With this, people in Sambalpur and Bargarh will get Nuakhai Holidays for two days - September 1 and September 2.

The Odisha government officially confirmed that banks and other banking institutions will be shut on September 1 due to the Nuakhai festival.

Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, former member of loksabha, has urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to allow three days of local holidays in Western Odisha to commemorate the Nuakhai Juhar festival.

Retired Chief Commissioner of Income tax Shreekant Chaterjee is contesting poll for Chairperson of Khariar NAC as an Independent candidate.

Mercury continues to rise in Western Odisha with Balangir & Boudh recording 40.6 & 40 degrees Celsius respectively.

Viplav was Odia, but they have been based in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh since his Grandfather's days. They had roots in Western Odisha.

Nuapada, Kalahandi and Bargarh are worst hit. Situation in Sambalpur and Balangir are also alarming.

Naveen Patnaik has set his focus on key Western Odisha districts where BJP had outwitted the ruling BJD in 2017 and 2019.

TNI Bureau: 3 days after Union P&NG and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan wrote a letter to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, seeking change in route of Bhubaneswar-Junagarh Road Express in the larger interest of people in Western Odisha,…