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The Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) has initiated various steps to educate people about the measures they should take to avoid the ill effects of heat wave conditions as it started sweeping the entire State. The day time temperatures have started rising considerably in many parts of the State. The temperatures are likely to escalate further […]
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Bhubaneswar: Unlike usual fanfare, the 71st Capital Foundation Day celebration this year was a low-key affair due to the implementation of model code of conduct (MCC) of the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. It was on April 13, 1948 that first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had laid the foundation stone of the city. World […]
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Bolangir: A close fight is expected among candidates of the BJD, the Congress and the BJP in the Bolangir Assembly constituency. Bolangir will go to polls in the second phase on April 18. And candidates have intensified their campaigning to woo voters. Outgoing MLA Narasingha Mishra of Congress, in the fray this time also, has […]
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Bhubaneswar: Senior leader Sonali Sahoo, who resigned from the Congress on Thursday, joined BJP on Friday. Sahoo, who was serving as the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) spokesperson, quit the party expressing displeasure over ticket distribution for Assembly elections. She was a ticket aspirant from Khurda Assembly segment. The party has fielded Swagatika Patnaik from […]
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Keonjhar: In a bid to woo tribal voters, BJP national president Amit Shah on Friday promised land rights over forest land to tribals, MSP to all minor forest produces and a steel plant in Keonjhar district if BJP comes to power in Odisha. “If BJP voted to power, tribals will be provided land rights over […]
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Jagatsinghpur: The five Central Observers, appointed by the Election Commission of India (ECI), for Jagatsinghpur Parliamentary constituency have started their initiatives for ensuring free, fair and peaceful elections. Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha seat and the seven Assembly segments falling under it will go to polls in the fourth phase on April 29. The Jagatsinghpur district administration […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded a polling percentage of 73.76 per cent in phase one of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections that was conducted on Thursday, informed Chief Electoral Officer Surendra Kumar on Friday. Four Lok Sabha and 28 Assembly seats went to poll in the first phase. Kumar said that of the total 73.76 per cent […]
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Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign in Bhubaneswar and Sambalpur on April 16 while BJP national president Amit Shah will hold rallies on Friday in Keonjhar and also in Cuttack and Dhenkanal districts on April 17 to bolster the prospects of the party in the ongoing elections, informed party spokesperson Golak Mohapatra on Thursday. […]
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Rourkela: Amid political twists and turns, senior leader Dilip Ray has expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for showing commitment to fulfil the two longstanding promises – second bridge over Brahmani and upgration of Ispat General Hospital (IGH) in a time bound manner. Ray said the development has come as a ray hope. […]
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Bhubaneswar: Voters queued up in considerable numbers at polling stations to exercise their franchise as voting to elect 28 Assembly and four Lok Sabha members in the first phase in Odisha began at 7 am Thursday. In many places electronic voting machines (EVMs) had glitches resulting in some delay in polling. According to the Chief […]
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