CPI’s manifesto promises farm loan waiver, Rs 9K pension for labourers

Bhubaneswar: The Communist Party of India (CPI), State Council on Saturday released its election manifesto with promises to waive agriculture loans, raise paddy MSP to Rs 3,000 per quintal and provide monthly pension of Rs 6,000 to farmers and Rs 9, 000 to labourers above 60 years of age. CPI State secretary Ashish Kanungo, central […]

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BJP men upset as Adityanath visit cancelled

Bhubaneswar: BJP workers were disappointed as the programme of the party star campaigner and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was canceled in the eleventh hour. What disheartened the local leaders is that large numbers of people, despite intense hot, gathered at the scheduled venue to listen to Adityanath but returned disgusted. A high security […]

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At mega rally, minorities vow to ensure victory for Amson Mallick

Mohana: Odisha Mulnivasi Mancha convenor Rabi Rathan on Saturday attacked BJP and Congress for making false promises and misleading voters ahead of the general election and Assembly elections. While addressing an election rally organized for independent candidate Amson Mallick for Mohana Assembly constituency, Rathan also criticised the former MLA for ignoring dalits, tribals and minorities. […]

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Cops recover huge quantity of looted Nayagarh armoury gears

Gajapati: Mohana police has reportedly recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition looted from armouries in Odisha’s Nayagarh, where the ultras killed 14 policemen and a civilian in 2008, from Bhaliagada jungle area. Acting on a reliable input that Maoists have concealed some arms and ammunitions inside Bhaliagada forests, a team of Mohana police […]

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BJD’s misrule is ending in Odisha & BJP has people’s blessings: PM Modi

Sundergarh: In a frontal attack on BJD, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday alleged that the BJD Government lacks Sahi Niti (Clean policy) and has obstructed the implementation of financial assistance to farmers, free treatment to the poor under Ayushman yojana and asserted that BJD’s misrule in Odisha is ending. “It shows that they have […]

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Four candidates file papers for Khandapada Assembly polls

Bhapur: A total of four candidates, including three nominees from the BJD, the Congress and the BJP, have filed nomination papers to contest elections from the Khandapada Assembly constituency. While BJP candidate Siddhartha Sekhar Singh and Independent candidate Dusmant Kumar Swain had filed nominations earlier, BJD nominee and Rajya Sabha member Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and […]

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Naveen promises to give 2 installments of KALIA money at one go on day-one of Govt formation

Jeypore: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday promised to give two installments (Rs 10,000) of KALIA assistance at one go to over 25 lakh more farmers on day-one of Government formation. Announcing the first point of the BJD manifesto at an election rally in Jeypore in Koraput district, Patnaik said that nearly […]

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I am not a sycophant, don’t do politics in trepidation: Dilip Ray

Rourkela: Senior leader Dilip Ray on Thursday said that he is not a sycophant doesn’t do politics in trepidation and asked voters to not give votes to those who have failed in keeping their promises in an obvious reference to the BJP’s failures in keeping its promises of a second bridge over Brahmani river and […]

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Vedanta provides spectacles to over 530 school students  

Lanjigarh: Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh unit has provided spectacles to over 530 school students as part of its Baljyoti Eye Health programme. The distribution of spectacles was carried out through several eye screening camps organized over a span of four months for over 18,000 students in Lanjigarh block, and took it to another 27,000 students in […]

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