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Bhubaneswar/Kandhamal: After BJD declared Achyuta Samanta as its candidate for Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat, sitting MP Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh on Tuesday said now she wants to contest from Nayagarh Assembly constituency and hinted at contesting election as an independent candidate if denied ticket. “I want to contest from Nayagarh Assembly constituency, now. If ticket is […]
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Lanjigarh: Two people, including an Odisha Industrial Security Force (OISF) jawan were killed and at least 30 others sustained injuries as a scuffle ensued between protestors and CISF jawans at Vedanta Refinery at Lanjigarh. As per reports, the labourers were staging a dharna in front of the main gate of Vedanta Alumina demanding jobs for […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday declared its first list of candidates for nine Lok Sabha seats and 54 Assembly segments. BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who is seeking for a fifth-term in office, will contest from two Assembly constituencies – Bijepur in Bargarh apart from Hinjili in Ganjam district. Patnaik […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Gazette notification for holding elections in four Lok Sabha seats and 28 Assembly segments in the first phase on April 11 was issued on Monday. The first phase polls to four Lok Sabha seats in Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Berhampur and Koraput will be held on April 11 along with 28 Assembly constituencies – Nuapada, Khariar, […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik may contest Assembly election from western Odisha on ‘public demand.’ Today several heavyweight BJD leaders, including almost all the party MPs, MLAs and people from different walks of life from western Odisha met Patnaik at Naveen Niwas here and requested him to contest Assembly […]
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Bhubaneswar: A day after resigning from Congress, Salipur MLA Prakash Behera on Sunday joined the BJP in New Delhi. Behera, who was for the first time elected from Salipur segment of Cuttack district in 2014 on Congress ticket, was inducted to party fold by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, party’s national vice-president Baijayant Panda, party Odisha […]
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Bhubaneswar: Preetinanda Routray, former corporator of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and daughter of former BJD Minister Damodar Rout, on Saturday resigned from BJD ahead of elections. She is likely to follow her father’s footstep and join BJP soon. Routray quit the party citing personal reasons and sent the resignation letter to party president and Chief […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) has developed a system called ‘SATRAK’ in collaboration with Regional Integrated Multi Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) using cutting edge technologies to provide actionable early warning information for improved disaster management. SATARK initiative is designed as a one-stop risk management system for managing disaster profile, translating generic […]
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Bhubaneswar: Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi, who resigned from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday, joined BJP on Saturday in New Delhi. He joined the saffron party in the presence of Union Ministers Jual Oram, Dharmendra Pradhan, party national vice president Baijayant Panda, party Odisha in-charge Arun Singh. He resigned the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD amid […]
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Bhubaneswar: A day after Congress president Rahul Gandhi blew election trumpet for the ensuing Lok Sabha and Assembly election in Odisha’s Bargarh district, Salipur MLA Prakash Behera on Saturday resigned from the primary membership of Congress accusing the State party leadership of humiliating him ‘time and again’. Behera is most likely to join the BJP. […]
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