Politics

On Keonjhar campaign trail, Amit Shah makes several promises to woo tribals

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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 […]

Five Central Poll Observers deployed in Jagatsinghpur Parliamentary constituency

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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 […]

Odisha records 73.76 per cent polling in phase one elections

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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 […]

PM Modi, Shah to hit campaign trail in Odisha again

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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. […]

EVM glitches in many places as voting for Lok Sabha, Assembly polls begins in Odisha

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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 […]

Two men in Audi drop Rs 27.49 lakh in Rourkela, flee to Jharkhand with SUV

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Rourkela: Noticing the flying squad of the Election Commission conducting checking of vehicles, two unidentified persons in an Audi car having no registration number hurriedly dropped a bag containing Rs 27.49 lakh at the bordering Mahipani in Odisha’s Sundargarh district and escaped back to Jharkhand. The Flying squad has deposited the cash in Panposh treasury. […]

What happens if someone else has cast the vote in your name?

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Highlights India votes in the first phase of general elections on Thursday. At least 91 out of 543 Lok Sabha constituencies are in the fray in this round. In Odisha Lok Sabha and Assembly elections will be held simultaneously in four phases of the nation-wide seven phase polls. In the first phase, voting will be […]

BJD releases manifesto with focus on women, youth & farmers

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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday unveiled party’s election manifesto that focused on women, farmers and youths. Here are the key promises One-time start-up allowance of Rs 10 lakh to 10,000 youths and creation of six lakh employment opportunities in six focus sectors through Make In Odisha and education loan at […]

Naveen meets CEO, says farmers will give BJP a befitting reply for complaining against KALIA

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Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday met Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Surendra Kumar and took up the issue of stopping disbursal of money under his flagship KALIA scheme to farmers. “I had come here to meet the Chief Electoral Officer about a strong complaint of the election office stopping our Government’s […]

Another jolt for Congress as party’s Odisha Mahila wing president quits

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Bhubaneswar: In further jolt to the Congress in Odisha, party’s Mahila wing president Sumitra Jena on Tuesday resigned from the party questioning the selection procedure of some candidates for the ensuing general and Assembly elections and protesting the autocratic attitude of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik. She has sent her resignation letter […]