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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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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BJD Govt has failed in farm sector: Congress

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Wednesday slammed the State Government for failing to effect development in the agriculture sector and provide support to farmers during the last 19 years. “While more than 60 per cent of the State’s population is dependent on agriculture, the BJD Government has done little for them. Almost 4,000 farmers committed suicide […]

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Voice messaging of Modi speech violates poll code: BJD

Bhubaneswar: The BJD on Tuesday moved the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) with an allegation that the BJP violated the election model code of conduct (MCC) by using voice messaging service for live speech transmission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district. The BJD told the CEO that the mobile number 9345014501 […]

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CM Naveen to start poll campaigning from Wednesday, hold road shows in Berhampur

Bhubaneswar/Berhampur:  BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the top star campaigner of the BJD, will take to a hectic campaigning across the State for party’s Lok Sabha and Assembly candidates, fielded to contest upcoming elections, from April 3 to 27. As only eight days is left for elections to be held in the first-phase […]

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