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Bhubaneswar: All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Rahul Gandhi’s Odisha visit was postponed to March 8. Rahul was scheduled to address two rallies in Bargarh and Jeypore in Koraput district on March 5. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik informed that the party high command may visit on March 8. This will be […]
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Bhubaneswar: BJP national president Amit Shah cancelled his political programme scheduled for Friday in the wake of Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed more than 40 jawans on Thursday. Shah was scheduled to address a rally and booth-level workers at Dhankauda in Sambalpur district and review preparations for the forthcoming Lok Sabha […]
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Sambalpur: BJP president Amit Shah will address a meeting in Sambalpur on Friday to strengthen the party base in western Odisha. BJP’s performance was stupendous in the three-tier panchayat poll in 2017, especially in western Odisha. It will be Shah’s third visit to the State in a fortnight after he addressed party workers at Kulia […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said that both in sports and politics, one needs passion to succeed. Patnaik was speaking at the Sportsstar Award giving ceremony in Mumbai. “Well, you see, politics is not very different from Sports. We have to run, duck, jump, catch, sprint. Sometimes you don’t even know in which […]
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Balasore: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday laid the foundation stone for Subarbarekha Port here. The port will be developed with an estimated cost of Rs 5000 crore. Tata Steel Ltd will develop the port with the State Government. Initially, the port will handle 25000MT cargo annually. The proposed port could emerge as a major […]
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Bhubaneswar: The last session of the 15th Odisha Legislative Assembly concluded two days ahead of schedule on Friday. The session was scheduled to continue till February 12. The session which started on February 4 with the customary address of Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal’s was originally scheduled to have seven working days. On the last day, […]
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Bhubaneswar: Former Union Minister Dilip Ray on Friday termed the interim budget presented in the Assembly on Thursday as a “well-conceptualised one”. It is encouraging to note that Odisha has been able to achieve a better economic growth of 8 %, more than the national average of 7.1 % while maintaining its Fiscal Deficit well […]
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Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the crucial general and Assembly elections due in May, newly-appointed Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi is scheduled to hit the campaign trail with brother and party president Rahul Gandhi in Odisha in the last week of February. On January 23, Priyanka took charge as the All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary […]
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Bhubaneswar: For the fourth consecutive day, the Odisha Assembly could not transact the Question Hour on Friday. While BJD MLAs created ruckus over Central negligence and inefficiency to provide jobs to youths Opposition raised issues of farmer and sexual assault of minor girls in the State and delay in returning money to the duped chit […]
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Bhubaneswar: Congress president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address two public meetings at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district and Rourkela in Sundergarh district on Wednesday. Rahul is visiting KBK region after a gap of nine years. Around 1.5 lakh people are expected to attend the Sankalp Samavesh at Bhawanipatna. After addressing in Bhwanipatna, Rahul will visit […]
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