Politics

Odisha: Congress changes candidates in 5 Assembly seats; Debasis Nayak to contest from Bari

05/05/202415/05/2024Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, May 5: The Congress on Sunday changed its candidates in five Assembly constituencies in Odisha for the ensuing elections. Debasis Nayak, the former Minister and four-time MLA, who joined Congress yesterday nearly after two months after resigning from the BJD and joining BJP, has been given ticket from Bari replacing Arati Deo. Sudarshan Das […]

PM Modi’s 10 years of reign has set India firmly on path of Viksit Bharat: Jaishankar

04/05/202405/05/2024Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, May 4: External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar on Saturday said that the past ten years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a phase of laying a strong foundation for making India a “strong nation” and the next five years will be dedicated to achieve the goal of Viksit Bharat in the next 25 […]

People of Odisha will definitely repose their trust in PM Modi: Jaishankar exudes confidence ahead of elections

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Bhubaneswar, May 4: External Affairs Minister and BJP stalwart Dr S Jaishankar on Saturday exuded confidence that people of Odisha will definitely repose their trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “This visit of mine is to add my voice to those of my colleagues that people of Odisha make right choice when go to vote […]

Odisha: ECI orders transfer of VK Pandian’s wife Sujata Karthikeyan after BJP complains

02/05/202403/05/2024Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, April 2: In a major development, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday reportedly ordered the transfer of senior bureaucrat and Mission Shakti Secretary Sujata Karthikeyan to a non-public dealing department with immediate effect. The orders were issued within hours of the a BJP delegation met rhe the ECI in Delhi accusing the […]

BJP take a belligerent stand this time to unseat ‘corrupt’ Naveen Patnaik Govt

27/04/202402/05/2024Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, April 27: The BJP, which set its ‘Mission Odisha’ aspiration five years ago, appears to be hell-bent this time to emerge victorious, leaving no room for the BJD to defend itself. The party, as it appears, believes that if it misses the train this time, it will be risking the chance of being pushed […]

Amit Shah launches high-decibel campaign in Odisha, calls for overthrowing 24-yr-old Naveen Patnaik Govt

25/04/202402/05/2024Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Sonepur, April 25: Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday gave a call to the party leaders and workers in Odisha to oust the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD Government in the State for achieving faster prosperity and addressing some critical challenges like poverty, economic empowerment of farmers and weaker sections of the […]

BJP announces list of 40 star campaigners for Odisha

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Bhubaneswar, April 23: The BJP on Tuesday announced its list of 40 star campaigners for the upcoming simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and elections. The list of star campaigners includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president JP Nadda, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari and Dharmendra Pradhan. List of Star Campaigners 1. […]

Odisha: Ticket-deprived BJD leaders spew venom against leadership

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Bhubaneswar, April 22: Two sitting MLAs for Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD)— Raghunandan Das of Balikuda- Ersama constituency and Sunanda Das of Bari — on Monday spewed venom against the party’s strategists after being denied party tickets to contest the forthcoming assembly polls. They alleged conspiracies behind denial of party tickets to them to […]

Odisha: BJP stalwart Dharmendra Pradhan, BJD strongman Pranab Das caught in high-risk battle in Sambalpur

20/04/202425/04/2024Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, April 20: Sambalpur parliamentary constituency in Odisha, among all the 21 major Lok Sabha constituencies in the State, has suddenly gained new political prominence after the BJP landed Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan as its candidate. It’s largely because the state’s ruling BJD has fielded party’s organizational secretary Pranab Prakash Das against Pradhan. The […]

BJD announces 5th list of Assembly candidates; Naveen gets 2nd seat

17/04/202419/04/2024Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, April 17: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced fifth list of candidates for Odisha Assembly elections. This time too, Chief Minister Patnaik will contest from second seat from Kantabanji in Bolangir district along with his traditional Hinjli seat in Ganjam district. In 2019, CM contested from Bijepur apart from Hinjli. […]