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Puri: Noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik on Tuesday created a sand sculpture of Biju Patnaik at Puri beach to pay tribute to the former Chief Minister of Odisha on his 22nd death anniversary. “Tribute to A true legend, Son of the Soil #BijuBabu today is 22nd death anniversary of the great Statesman #BijuPatnaik,” read the […]
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Bhubaneswar: In his bid to quell the dissidence among leaders who failed to secure party tickets to fight the polls, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik continued to accommodate and give many of them crucial positions in the party and also the responsibilities to oversee party’s electioneering in some constituency. Patnaik […]
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Nuapada: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday unveiled election manifesto for women at Komna in Nuapada district and announced to provide marriage assistance of Rs 25,000 for girls of poor families. “Under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana, free medical treatment for women will be hiked from Rs 7 lakh to […]
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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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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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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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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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Bhubaneswar: The wife and son of Patkura MLA Bed Prakash Agrawal on Tuesday met BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Naveen Nivas here. Bed Prakash aged around 80 has been renominated from Patkura Assembly Constituency, but he hasn’t collected the party ticket yet due to illness. He has been admitted to a city-based […]
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Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Odisha is set to reject BJD and urged voters at his address in Jeypore to bring BJP Government both in the State and also at teh centre to usher development. “Can you trust the Government hand in glove with chit fund scamsters and mining mafia. Odisha can […]
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Paradip: While the BJP has chosen Sampad Swain, a new face, to contest polls from the Paradip Assembly seat, the BJD and the Congress are yet to finalise their candidates from among many aspirants. Swain, the BJYM Jagatsingpur district president, was chosen as he is in the good books of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and […]
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