Election

Odisha: BJP surges ahead in wooing prominent faces from rival camps

April 6, 2024April 15, 2024Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, April 6: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Odisha seems to be quite poised this time to do good in Lok Sabha and state assembly polls as the party is well ahead of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Congress in so far as attracting faces from the rival camps. Over a […]

News channel crew attacked in Patkura

July 19, 2019July 21, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Kendrapara: In a shocking incident, a group of ruling BJD workers on Friday allegedly attacked a crew of Argus – a leading web news channel – on Friday while they covering and shooting the cash distribution of cash to voters at Karilopatna village under Garadpur block in Patkura Assembly constituency in Kendrapara district. The deplorable […]

Bhubaneswar snaps its 21-year-old ties with BJD, picks Aparajita Sarangi

May 24, 2019May 25, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha, on Thursday, snapped its 21-year-long relationship with the Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal (BJD). IAS officer-turned-politician Aparajita Sarangi is now the MP of Bhubaneswar. She defeated former Mumbai Commissioner of Police and BJD nominee Arup Patnaik by over 23,000 votes. Bhubaneswar has been the citadel of the ruling […]

Naveen retains power in Odisha for record fifth term

May 23, 2019May 24, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: As per the initial trends, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik is set to become the Chief Minister of Odisha for a record fifth consecutive term, which would make him one of India’s longest-serving Chief Ministers. The initial leads suggest a landslide victory of the party in the State. Of the 146 seats, […]

CM Naveen breaks his own tradition of not coming to Secretariat during election

April 29, 2019April 30, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has broken his own tradition of not coming to Secretariat during election. Patnaik on Monday visited the State Secretariat and reviewed the preparedness for the Cyclonic storm Fani which is re-curving towards Odisha coast. Normally, Patnaik, who happens to be the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president, had never visited the […]

RO officially notifies adjournment of Patkura Assembly election

April 21, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Kendrapara: The Kendrapara Sub-Collector-cum-Returning Officer (RO) on Sunday officially notified adjournment of Patkura Assembly election on April 29 following the death of BJD candidate Bed Prakash Agrawalla. Returning Officer Sanjay Kumar Mishra adjourned to the Patkura assembly segment scheduled for the fourth-phase on April 29 under Section 52 of Representation of People Act, 1951, till […]

At Sambalpur BJP rally, Modi exudes confidence of forming Govt at centre & Odisha

April 16, 2019April 17, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Sambalpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday exuded confidence that BJP would form Governments at the Centre and in Odisha. “The recently-concluded first phase polls in Odisha clearly indicate that BJP will again come to power in Centre and it will form Government in Odisha too this time. People are supporting us because they want […]

71st Capital Foundation Day a low-key affair in Bhubaneswar

April 13, 2019April 13, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Unlike usual fanfare, the 71st Capital Foundation Day celebration this year was a low-key affair due to the implementation of model code of conduct (MCC) of the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. It was on April 13, 1948 that first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had laid the foundation stone of the city. World […]