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Bhubaneswar, May 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems to be fighting a decisive battle this time against Odisha chief minister president Naveen Patnaik. He has decided to take the battle right into the enemy camp by challenging the CM in his home turfs – Hinjili and Kantabanji — the two seats where the latter is […]
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Bhubaneswar, April 2: Following an order of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Odiaha Government on Friday transferred Mission Shakti Secretary Sujata Karthikeyan and appointed her as the Special Secretary in the Finance Department. Health Secretary Shalini Pandit was given additional charge of Mission Shakti Department and OLL & C DDepartment. On Thursday, a […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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