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Rourkela, May 18: “If they tell me, I won’t turn it down,” said BJP heavyweight Jual Oram, who is seeking re-election from Sundergarh Lok Sabha seat on Saturday amid his name doing rounds for the Chief Minister post if BJP wins in the State. “If they tell me, I won’t turn it down. But I […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 6: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that the BJP will have its own Government in Odisha on June 10, giving an indication that the Naveen Patnaik-led regional Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will be voted out of power, – BJD’s key strategist V Karthikeyan Pandian countered his statement and said, […]
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Bhubaneswar, March 30: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released the second list of three Lok Sabha candidates from Odisha. While six-time MP Bhartruhari Mahtab will contest from Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency, Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi will contest from Kandhamal and Rabindra Narayan Behera from Jajpur. On March 24, the BJP had announced the first list […]
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Bhubaneawar, December 25: Following the Orissa High Court’s order, the State Government revised its seat reservation list for the post of Zilla Parishad chairperson in all the 30 districts for the upcoming three-tier Panchayat elections and released the draft notification on Friday. The Government has reserved 12 seats for SC and ST categories. As many […]
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Bhubaneswar, April 19: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has decided not to hold any public rallies or campaign meetings in Pipili bypoll, announces Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday. “Every life is precious and I always consider people of #Odisha as my family members. In this extremely serious #COVID19 situation amidst surge in cases in […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday said polling for 55 Rajya Sabha seats spread over 17 States, including four seats in Odisha will be conducted on March 26. Elections will be held for the seats to be vacated by Anubhav Mohanty, Ranjib Biswal, Narendra Swain and Sarojini Hembram. Announcing the schedule, the […]
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Bhubaneswar: There are as many as 95,14,883 registered voters, including 46,05,694 women, in the fourth phase of balloting in the State on Monday. The fourth phase polling will be held in Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur parliamentary constituencies and 41 Assembly segments coming under these six PCs. The last polling day in Odisha […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Surendra Kumar has recommended the Election Commission of India (ECI) for fresh poll in 12 booths that went to poll in the third phase on April 23. Kumar informed that recommendation was made to the ECI for repolling booth number 196 at Jhajia UGME School in Baramba Assembly constituency (AC), […]
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Balasore: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his election rally Kendrapara, had stated that he would visit Odisha again after dislodging the BJD Government, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday made an “humble request” to the former to attend his swearing-in ceremony as a “guest”. “Prime Minister […]
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Bhubaneswar: The phase-III of the Lok Sabha and Assembly election 2019 concluded, with around 61 per cent of voter turnout till 5pm on Tuesday. “Till 5 pm, 61 per cent voter turnout was recorded. The exact poling percentage will be known tomorrow,” said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Surendra Kumar on Tuesday. The voting was held […]
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