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Bhubaneswar: Intensifying the attack on BJP, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday wanted to know about BJP’s Chief Minister candidate for Odisha. “Who’s the BJP CM candidate? From which constituency, BJP CM candidate is contesting? Is BJP scared to announce its CM candidate,” asked Patnaik while addressing an election […]
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Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday assured that if voted to power, BJP Government would provide food articles at Re 1 in Odisha. Addressing a public gathering at Choudwar in Cuttack district, Pradhan said, “If voted to power in Odisha, BJP will provide food articles at Re 1. Poor people can avail 5 kg […]
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Bolangir: A close fight is expected among candidates of the BJD, the Congress and the BJP in the Bolangir Assembly constituency. Bolangir will go to polls in the second phase on April 18. And candidates have intensified their campaigning to woo voters. Outgoing MLA Narasingha Mishra of Congress, in the fray this time also, has […]
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Bhubaneswar: Senior leader Sonali Sahoo, who resigned from the Congress on Thursday, joined BJP on Friday. Sahoo, who was serving as the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) spokesperson, quit the party expressing displeasure over ticket distribution for Assembly elections. She was a ticket aspirant from Khurda Assembly segment. The party has fielded Swagatika Patnaik from […]
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Jagatsinghpur: The five Central Observers, appointed by the Election Commission of India (ECI), for Jagatsinghpur Parliamentary constituency have started their initiatives for ensuring free, fair and peaceful elections. Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha seat and the seven Assembly segments falling under it will go to polls in the fourth phase on April 29. The Jagatsinghpur district administration […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded a polling percentage of 73.76 per cent in phase one of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections that was conducted on Thursday, informed Chief Electoral Officer Surendra Kumar on Friday. Four Lok Sabha and 28 Assembly seats went to poll in the first phase. Kumar said that of the total 73.76 per cent […]
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Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign in Bhubaneswar and Sambalpur on April 16 while BJP national president Amit Shah will hold rallies on Friday in Keonjhar and also in Cuttack and Dhenkanal districts on April 17 to bolster the prospects of the party in the ongoing elections, informed party spokesperson Golak Mohapatra on Thursday. […]
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Bhubaneswar: Voters queued up in considerable numbers at polling stations to exercise their franchise as voting to elect 28 Assembly and four Lok Sabha members in the first phase in Odisha began at 7 am Thursday. In many places electronic voting machines (EVMs) had glitches resulting in some delay in polling. According to the Chief […]
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Rourkela: Noticing the flying squad of the Election Commission conducting checking of vehicles, two unidentified persons in an Audi car having no registration number hurriedly dropped a bag containing Rs 27.49 lakh at the bordering Mahipani in Odisha’s Sundargarh district and escaped back to Jharkhand. The Flying squad has deposited the cash in Panposh treasury. […]
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Highlights India votes in the first phase of general elections on Thursday. At least 91 out of 543 Lok Sabha constituencies are in the fray in this round. In Odisha Lok Sabha and Assembly elections will be held simultaneously in four phases of the nation-wide seven phase polls. In the first phase, voting will be […]
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