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Gajapati: Barely 48-hours before the first phase of polling in Odisha’s four Lok Sabha seats and 28 Assembly constituencies on April 11, security forces on Tuesday recovered two landmines weighing 50 kg planted beneath a culvert on Adava-Paniganda route under Adava police station in Gajapati district, informed Gajapati SP Sara Sharma. Acting on a specific tipoff, […]
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Cuttack: With ‘accessible elections’ being the central theme of the Election Commission, the Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department (SSEPD) on Tuesday organised an awareness programme for visually impaired voters to train them to cast their votes independently in the ensuing Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. Nearly 110 visually impaired students of […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday unveiled party’s election manifesto that focused on women, farmers and youths. Here are the key promises One-time start-up allowance of Rs 10 lakh to 10,000 youths and creation of six lakh employment opportunities in six focus sectors through Make In Odisha and education loan at […]
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Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday met Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Surendra Kumar and took up the issue of stopping disbursal of money under his flagship KALIA scheme to farmers. “I had come here to meet the Chief Electoral Officer about a strong complaint of the election office stopping our Government’s […]
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Bhubaneswar: In further jolt to the Congress in Odisha, party’s Mahila wing president Sumitra Jena on Tuesday resigned from the party questioning the selection procedure of some candidates for the ensuing general and Assembly elections and protesting the autocratic attitude of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik. She has sent her resignation letter […]
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Berhampur: With only a day is left for campaigning for the first-phase poll scheduled on April 11, candidates of three major political parties, the BJD, the BJP and the Congress and Independent nominees expedited their canvassing for votes across this city on Monday. BJP Berhampur Assembly candidate Kahnu Charan Pati and Lok Sabha nominee Bhrugu […]
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Bhubaneswar: Union Minister and senior BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday flagged off ‘Modi Senani – Kaling Vijay Yatra’ at the State party headquarters here. The campaign vehicles will travel across all 30 districts of Odisha to highlight Prime Minister Narendra Modi-Government’s developmental initiatives and to woo voters to cast votes in favour of BJP […]
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Bhubaneswar: A total of 37, 49, 493 women voters are going to cast vote in the second phase election to be held on April 18 Odisha. According to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), a total of 76, 93, 123 voters will cast their votes. Of them, 39, 45, 025 are male, 37, 49, 493 female […]
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Rayagada/Gajapati: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday termed the Central leaders ‘Biradi Baishnab’ (hypocrites). The Chief Minister conducted road shows in Gunupur and Bissam Cuttack in Rayagada district and Mohana in Gajapati where he launched a scathing attack at the Centre over negligence towards Odisha and termed the Central leaders ”Biradi Baishnab”. […]
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Bhubaneswar: BJP national president Amit Shah on Sunday released party’s Odisha unit election manifesto “Sankalp Patra” here that featured women safety as a major prong. The key promises included capital punishment for rapists and Rs 2000 crore revolving fund for women self groups (SHGs) of Odisha. The first bill that BJP will pass in the […]
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