Election

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people Wednesday to think wisely before casting their vote and attacked the Congress, alleging that the grand old party believed in insulting institutions, including Parliament, judiciary, media and the armed forces, when it was in power. "As you...

Kendrapara: The Rajnagar Assembly constituency is all set for a bitter fight between the BJD, the Congress and the BJP. The seat consists of 18 panchayats in Pattamundai block and 29 panchayats of Rajnagar block and the Pattamundai municipality. The late Biju Patnaik won from Rajnagar...

Jajpur: Farmers are likely to hold the key in Jajpur Lok Sabha seat as farmers’ movements have gained strength here in the last five years. The farmers demanding just prices and pensions have launched several protests in the district, and it has become a headache for...

Cuttack: Polling is scheduled for April 29 in the Mahanga Assembly constituency of Cuttack district. Meanwhile, debates are going on here regarding the ticket hopefuls from various parties, the selection of candidates and the political moves. This constituency comprises 37 panchayats of Mahanga block and...

Bhograi: The BJD, the BJP and the Congress have stepped up their campaign in Bhograi Assembly constituency. The BJD has announced its list of candidates in 54 Assembly seats and in the nine Lok Sabha seats of Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Koraput, Berhampur, Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal...

Kendrapara: The Mahakalapada Assembly seat, which was carved out in 2009 after delimitation, has become a BJD bastion with its nominee Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak winning twice from here. This time also he is in the race hoping for a hat-trick. Atanu won the 2009 Assembly...

Jeypore: The only unreserved seat among the 14 Assembly seats in undivided Koraput is Jeypore. Former minister Raghunath Patnaik was elected continuously from this seat, and handled the finance and law portfolios in the Congress governments. BJD’s Rabi Narayan Nanda defeated Raghunath in 2000, and was...

Jagatsinghpur: The Tirtol Assembly seat is reserved for candidates from Scheduled Castes, and hectic parleys have begun in all parties to select candidates. The BJD’s Dr Rajashree Mallick is the sitting MLA in this constituency. But the ruling party is facing infighting, and has to...

Hyderabad: In another major setback to the Telangana Congress, its senior leader and former Minister D K Aruna joined the BJP. She joined the BJP in the presence of party national president Amit Shah in Delhi Tuesday, party sources said. "She is likely to be...

Ghasipura: This Assembly segment in Keonjhar district is one of the important and hyper-sensitive constituencies in the state. The seat, known as a BJD bastion, is likely to see a titanic clash between two heavy weights – BJD’s Badri Narayan Patra and OPCC president Niranjan...