Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday claimed that trends from the three phases of polling held so far indicate no national party will get the required number to form government at the Centre. Patnaik’s comment comes in the backdrop of Prime...
Kendrapara: With polling day approaching, the candidates of all major political parties have intensified their campaigns in Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency. BJD’s Anubhav Mohanty has been highlighting the Naveen Patnaik government’s development projects and has been slamming the former MP of Kendrapara for ‘not taking...
Bhograi: With only a few days to go for polling, the BJD and the Opposition have intensified their campaigns in the Bhograi Assembly constituency of Balasore. Eight candidates are in the fray here. But going by the campaign and organisation strength, the main contest is...
Bhubaneswar: The campaigning is in full swing for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha. Six Lok Sabha constituencies -- Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur, and 41 Assembly seats falling under them, will go to the polls in the...
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Thursday stayed the suspension of Karnataka cadre IAS officer Mohammed Mohsin by the Election Commission (EC) for inspecting the helicopter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Sambalpur in Odisha this April 16 as an election...
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday targeted the BJP candidate for Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat, Baijayant Panda, alleging that he wanted to be the chief of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance to help his family business. BJD spokespersons Sulata Deo, Lenin Mohanty and...
Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday urged people to make the country Congress free for a poverty-free India. Singh also appealed to the voters to dislodge Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha and give chance to BJP for a new Odisha. Addressing the Vijay Sanklap...
New Delhi: The road to power in Election 2019 is liberally sprinkled with stardust as celebs from the Hindi film industry and beyond appeal for votes, either as campaigners, candidates or simply camp followers, emphasising once again the close connect between cinema and politics. The...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is expected to witness a triangular battle between the ruling BJD, challenger BJP and Congress in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha polls scheduled to be held April 29. The polls will be held for Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur...
Jabalpur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel Thursday claimed that Malegaon blast accused and BJP candidate from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat Pragya Singh Thakur stabbed a man in 2001. Thakur's conduct did not become of a `Sadhvi' (ascetic or holy woman), the Congress leader said, speaking...
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