Election

Bhubaneswar:  The third phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 23 will witness a battle between several political heavyweights as well as former bureaucrats in Odisha. As many as four former bureaucrats will contest the general elections for the first time in this phase. Six...

Bhubaneswar: Sitting Patkura MLA and BJD's candidate for the constituency in 2019 polls Bed Prakash Agarwalla passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar Saturday. He was unwell since past few days and was undergoing treatment at a city based hospital here. Chief Minister Naveen...

Balurghat/Gangarampur (West Bengal): You thought the bitter fight for controlling the levers of power in New Delhi just got sweetened a bit Friday when Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee said the BJP will get a ‘big rosogolla’ in West Bengal once the Lok Sabha...

Bhopal: The Congress Friday filed a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) alleging that former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked for votes in the name of the Army during election campaign. In the complaint submitted to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), the...

Lucknow: A Dalit man, who accidentally cast his vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, has chopped off his index finger for the ‘mistake’. Pawan Kumar, in a video clip that has gone viral on social media, can be heard saying...

Bhopal: Malegaon blast accused and BJP’s Bhopal Lok Sabha seat candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur has gone over the top while campaigning. She has stated that former Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare died during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks as she ‘cursed’ him for...

Agra (UP): There is a question mark on anything Narendra Modi says which is not a good reflection on someone occupying the prime minister's post, Congress leader Raj Babbar has said. The Uttar Pradesh unit chief of the Congress also asserted that his party, which...

Bhubaneswar:  The office of the Chief Electoral Officer in Bhubaneswar Friday notified that there has been 72 percent polling in the state in the second phase of the general elections. Voting was held for five Lok Sabha and 35 Assembly constituencies under them Thursday in...

Brahmagiri:  BJD president and Odisha chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today held in a massive roadshow at Brahmagiri in support of local Assembly and Lok Sabha candidates. He started from Satapada at 11.45 and then proceeded to Puri via Brahmagiri aboard a modified bus. Thousands of...

Bargarh:  A day after the second phase general elections came to an end in Odisha, the District Collector of Bargarh suspended Friday six polling officer for dereliction of duty. According to sources, three presiding officers and three sector officers are among the six suspended . The...