Election

Bhubaneswar: The political equation in Odisha's tribal dominated Sundergarh district is changing fast after Union Minister Jual Oram urged Saturday former Rourkela MLA Dilip Ray to rejoin the BJP ahead of the second phase of polling in the state, April 18. “The issues raised by...

Jajpur: There are 61 candidates in the fray under the Jajpur Parliamentary constituency and its seven Assembly segments. The final list of candidates was released by the district administration Friday after the end of the period for withdrawal of nominations. The two BSP candidates, Ashok Kumar...

Bhadrak: Bijay Sethi, brother of Bishnu Charan Sethi, BJP’s candidate for Dhamnagar Assembly seat and state vice-president of the party, Saturday joined the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Bijay joined the ruling party in the presence of Bhadrak district BJD president Jagannath Swain, MLA Muktikant Mandal...

Bhubaneswar: At least six former bureaucrats and half-a-dozen media barons are in the fray for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections that are being held simultaneously in Odisha. No former bureaucrat or media baron, however, were in the fray during the first phase of polling...

Simulia: Going by the reaction of the public here to the poll campaign, it has become obvious that Balasore’s Simulia Assembly constituency is likely to have a triangular contest between BJD, BJP and Congress even though five candidates are in fray. In an interesting turn...

New Delhi: AAP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Saturday said his party is still ready to form an alliance with the Congress in Delhi, Haryana and Chandigarh but it would not agree for a tie-up just in the national capital. He said the...

Siliguri (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday hit out at BJP for trying to gain political advantage by using religion as a tool to mislead people. She hit out at armed Ram Navami rallies taken out at BJP at various part of the...

Theni (Tamil Nadu): Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought Saturday to corner the Congress on its showpiece poll promise of ‘Nyay’, and sought to know who would do justice (NYAY) for crimes like the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, violence against Dalits, and the Bhopal gas tragedy under...

New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP President N. Chandrababu Naidu visited the EC office here Saturday to complain about the malfunctioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during polling in the state Thursday. A day after polling for all the 25 Lok Sabha seats...

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati regretted Saturday that attempts were as being made to create hatred between the followers of Bajrangbali and Ali. In a tweet on the occasion of Ram Navami, Mayawati said: ‘Greetings & good wishes to the people for peaceful...