Metro

Cuttack: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday held a roadshow here to bolster the prospects of party candidates in the simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Odisha. Standing on a saffron-coloured vehicle decorated with flowers, Shah embarked on the road show from Gopabandhu park,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha chief electoral officer Nikunja Bihari Dhal Wednesday launched ‘Mo Booth' mobile application through which voters can easily find the name and route to their polling stations. "Using the app, voters of Khurda district including Bhubaneswar city can know about their booth, its location...

Cuttack: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday said while there is no dispute with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, he expressed concerns about the state's administration being led by an officer from outside the state. "We have no dispute with Naveen Babu, but the manner...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's close aide Kartik Pandian Wednesday said that Patnaik will take oath for the sixth time June 9 and his first order will be free power supply for 90 per cent population of Odisha. Sharing a short...

Bhubaneswar/ Koraput: Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) NB Dhal Wednesday said the voter turnout in the first phase of polling in four Lok Sabha seats and 28 Assembly segments in the state May 13 was 75.68 per cent. The CEO said the voter turnout may...

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) changed its nominee for the Soro Assembly constituency in Odisha's Balasore district on the last date of filing of nomination for the polling Tuesday. The party nominated Parsuram Dhada in place of Rajendra Kumar Das, who was named as...

Bhubaneswar: Veteran Congress leader and former Odisha minister Dambarudhar Ulaka died of old age-related ailments, family sources said Wednesday. He was 86. Ulaka breathed his last while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar Tuesday night. Family sources said Ulaka's funeral will be held...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 95 of the 265 candidates in fray for 35 Assembly seats in the state going to polls in the second phase (fifth nationally) May 20 are crorepatis, according to a report of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Odisha Election...

Bhubaneswar/Bijapur: Three days after the police claimed to have killed 12 Naxalites during an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, locals and activists have alleged that the exchange of fire was fake and those killed were not Maoists. The police Friday had claimed that they had...

Bhubaneswar: Even as the voter turnout in the four Lok Sabha and 28 Assembly seats in south Odisha which went for polls Monday showed a marginal increase as compared to the 2019 elections, both BJD and BJP Tuesday exuded confidence in bettering their past performances....