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Bhubaneswar: Walking Bookfairs played host to the unveiling of the newly released book, ‘Nandini Satpathy: The Iron Lady of Orissa’ by eminent writer Pallavi Rebbapragada on the bookstore premises here, Sunday. The author signed copies of the book and interacted with the audience during the...

Bhubaneswar: A total of 13 of the 40 candidates in fray for the five Lok Sabha seats in Odisha that are going to polls in the fifth phase May 20 are 'crorepatis', according to a report. Sitting MP and BJP's nominee for Bolangir seat, Sangeeta...

Bhubaneswar: The stage is set for simultaneous elections to four Lok Sabha constituencies and 28 Assembly segments in Odisha Monday, with the EC making elaborate arrangements to ensure free and fair polling, officials said. Voting will be held in Berhampur, Koraput, Nabarangpur and Kalahandi Lok...

Bhubaneswar: BJD leader Kartik Pandian Sunday claimed that Odisha is "much ahead" of Gujarat in various parameters, in a rebuttal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise that the BJP would make the eastern state "number one" in the country if voted to power after the...

Bhubaneswar: Special security arrangements have been made in polling booths located in left-wing extremist affected areas of Odisha going to polls May 13, Director General of Police (DGP) Arun Sarangi said Sunday. Voting will be held in four Lok Sabha and 28 MLA segments in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) NB Dhal Sunday said the next of kin of a government employee, who died during election duty, would get an ex-gratia of Rs 15 lakh as per the ECI guidelines. Alekh Randhari, a class-IV employee of a government school,...

Bhubaneswar: Asserting that the BJP would not be able to win Odisha in the next 10 years, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday claimed his BJD would return to power for the sixth consecutive time after the Assembly elections. Patnaik was reacting to PM Narendra Modi...

Bhubaneswar: Nandini Satpathy was way ahead of her times in not just introducing pro-people policies, but she was even a sophisticated cultural icon of her era, renowned journalist Pallavi Rebbapragada said at the launch of her biography on Odisha’s only chief minister here Saturday. The...

Bhubaneswar: Campaigning for Odisha's four Lok Sabha and 28 Assembly seats, slated for polling May 13, came to an end on Saturday with a slew of prominent leaders from major political parties embarking on rapid-fire tours of constituencies in southern and western parts of the...

Bhubaneswar: Raising Odisha 'Ashmita' (pride) as a key poll issue in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday launched a veiled attack on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's close aide Kartik Pandian alleging that the incumbent BJD government in the state is being run by a...