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Pipili: Biju Janata Dal candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy Sunday secured an easy win in Pipili Assembly constituency by-poll by defeating his nearest rival BJP’s Ashrit Pattanayak by 20,916 votes. According to official sources, while Maharathy got 96,972 votes, BJP’s Pattanayak received 76,056 votes. Congress came third...

Puri: Ruling BJD candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy Sunday widened his lead over nearest rival Ashrit Pattanayak of the BJP to 11,196 votes at the end of the eleventh round of counting in the Pipili by-election, the Election Commission said. Maharathy secured 42,774 votes, while Pattanayak...

Puri: BJD candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy was leading in the Pipili by-election by 5,140 votes over his nearest rival Ashrit Pattanayak of the BJP till the end of the fourth round of counting Sunday, the Election Commission said. Maharathy secured 16,968 votes, while Pattanayak bagged...

Bhubaneswar: Early trends showed that the Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) was leading in the Pipili by-poll for which counting is underway. Three rounds of counting of votes have been completed so far and the BJD is leading by 5,044 votes. As many as...

Puri: The counting of votes for bypoll to the Pipili assembly constituency in Odisha's Puri district began at 8 am Sunday amid tight security, officials said. The by-election to the constituency was held September 30 as the seat was vacant for about a year, following...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 528 new Covid-19 cases, of which 73 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,27,959. Active caseload in the state now stands at 5,280. Odisha also...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has recorded 40 per cent increase in GST collection during the month of September 2021 compared to the same month of the last year, officials said Saturday. The State has collected Rs 3,325.94 crore in last month as against Rs 2,383.99 crore collected...

Bhubaneswar: After making necessary amendments to the Panchayat Raj laws, the Odisha government has issued guidelines for reservation of seats in the three-tier Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). Principal Secretary of panchayati raj and drinking water department, A.K. Meena has issued the guidelines and asked all...

Cuttack: While passport verification used to take more than three months in 2017, it now takes an average of four days during the first two weeks of September 2021, Odisha DGP Abhay informed Saturday while briefing the media here. According to the DGP Abhay, passport...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 478 new Covid-19 cases, of which 57 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,27,431. Active caseload in the state now stands at 5,336. Odisha also...