Bhubaneswar: The high-pitched campaign for the third phase of simultaneous elections to six Lok Sabha seats and 42 assembly segments in Odisha ended Thursday. A total of 447 candidates, including 64 for the Lok Sabha seats and 383 for the assembly constituencies, are in the fray in the penultimate phase of elections on May 25. Union minister...

Bhubaneswar: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Yogi Adityanath Thursday said if the 'double engine' government is formed in Odisha, bulldozers will be used against the mafia. During the last 20-25 years, the “officer raj” has “pushed Odisha to 50 years back”, he claimed, alleging that the ruling BJD is playing politics with the future...

Vehicles being dispatched to polling centres from Ravenshaw University second campus in Cuttack ahead of third phase polling in Odisha   Officials carry electioneering equipment from BJB College in Bhubaneswar to polling centres in Jatni and Khurda   A child prays at Buddha Mandir, Bhubaneswar on Buddha Purnima

Boudh: Repolling was conducted Thursday in two booths in the Kantamal assembly segment under the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha's Boudh district, amid tight security, an official said The voting commenced at 7 am at booth numbers 26 and 28 of the assembly seat and will continue till 4 pm. "Repolling has been peaceful," the official...

Bhubaneswar: Two candidates in the fray in the fourth and final phase of assembly elections in Odisha have declared zero assets in their affidavits, according to a report. Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituencies along with 42 assembly segments falling under these parliamentary seats will go to polls in the last phase June...

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is processing a request by the Karnataka government to cancel the diplomatic passport of Prajwal Revanna, the suspended Janata Dal (Secular) MP who is accused of sexual abuse of several women and is believed to be in Germany now. Official sources said the MEA has begun the process to...

Ranchi: BJP MP Jayant Sinha, who was asked by the party to show cause for not taking part in campaigning, Thursday said he was being 'unjustly targeted' and the public notice amounted to demoralising dedicated workers like him. Replying to the show cause notice, Sinha said it was issued to him though he had March 2 communicated...

New Delhi: Campaigning ended Thursday for the penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections in 58 constituencies across six states and two Union territories, including all the seven seats in Delhi. Besides the national capital, polling for the sixth round of the marathon seven-phase elections will be held Saturday in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats...

Thane: At least six persons were killed and 48 injured following an explosion at a chemical factory in Maharashtra's Thane district Thursday afternoon, officials said. As a boiler exploded at Amudan Chemicals located in Phase 2 of Dombivli MIDC area around 1.40 pm, its impact and the resultant blaze affected adjacent factories. As per the preliminary information,...

Claim Congress’ campaign video on Mahalakshmi scheme. Fact Old Women’s Day campaign video released by Prega News. A video showing a woman taunting a female sweeper over her “double duty” as a mother and an employee has grabbed social media attention. The footage, stitched with a clip of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi speaking about the party’s ambitious...