Odisha Assembly, LS polls 2024: Live updates

Bhubaneswar: Polling is underway for six Lok Sabha constituencies and 42 assembly seats in Odisha amid tight security arrangements Saturday, an official said. Voting started at 7am in Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Puri Lok Sabha seats along with 42 assembly segments within the jurisdiction of these Lok Sabha...

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Lok Sabha elections sixth phase: Top highlights

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New Delhi: Voting commenced for 58 constituencies in six states and two Union territories, including all the seven seats in Delhi, in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections Saturday. Besides the national capital, polling is underway in 14 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats in Haryana, eight seats each in Bihar and West Bengal, six seats in Odisha, four seats in Jharkhand and one seat in Jammu and...

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Porsche crash: Grandfather of minor accused arrested for threatening family driver

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Pune: The Pune Police have arrested Surendra Kumar Agarwal, the grandfather of the minor accused in the Porsche car crash that killed two persons in the early hours of May 19, an official said here Saturday. Agarwal is accused of allegedly threatening and confining the family driver, Gangaram Poojari and forcing him to take the blame for the Porsche car accident on his head in return for monetary consideration. With this,...

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Deputy commander of Hamas killed in airstrike, says IDF

Fire and smoke are seen following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on April 7, 2023. Israel on Friday intensified airstrikes on military posts in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, in response to rockets fired from the areas at several parts in Israel, escalating tensions with Palestine over the past three days after Israeli police forcibly expelled Palestinian worshippers from the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

Tel Aviv: A Deputy Commander of Hamas has been killed in an airstrike in the central Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have announced. The IDF in a statement Friday night identified the killed Hamas commander as Tziad al-Din al-Sharfa. The statement said that he was killed in an Israel air attack in central Gaza. The Israeli Army said the assassination of the senior Hamas leader was conducted through a...

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Mehbooba sits on dharna alleging PDP workers have been arrested

Anantnag: Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, Mehbooba Mufti sat on a dharna Saturday alleging that her party workers had been arrested to prevent their participation in the voting process. Mehbooba Mufti blocked the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in Bijbehara area after she sat on a dharna on the highway. https://twitter.com/IltijaMufti_/status/1794208595699208603   She claimed that her party workers and some polling agents had been...

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Reliance Industries seeks CCI approval for Viacom18-Star India merger

New Delhi: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries has sought approval from fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the $8.5-billion merger of Viacom18 and Star India Pvt Ltd (SIPL). "The proposed transaction aims to combine the entertainment businesses (along with certain other identified businesses) of Viacom18, part of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) group and SIPL,...

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Odisha records 48.44% voter turnout till 3pm in six LS seats, 42 Assembly segments

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 48.44 per cent voter turnout till 3pm in six Lok Sabha constituencies and 42 Assembly segments Saturday, officials said. Voting started at 7am in Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Puri parliamentary constituencies along with 42 Assembly segments within the jurisdiction of these Lok Sabha seats. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik walked to the Aerodrome...

CM Naveen Patnaik casts vote, says BJD will form stable govt in Odisha again

CM Naveen Patnaik casts vote, says BJD will form stable govt in Odisha again

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday asserted that the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will form a stable government in the state again. The 77-year-old BJD leader went to the polling station on foot from his residence, Naveen Niwas to cast his vote at the Aerodrome Colony UP School in Bhubaneswar. Interacting with media persons after casting...

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P V Sindhu one step away from Malaysia Masters title

Kuala Lumpur: Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu Saturday earned a shot at the Malaysia Masters crown after making it to the women's singles finals with a come-from-behind win over Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan here. Fifth seed Sindhu, who has not won a title in two years, rallied her way to prevail 13-21 21-16 21-12 against world number...

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Vote for BJP to free Odisha from captivity: Smriti Irani

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Smriti Irani has urged people to vote for the BJP to liberate Odisha's future from BJD's ‘captivity’. Speaking at an election rally in Kujang within Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency Saturday, Irani said, "There's talk that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik lacks the freedom to express himself and meet others independently. The...

 

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