The voting will continue till 4 pm. Odisha’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S K Lohani said glitches in EVMs were reported in four booths, following which all these voting machines were replaced.
The accused has been identified as Biren Samal alias Santanu of Ransol village while the deceased has been identified as Jitendra Mahapatra of Bambilo village, the police said.
The Mission Shakti movement in Odisha seeks to empower women self help groups (WSHGs) by encouraging the members to take up various socio-economic activities.
As the cold weather approaches, the political temperature in the Padampur seat, located at the foothills of the Gandamardhan hills with a vast cover of forest and medicinal plants, seems to be rising.
The Minister of the Railways asserted that BJP nominee Purohit has been battling for the development of the Padampur Assembly constituency for several days.
The goods train got derailed at about 6:44 am, damaging the railway station building as well.
The education minister, in the letter, said that the issue was being raised by him after having received a petition from the farmers, who claimed that they received ”abysmally low insurance sum” for crop loss due to drought during the 2021 Kharif season.
The award will be given to 50,000 students, 1,500 Principals, school management committees, alumni, Gram Panchayats and district administrations.
Initial investigation revealed that Mahmud Khan received at least Rs 62 lakh remitted through the mule accounts fraudulently opened with IPPB, Nabarangpur, the DIG said.
Phulbani, the district headquarters town of Kandhamal, and Koraput town recorded 10 degree Celsius each and the mercury level remained at 10.5 degree Celsius at the tourist destination of Daringbadi.
The Biju Janata Dal had won all by-polls since 2009 but lost the Dhamnagar Assembly by-election in Bhadrak district to the BJP.
Veterinary officials suspect wild dogs attacked the livestock, but did not rule out predator attacks such as wolves or jackals, he added.
Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha, a senior BJD politician and five-term MLA, fell away late on October 2 in a private hospital, necessitating the byelection.
In previous elections, the rural constituency had a voter turnout of around 70%. In the 2019 assembly election, 72.64 percent of voters cast ballots. In 2014, the figure was 73.46 percent.
Additional Kendrapara District and Sessions Court Judge Tridikram Keshari Chinhara pronounced the judgment on Tuesday.
The 16-year-old boy, identified as Debi Prasad Dash, was a resident of Gopinath village in Mahakalapada block in the district.
Addressing the public meeting, Patnaik stated that the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has been working for the people & their welfare and it has always been with the people.
Speaking on the occasion, Patnaik urged all the departments to work in close collaboration to ensure the grand success of Make in Odisha Conclave’22.
Ahmedabad-based IndiaOne Air will operate the nine-seater flight under the UDAN regional connectivity scheme.
The Dhamnagar assembly constituency has been witnessing high- voltage campaigning by leaders of the BJD, Congress, BJP and Independent candidates.
Patnaik said this while addressing a meeting marking the observance of the Odisha Disaster Preparedness Day and National Day for Disaster Reduction.
The march will start from the Governor House and continue till Dhauli, where the International White Peace Pagoda or Buddhist shrine known as ‘Shanti Stupa’ was built in 1972.
The delegation on Sunday also submitted at the CEO office the viral video, where the woman, covering her face with scarf, was seen distributing cash to people for attending a rally.
Efforts to transport the aircraft to Odisha were made in the last two years, too, and tender was also floated for the initiative, but the COVID-19 pandemic stalled the plan, a senior official said.
The accused, who is a postgraduate student at the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), was apprehended on Tuesday by Mahila Police of the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate, a senior officer said.