The saffron party has polled 38.4 per cent of the total votes as against 21.9 per cent in the previous election.
Lok Sabha election 2019 that were held in seven phases across India have finally turned-up for the results day today to decide the fortune of India for next five years. Odisha, which has 146 seats Legislative Assembly and 21 seats in Lok Sabha went for polling in four phases. It was a[Read More…]
The local name for vine snakes in Odisha is Laudankia or Laudaka, as the snake resembles dried stems
The Odisha government on Thursday evacuated over 11 lakh people from low-lying areas in 15 districts
Bhubaneswar, May 3: The impact of the category 4 severe cyclonic storm Fani’s landfall has started on the Odisha coast with wind velocity of 150 to 175 kmph and at a few places even higher, said the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday morning. “The process of cyclone Fani’s landfall[Read More…]
It will very likely to move further north-northeastwards and cross the Odisha Coast around Puri
Bhubaneswar: Pradeep Maharathy, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate from the Pipili Assembly constituency, was on Monday arrested for assaulting the Election Commission (EC) officials during a raid at his farmhouse in Puri, Odisha, the night before. The development comes ahead of the third phase of polls for six Lok[Read More…]
Berhampur: BJP MLA candidate Nilamani Bisoyi was arrested by police on Thursday after a complaint was filed against him for allegedly damaging an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in booth number 182 at Renti village, Sorada Assembly constituency. The bail plea was earlier rejected by the court. The polling officials appointed at[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: As Odisha gears up for the second phase of the Assembly elections scheduled for Thursday, 84 candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves, including 68 with serious criminal cases, according to Odisha Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). “Among the major parties, 21 are from the Bharatiya[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Odisha’s Khordha town, police said on Monday. Party workers have called for a six-hour shutdown. Khordha Mandal President Manguli Jena was shot at near Khurda BJP MLA candidate Kalucharan Khadayat’s residence. He sustained critical bullet injuries[Read More…]
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) secretary Pramod Kishore Jena quit from the primary membership of party on Friday. Jena was apparently dissatisfied over the distribution of the tickets among candidates. Jena accusing top partly leaders, PCC chief Niranjan Patnaik and Jagatsinghpur district Congress head Chiranjibi Biswal of working hand in[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) releases the list of candidates for 36 Assembly seats. The list was announced by BJD chief Naveen Patnaik. The candidates are : 1. Brahmagiri: Sanjay Kumar Das Burma 2. Satyabadi: Umakant Samantray 3 Ranapur: Satyanarayan Pradhar 4 Nayagarh: Dr. Arun Kumar Sahoo 5 Ekamra-BBSR: Ashok[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will field Sanat Kumar Gadtia against Odisha Chief Minister and BJD President Naveen Patnaik in the Bijepur seat in the upcoming Assembly polls. The Central Election Committee of the BJP on Monday night announced the name of veteran politician Gadtia for the seat. Gadtia,[Read More…]
Bhubaneshwar: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday released the list of its candidates for 2 Lok Sabha and 9 assembly constituencies in the state. The party has announced Prakash Mishra’ name for Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency, while Kharavela Swain will contest from the Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat. The party on[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: Muktikant Biswal, who shot to limelight for embarking on 1500km journey on foot to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been named by Congress as its candidate for the Rourkela assembly constituency in the upcoming elections. During his journey Biswal had fainted on a highway before reaching Delhi. He[Read More…]
New Delhi: Congress MLA from Salepur constituency in Odisha, Prakash Chandra Behera, on Sunday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party here in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. This comes a day after Behera resigned from the primary membership of the Congress citing ‘neglect’ and ‘humiliation’ by the leadership. –IANS
Bhubaneswar: In a blow to the Congress party, Prakash Chandra Behera its MLA from Salepur, has resigned from the primary membership of Congress party. He has sent his resignation to the Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi. Behera said, “After being removed as Cuttack District Congress Committee (DCC) President, I have been humiliated[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, March 4 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Railway Manoj Sinha on Monday said not an inch of railway lines in Odisha has been given to any other division. Attending a programme at Railway Auditorium here, the Minister said the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government has no reason to[Read More…]
Baijayant Jay Panda, who left Odisha’ ruling party Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in 2018, is likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party by Monday evening. Baijayant had left the party after the party suspended him for anti-party activities. Panda had said that he was shocked and denied the charges against[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: With weeks away from the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, BJD has received a big boost. Celebrated Ollywood singer Humane Sagar joined the Odisha’s ruling party Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the presence of party chief and the state Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Titlagarh born Indian playback singer, the[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: A group of miscreants allegedly attacked cops inside the Saheed Nagar Police Station, resulting in four cops sustaining critical injuries. As many as 8-10 miscreants first attacked three people, detained at the police station in an accident case. Cops then tried to stop the attacked, who then thrashed four[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: An Assistant Professor of a renowned private university, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), had to lose her job for a statement during a live TV debate on the Pulwama Attack in which she said that India should not go to war with Pakistan. Madhumita Ray, a teacher in[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of the Congress on Monday demanded the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra for the repeated incidents of question paper leaks during the annual High School Certificate (HSC) examination in the state. Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Niranjan Patnaik said that repeated[Read More…]
Puri: As many as 40 students of the Padiara School in Astaranga block, Adabansa village in the district had to resort to a life-threatening ferry ride to appear in their High School Examinations that began on Friday. The students were seen crossing the river on the boat without any life[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday said it will implement the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme and cooperate with the Central government to extend benefits to the farmers. After reviewing the state’s Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme here, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi said[Read More…]