Dubbing the BJP as pro-rich, BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday said the saffron party had lost the assembly polls in the Hindi heartland for betraying the poor, farmers, women and youths. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his poll campaigns in the state during the day at Kendrapara and Balasore had accused […]
Bhubaneswar, Apr 23 (PTI) The Election Commission has ordered fresh polling in nine booths of Odisha where voting was disrupted for various reasons during the second phase of polling on April 18. Odisha Chief Electoral Officer Surendra Kumar said the re-polls will be held on April 25. Voting was affected in those booths located in […]
The third phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 23 will witness a battle between several political heavyweights as well as former bureaucrats in Odisha. As many as four former bureaucrats will contest the Lok Sabha polls for the first time in the third phase. Six Lok Sabha constituencies — Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Sambalpur, Keonjhar […]
Surana Educational Institutions one of south India’s best known Centre of excellence based out of the silicon valley in the IT city of Bengaluru, is all set to host GCS Conclave 2019 & 2nd Annual Transformational Leadership Awards 2019 in 17 top categories on saturday, 27th April 2019 at Hotel Taj Vivanta where more than […]
“Whether you like it or not, My Lords, you have seriously eroded the independence of the judiciary from within by such acts. It does not need outsiders to do it, it seems” Speaking for the Gauhati High Court in 2006, Justice Ranjan Gogoi said in the matter of Ganesh Electric Stores vs. State of Assam […]
A 68-year-old village self help group member in Odisha has been allotted the BJD ticket for the Aska Lok Sabha seat, from where party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had begun his political career around 20 years ago. Pramila Bisoi, who has formal education till Class 3, was chosen as candidate for the seat […]
Voting for the first phase of election in four Parliamentary and 28 Assembly constituencies in Odisha ended Thursday with 66 per cent of the six million eligible voters casting their votes by 5 pm, officials.said. Simultaneous elections are being held in the state to the 147-member Assembly and 21 Lok Sabha constituencies. The first phase […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said the BJP is committed to passing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill once the NDA returns to power after the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. The bill will be amended after proper consultation with all sections of the society and ensuring safety of the Assamese community, Modi told a poll rally here, […]
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday unveiled the election manifesto for women promising to provide Rs. 5,000-crore government work every year to the Self Help Groups (SHGs) under “Mission Shakti”. “As women are the real double engines of growth, BJD’s manifesto for them promises Rs. 5,000 crore of […]
BHUBANESWAR: Strongly protesting the Election Commission of India’s decision to stop disbursement of funds to farmers under Odisha government’s Kalia scheme, Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Tuesday went to office of the Chief Electoral Officer to lodge a complaint. Mr Patnaik along with senior leaders of the ruling BJD met Chief Electoral Officer […]