Tag: Mayor

While the party played ‘slum’ and ‘woman’ card in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, it dashed the hopes of several senior leaders to the ground by picking up new corporator Vivek Reddy for the Deputy Mayor seat in Berhampur. 

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With the nomination filing process for the upcoming Civic body elections in Odisha starting from Wednesday, the three major political parties in the State are facing an uphill task to distribute tickets among eligible candidates.

Bhubaneswar: The existing mechanism of elections in the urban local bodies in Odisha is going to get a makeover with direct polls for mayor & municipality chairperson posts. The proposal has been approved by the Odisha Cabinet during a meeting held yesterday and a bill will soon be tabled in the State Assembly, sources said. […]

Berhampur: In a major jolt to the Mayor of Berhamapur Municipal Corporation, K Madhavi, a local court disqualified her as corporator of the civic body on charges of furnishing false information in her affidavit during election. The disqualification was pronounced by the Ganjam District and Sessions Court in response to a petition filed by former […]

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar:  The Orissa High Court has directed for fresh election to the post of Corporator of Ward 18 of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) after declaring the election of Sukanti Subudhi to the post null and void. The order came following a writ petition filed by Punam Parida challenging  Subudhi’s election to the post. Parida had […]

Berhampur: After spending one year in prison, former mayor of Berhampur Municipal Corporation, Siba Shankar Dash, walked out of Berhampur circle jail on bail. He was granted bail by Additional District and Sessions court, Berhampur, on Tuesday. “I was granted bail as the cases against me are false. I have good relations with both BJD […]

Berhampur: Panic gripped the town today after some bike-borne miscreants hurled bombs at the house of former Mayor Siba Shankar Das here in the wee hours. Though the exact reason behind the bomb hurling is not known, past political enmity is suspected to have caused the incident. Eyewitnesses said five bike-borne miscreants hurled two bombs […]

Bhubaneswar: Alleging slow pace of investigation into the mysterious death of engineering student Rishi, some youths identifying themselves as his friends, on Wednesday torn posters of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) mayor Ananta Narayan Jena at various places in the city. Besides, the youths also shouted slogans against the mayor who is embroiled in the death […]

Bhubaneswar: Questioning why no action has been taken yet against Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) mayor Ananta Narayan Jena for his alleged involvement in the sex tape, Congress on Tuesday targeted chief minister Naveen Patnaik and threatened to hurl eggs at him. Alleging slow pace of investigation into the sex slur allegation against the BMC mayor, […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Opposition parties have remained adamant in demand of strict action against Bhubaneswar Mayor Anant Narayan Jena over his alleged involvement in the sex video clip and its link with engineering student Rishi Mohanty’s death, the investigating sleuths today recorded statements of a woman and her mother under section 161 of CrPC […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of model code of conduct issued by the State Election Commission for upcoming panchayat polls, Congress on Thursday cancelled its plan to gherao block offices across the State on Friday demanding ouster of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena. Talking to newsmen, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Prasad Harichandan, […]

Bhubaneswar: Deceased Rishi Mohanty’s friend, who had claimed yesterday there is a ‘link’ between the sex clip and the death of Rishi, on Monday said that his life is at risk. He had revealed to media that his friend’s death is ‘directly’ linked to the video which was uploaded by a news website and got […]

Bubaneswar: The BJP Yuva Morcha activist hurled eggs at the residence of city Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena at Bapuji Nagar here early morning today protesting his alleged involvement in the sex scandal video and murder engineering student Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi. The activists hurled eggs the nameplate, main gate and vehicle of the Mayor. They […]

Bhubaneswar: While resentment in the political circles is brewing over the alleged involvement of BMC Mayor Anant Narayan Jena in connection with the mysterious death of Rishi, an engineering student, and an immoral act shown in a video clipping which is circulated in the social media, attempts made by the former to counter the charge […]