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SC says freebies to influence voters' serious issue, asks Centre for way to curb it
SC says freebies to influence voters' serious issue, asks Centre for way to curb it

A bench, headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana asked the Centre, to find out from the Finance Commission, if there is a possibility of curbing state governments and political parties from promising and distributing irrational freebies to induce voters.

  • Tuesday, 26 July 2022
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RS Deputy Chairman election: PM Modi calls Odisha CM to say thanks

Bhubaneswar: A day after Harivansh Narayan Singh won the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman election; Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over telephone and thanked him for supporting the NDA-backed JD (U) candidate. Singh was elected deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha yesterday after he won the election with 125 votes against […]

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
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NDA-backed JD(U) candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh elected RS deputy chairman

New Delhi: NDA- backed JD(U) candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh was elected deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha today after he won the election with 125 votes against UPA’s BK Hariprasad who got 105 votes. Earlier, Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik had announced his party’s support to Singh for the Rajya Sabha deputy […]

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
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BJD MP raises concern over cash for vote remark of LoP

Bhubaneswar: A day after Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra stated that money changed hands during the recently concluded Bijepur bypoll to lure voters, BJD’s Sambalpur MP Nagendra Pradhan today said that democracy is in danger if the former’s remarks are true. “If Mishra’s statement that Rs 5,000 was offered to each voter during the bypoll […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Bijepur bypoll echoes in Puri as Narasingha Mishra takes up cash for votes issue

Puri: Raising the issue of cash-for-votes,  Congress leader and Leader of OpppostionNarasingha Mishra on Sunday said crores of rupees have been spent while each voter has been offered Rs 5,000 in Bijepur byelection. “We have got Rs 5000 per vote. How much you will offer? A voter asked me during campaigning in Bijepur. If one […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Polsara MLA charged with filing false poll affidavit

Berhampur: BJD MLA Srikant Sahu from Polsara constituency landed in trouble after a petition was filed in the Orissa High Court alleging that he had furnished false information in his affidavit during 2014 elections. Petitioner Rohit Pradhan, a general voter of Polsara alleged that the legislator had provided false information related to his educational qualification […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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MP Jay Panda & BJD MLA Pramila Mallick engage in war of words

Bhubaneswar: Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda and BJD MLA Pramila Mallick today got into a war of words after the latter challenged the parliamentarian to prove his popularity by winning the election after quitting the party. “As he claimed to have organisational strength even after furnishing false information to the Election Commission of India during 2014 […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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BJP recalibrates its 'Mission 120' after Gujarat contest

Bhubaneswar: After Gujarat assembly election, the BJP seems to be reassessing its claims of winning 120 or more seats in Odisha since its calculations went awry in the ‘Modi’fied state. The saffron party which had set a target of 150 seats in Gujarat before the election, managed to grab only 99. The party said the […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Key Indian equity indices plunge on Congress showing in Gujarat

Mumbai: The key Indian equity indices on Monday plunged 561.42 points as soon as it opened as counting trends in the Gujarat Assembly elections showed the Congress giving a tough fight to the ruling BJP. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) traded at 561.42 points or 1.68 per cent lower soon after opening. The wider 50-scrip […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Utkal University VC stages hunger strike for peace on campus

Bhubaneswar: Protesting students’ unrest and repeated violence on campus, vice chancellor of Utkal University Soumendra Mohan Patnaik along with his other colleagues today staged a sit-in in front of his office. The strike, which he called ‘Introspective Silent Fasting’ began in the morning today and will continue till 8pm. Patnaik appealed to the students to […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
OCA elections likely to be held by November

Cuttack: Elections to the post of various office bearers of Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) are most likely to be completed by the end of November as per Lodha Committee recommendations. It was decided in the meeting of OCA council here today after all the officials unanimously agreed to abide by the reforms made by the […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Utkal University to hold Students’ Union election as per schedule

Bhubaneswar: After speculations were rife over cancellation of Students’ Union election at Utkal University this year, Union Advisor Prof Jayanta Parida cleared the air and said that varsity will conduct elections as per the Lyngdoh Committee guidelines and advertisement of the State Government. The decision was finalized in a PG Council review meeting chaired by […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Campus elections: Ravenshaw to constitute Presidium

Cuttack: While the students continue to protest the new model of campus elections, the Ravenshaw university authorities have decided to set up a Presidium, or a students’ council as part of their strategy to hold indirect elections to elect student representatives. The move aims to do away with the earlier norm of direct election of […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Pratap Deb to file nomination for Rajya Sabha poll today

Bhubaneswar: BJD spokesperson and former minister Pratap Deb will file nomination for the election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha today.  Scrutiny will be held tomorrow and candidates can withdraw on May 18. The poll is slated for May 25. The election was necessitated following the resignation of Bishnu Charan Das on March […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Cong-BJD alliance in making for 2019 elections: Sameer Mohanty

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Monday trained its gun on Congress and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) accusing both parties in Odisha to have entered into a ‘secret alliance’ in the run up to the 2019 elections. Addressing a press conference at Bhubaneswar, vice-president of Odisha unit Sameer Mohanty alleged that both the parties […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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