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People have rejected BJP leaders in state panchayat polls: BJD
Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD today claimed that the Odisha state BJP president and two of its union ministers have been rejected by the people of their respective districts in the three-tier…
BJP seeks Centre’s intervention over Odisha panchayat poll violence
Bhubaneswar: The BJP's Odisha unit on Friday sought Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's intervention over the alleged involvement of government officials in violence during panchayat polls…
Voters in Kendrapara district say no to ‘family politics’
Kendrapara: The people of this coastal district have rejected the 'family politics' by defeating most of the candidates hailing from political families. The poll results for lower-rung of…
SEC gears up for official announcement of Panchayat poll results tomorrow
Bhubaneswar: With the official announcement of the Panchayat Polls result scheduled to be made tomorrow by the State Election Commission (SEC), all arrangements have been made in all Block…
BJD slams PM’s disparaging remarks on Odisha
Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD today came down heavily on the remarks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Odisha stands as the leading state in the country in terms of poverty and starvation.…
BJD, BJP accuse each other of nexus with Cong in rural polls
Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha and opposition BJP accused each other of having an unholy nexus with the Congress in the state Panchayat elections. The first phase of results for…
Uproar in Odisha Assembly on panchayat poll violence
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly today witnessed uproar when opposition Congress and BJP demanded a discussion on the violence during the three-tire panchayat elections which ended on…
2nd ever differently-abled person wins Odisha rural polls
Kendrapara: Braving all odds, wheelchair-bound Minati Barik has emerged victorious in the Panchayat elections, becoming the second differently-abled person ever to win the Odisha rural…
Odisha Panchayat elections: Re-polling held in 32 Wards
Bhubaneswar: Nearly 73 per cent of electorates today cast their votes during re-polling in 32 Wards spread over ten districts in Odisha, officials said. Re-polling was held in the…
Panchayat Polls: BJP to form 8 ZPs, Cong has to content with one
Bhubaneswar: On the basis of the results of the three-tier Panchayat polls, BJP is all set to form eight Zilla Parishads (ZPs) in Odisha while Congress has to remain content with only one…