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A video, purportedly showing the presence of the teachers has surfaced, which triggered resentment among BJP leaders following which a team met Padampur's Additional Collector and Returning officer alleging violations of the Model Code of Conduct.

After the debacle in Dhamnagar, BJD has exuded confidence in senior party leaders and western Odisha leaders. For the first time, BJD has included former MLA Pradeep Majhi in its star campaigner list.

While the first seven days didn’t see any candidate turning up at the Padampur Sub-Collector’s office to file nomination papers, the last day witnessed as many as 13 candidates making a beeline to file their nomination papers. 

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the responsibility of floating the bids for the implementation of PMFBY, allocating the cluster of districts to the Insurance Companies (ICs) and agreement of premium rates vests with the State Government

Barsha is the elder daughter of its sitting MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha, who passed away on October 3, necessitating the bypoll. Interestingly, Barsha is also the daughter-in-law of BJP leader Ramaranjan Baliarsingh.

The BJD is at crossroads over selecting the candidate for the Padmapur bypoll. While Tilotama, and Madhavi are in the race to get the ticket, the entry of Barsha and Kadambini has left the party in a confused state.  

The voting in Padampur is scheduled on December 5 while vote counting will be held on December 8, 2022. 

The voting will be held on December 5 and counting will be conducted on December 8.

BJP has decided to leave no stone unturned to win the bypoll on a spree

While 22 persons have applied to play the role of ‘Mahamantri’, four persons are keen to enact ‘Sartaki’ in the play. Similarly 10 persons have applied for Chanura Mustika, 17 for Akrura, 17 for Basudev, 14 for Narada, seven for Ugrasen, and eight persons for Debaki role.

Bargarh SP Smith Parmar, who along with an executive magistrate visited the crime spot on Monday, informed that a murder case has been registered and a detailed investigation has been launched to crack the case. 

It is suspected that the death occurred two to three days ago as the neighbours picked a foul smell coming from their locked house before informing the police.

Petrol and diesel prices vary depending upon several factors such as the local taxes, VAT, freight charges, etc. The prices of petroleum products change as per market rates.

Petrol and diesel prices vary depending upon several factors such as the local taxes, VAT, freight charges, etc. The prices of petroleum products change as per market rates.

Petrol, and diesel are being sold at Rs 103.04 and Rs 94.61 respectively in the capital city of Bhubaneswar