Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha .It is the biggest city and the main power corridor of Odisha. The city is famous for its ancient rich heritage especially its historic monumental temples. It is popularly known as the temple city. Because many temples built from sandstone are dotted around Bindu Sagar Lake in the old city, including the 11th-century Hindu Lingaraja Temple.
As per reports, a vehicle was seized along with the licence of the driver in connection with a drunken driving case. Sub-inspector of Saheednagar Police Station Priyabrat Pradhan had demanded Rs 5,000 as a bribe to release the vehicle and the license.
The BJP’s CEC is expected to give its stamp of approval to the names of candidates of some Lok Sabha seats in Odisha any time soon amid reports that a list of candidates for 100 Assembly seats and 16 LS seats has been prepared.
Not only the leaders but also the rank and file of the party are brimming with the confidence that they will form the government in Odisha.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Dilip Mallick trained his gun at the Congress over its statement on electoral bonds.
During a merger ceremony at the Sankha Bawan, Puri district unit president Dibakar Patra said that former MLA Sanjay Dasburma will surely come out victorious in the Satyabadi Assembly segment and incumbent Satyabadi MLA Umakant Samantaray will win in Brahmagiri.
The police have recovered brown sugar worth an approximate market value of Rs 26 lakh from their possession.
It was a homecoming for Nayak as she distanced herself from the party after the 2009 elections when she contested from the Bhubaneswar Parliamentary seat on a BJP ticket and subsequently crossed over to the BJD.
The Aditya Birla Group topped the list of donors with a Rs 260 crore donation to the ruling party in Odisha through its associate companies.
On being informed, three fire tenders reached the spot and launched an operation to control the flame.
BJP State President Manmohan Samal on Friday said that the party will contest alone in both the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
Following speculations that Patasani may be named as BJD candidate from Chilika, Raghu Sahu with his hundreds of supporters arrived at Sankha Bhawan in Bhubaneswar on Friday claiming his candidature.
He had suffered a cardiac arrest on March 18 and was undergoing treatment in Bhubaneswar.
It is said that the BJD is gripped by infighting in Aska, Khallikote, Digapahandi, Chhatrapur, and Kabisuryanagar Assembly segments. In Gopalpur, present BJP leader Pradeep Panigrahi has posed a challenge to the ruling party.
The saffron party has finalised candidates for nearly 100 Assembly seats and 16 Lok Sabha seats. However, the saffron party is weighing political equations for the Lok Sabha seats of Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Kendrapara, sources said.
The jail authorities have issued directions for strengthening security measures inside jails in view of the upcoming elections in the state.
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