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The manifesto will prominently feature PM Modi's vision aimed at making India a developed country by 2047.

Without taking BJD leader VK Pandian’s name, Odisha BJP Vice President, Biranchi Tripathy on Saturday took a swipe at the ruling BJD saying the party has been hijacked by an officer in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO).  

Polling booths that are vulnerable to booth capturing will be monitored by 900 Micro Observers.

The BJD alleged that the Chilika MLA got angry after a few youths asked some questions. In its complaint, the BJD also alleged that Prashant Jagdev threatened Police after the journalist lodged FIR against him.

An order issued on Thursday by the EC said: "All the 22 polling stations (21 in Jammu and 1 in Udhampur) shall be mapped to camps/zones ensuring that every zone has at least one special polling station.

Soon after the announcement of BJD leader Prasanna Acharya's name for Sambalpur Assembly seat, BJP leader and candidate for the same seat said the former's selection reflects BJD's hatred towards Sambalpur.

Dhamanagr Assembly constituency is going to witness a high octane fight with the BJP fielding Suryavansi Suraj and the BJD nominating Dr Sanjay Das.

BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the names of nine Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat on Thursday. While the ruling party has repeated candidates in five Assembly seats, sitting MLAs were dropped in four seats.

The Bharatiya Janata Party targets the Biju Janata Dal over VISION 5T page going blank.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ridiculed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s announcement to make Odisha a trillion-dollar economy.  

He also said that Ambedkar's photo is placed at every government office, but when it comes to working on his ideas, nothing is done

BJP will win all the 21 Lok Sabha seats and there will be a double-engine government in Odisha, Nayak said adding that the BJD was playing and the party was keen for a coalition with the BJP.

On Berhampur Assembly seat, BJP is yet to taste victory. The party was earlier in fourth position and now climbed to number 2 spot.

The NTA further urged students to be aware of false rumours, reaffirming that exercising their voting rights would not impact their eligibility to write their exams.

With just 8 days left for nomination filing for the first phase of elections in which 28 Assembly Constituencies will go to polls, the BJD, the BJP and the Congress have not yet announced candidates in four, nine and five seats respectively.