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Today was the last date for online application through the online portal: pragaman.in for ticket aspirants.  After the application process is over, screening and scrutiny of the applications will be conducted on February 12 and 13. 

The BJP legislator observed that idols of Lord Jagannath were made from thermocol and tied in vehicles while Arpan Raths were being moved in villages. “All such things are against the Jagannath culture. Gajapti Maharaj has already made it clear that deploying the Arpan Raths in villages to collect rice was not the decision of the Srimandir Management Committee,” he said.

BJD leader Debi Prasad Mishra said that political statements should be confined to election issues. “Our priority is the development of the state. Sensitive issues should not be sensationalised. It will damage the reputation of the state. That should not be done. The Chief Minister has appealed to the opposition parties to carry forward the development works,” he added.   

In a written reply to a query by BJP member Mukesh Mahaling, Odisha Skill Development and Technical Education Minister Pritiranjan Gharai said a total of 98,348 posts are lying vacant in 41 departments as of January 2024.

Party MPs raised slogans lauding his leadership as senior leaders, including BJP president J P Nadda, felicitated Modi at the first meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Party in Parliament's Winter Session.

Pollsters also indicated that in Mizoram, Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) was locked in a close race with the Mizo National Front (MNF) with the Congress and the BJP lagging behind.

Sending a message to people on the importance of voting, the film personalities queued up at polling stations in upscale Jubilee Hills and Banjara Hills to exercise their franchise.

According to Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj, 20.64 per cent of voters cast their votes in the first four hours.

Despite repeated disruptions of the proceedings in the Odisha Assembly for the last three days over the recent Cabinet nod to the tribal land transfer and subsequent withholding of the decision, the state government's refusal to withdraw the decision has baffled the Opposition parties and many others. 

For the second day, the House could not function properly before being adjourned eventually amid the opposition’s persistent uproar pressuring the government to withdraw the decision.  

Attabira MLA and president of BJD’s women wing Snehagini Chhuria, Rairakhole MLA Rohit Pujari and Kabisuryanagar MLA Latika Pradhan are said to be in the forefront

The report has been prepared by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Madhya Pradesh Election Watch which analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 2,534 candidates, who are contesting in the Madhya Pradesh 2023 Assembly Elections.

“EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) were not functioning properly in a few polling stations initially causing some delay in balloting. The officials replaced the EVMs expeditiously and voting resumed,” an election official said.

Polling began at 7 am in 10 of the 20 assembly constituencies where elections are being held in the first phase. It will end at 3 pm.

Out of the Rs 20,100 crore towards programme expenditure, Rs 15,624 crore was allotted for implementation of State Sector Schemes (SSS), Rs 4,441 crore for Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) and Rs 35 crore for Central Sector Scheme, he said.