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Bhubaneswar: The Nabarangpur Lok Sabha (LS) Constituency in 2019 will give the excitement of an IPL 20-20 match as the pitch is all set to witness a nail-biting finish. The 2014 was an eye-opener as Pradeep Majhi of Congress lost to BJD’s Balabhadra Majhi by around 2,000 votes, but other candidates, including BSP and independents, […]

Bhubaneswar: This is election time, the season of defections. Political loyalties become conveniently fickle at this time and expediency invariably gets precedence over principles. What else can explain former minister, Damodar Rout, a lifelong critic of BJP, entering the poll fray on the lotus symbol. This is going to be his last hurrah or sigh […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after joining the BJP, Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi today hit out at the ruling-BJD alleging that tribals were neglected in the last 19 years of Naveen Patnaik rule in Odisha. Majhi alleged that the State government formed the Special Tribal Council only to fool people. The very purpose of the council is […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major political development which may have wide repercussions particularly in Nabarangpur electoral politics in 2019, sitting BJD MP Balabhadra Majhi resigned from the primary membership of BJD on Thursday. Visibly anguished Majhi unhesitatingly not only termed BJD ‘undemocratic’ but felt ‘cheated’ as party sidelined him. In a four page letter to Party […]

Nabarangpur: Lok Sabha MP Balabhadra Majhi today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi apprising him about four different irrigation projects in Rayagada, Koraput and Nabarangpur districts, whose Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) are yet to be submitted since 2008 leading to delay in the much awaited projects. In the letter, Majhi stated that despite the fact […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Showcasing the traditional art and culture of Odisha, the Prabasi Odia Utsav-2017 was organised at New Delhi on Sunday. Union Culture and Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma graced the event as Chief Guest. Importance was laid on organising people from various strata of society and chalk out programmes for them in health, education and […]

Bhubaneswar: Almost three months after it came to fore that a huge amount of money was sent to the bank account of ex- MP Pradeep Majhi’s father Bhagwan Majhi, also a former parliamentarian, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday lodged a formal complaint before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleging the involvement […]