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Bhubaneswar: It is now more than two years that the elections to various urban local bodies (ULBs) in Odisha are still pending. After some legal confusion and subsequent Covid-19 lockdown, the fate of the civic polls still hangs in balance owing to the inordinate delay. However, Law Minister Pratap Jena on Thursday said that the […]

Bhubaneswar: The women wing of Odisha BJP on Saturday lashed out at the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over rising crimes against women and girls ahead of the women convention of the regional party. Coming down heavily on the BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, BJP Mahila Morcha president Smruti Patnaik posed five questions […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the State Cabinet approved creation of a separate Mission Shakti Department, Opposition BJP and Congress have lashed out at the ruling BJD while accusing it of playing women card ahead of the urban and panchayat elections. The Opposition parties have rubbished government’s claim that ‘Mission Shakti department would help strengthening the […]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Yuva Bahini (BYV) is no longer functioning in the State and no budgetary allocation has been made for it in 2021-22 fiscal, informed Minister Tusharkanti Behera in Odisha Assembly on Friday. The Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, and Sports & Youth Services today clarified that presently no welfare activities are being undertaken […]

Bhubaneswar: With the Election Commission of India announcing the poll dates for the bye-elections to the Pipili assembly constituency, Odisha is all set to witness another spectacular political battle soon. As per the ECI notification, the bye-election to the assembly constituency in Odisha will be held on April 17, and the counting will be taken […]

Puri: Amid simmering poll heat ahead of the scheduled by-election to the Pipili Assembly constituency in Puri on April 17, the appliqué town witnessed violence on Friday after a Biju…

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today demanded arrest of BJP leader Sarada Pradhan for allegedly attacking a man in his house and vandalising house furniture at Nayapalli in the Capital City. A group of BJD leaders and supporters today met Police Commissioner Soumendra Priyadarshi and submitted a memorandum regarding the incident. The ruling party […]

New Delhi: The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 (GNCTD) was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday even as pandemonium prevailed. Members of the Trinamool Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress, among many other leaders of the opposition, raised slogans against the legislation. Earlier in the day, […]

Bhubaneswar: After the announcement of the name of Rudra Pratap Maharathy as BJD’s candidate for the upcoming Pipili bypoll, speculations are doing rounds that his mother Prativa, wife of late MLA Pradeep Maharathy was unhappy over the party’s decision. A group of senior leaders from the ruling party had visited Prativa and met her at […]

Puri: Two groups of BJD supporters reportedly clashed with each other over sloganeering during a rally in Puri on Saturday. The quarrel reportedly took place in the presence of BJD’s Puri MP Pinaki Mishra, Minister Sameer Ranjan Dash and senior BJD leader and former Puri MLA Maheswar Mohanty. According to reports, hundreds of party supporters […]

Bhubaneswar: Setting aside all speculations, Prativa Maharathy, wife of late BJD leader Pradeep Maharathy has cleared the air by rubbishing media reports regarding her displeasure over son Rudra Pratap’s candidature for Pipili by-election. “I am indebted to the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for giving priority to our family by nominating my son as the party […]

Bhubaneswar: Reiterating his commitment for the people of Pipili, BJD candidate and son of late party leader Pradeep Maharathy, Rudra Pratap on Sunday said that he would toil hard to complete the unfinished works of his late father. Soon after receiving the party ticket from chief minister Naveen Patnaik at his residence, Rudra said “I […]

Nayagarh: BJP leader Irani Ray on Monday alleged that she was attacked by some of the BJD workers while she had visited a temple at Bhata Sahi to attend a religious programme there on Sunday evening. Her car driver and one of her associates were also attacked by the BJD members, she alleged. Ray said […]

Puri: On the penultimate day of filing nominations for the Pipili by-election, both Biju Janata Dal and Congress candidates on Tuesday filed their respective papers at the Sub-Collector’s office in Puri. BJD’s Rudra Pratap Maharathy and Congress candidate Ajit Mangaraj left Pipili for Puri in separate road shows and filed their papers with the Sub-Collector. […]

Puri: The State unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday met the Odisha Chief Election Commissioner complaining about alleged promotion of the BJD candidate in Pipili by-election by a doctor posted at Pipili. As per reports, the doctor in question, Abinash Rath who has been employed at the Pipili Community Health Center (CHC) allegedly […]