Tag: BJP

Keonjhar/Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the third phase polls in Odisha, political leaders of BJP, BJD, Congress and their supporters were attacked on Sunday in separate incidents. OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik and his supporters were allegedly attacked by some miscreants at Bhandaripada Chhak under Ramchandrapur Police limits in Ghasipura constituency of Keonjhar. Patnaik and more than 10 […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam’s appeal for quashing a defamation case filed against him by Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani in 2013. The court issued a notice to Irani in this regard. Nirupam has sought for the setting aside of the summons issued against […]

Bhubaneswar: Nine Lok Sabha and 63 Assembly constituencies saw a ‘peaceful’ battle of ballots in the first two phases. However, in the small period between Round 2 and Round 3, Odisha witnessed deadly attacks on polling officials and leaders and workers of the political parties with bloodshed in many vital constituencies going to the polls […]

Ahmedabad: What is common to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, BJP President Amit Shah, BJP patriarch L.K. Advani, Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel? All of them are voters in the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, most areas of which are in Ahmedabad city. The Prime Minister reached Gandhinagar on Monday evening where […]

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced the names of two more candidates from the national capital, fielding cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir from the East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency and re-nominating sitting MP Meenakshi Lekhi from the New Delhi seat. Lekhi will lock horns with Congress’ Ajay Maken and Brajesh Goel of the […]

Bhopal:Refusing to accept her explanation regarding controversial comments about the Babri Masjid demolition, the Election Commission (EC) on Monday ordered registering an FIR against BJP candidate from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur for violating the model code of conduct. The EC on Sunday issued a show cause notice to Thakur for her remarks made in […]

New Delhi: Bollywood actor Sunny Deol, son of veteran actor and former BJP MP Dharmendra, on Tuesday joined the BJP, showering praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The third from the family to join politics and the BJP, after Dharmendra and his wife Hema Malini, Deol is best known his roles in action and patriotic […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Ironical as it may seem neither chit fund nor the mining scam has emerged as a major issue in these elections in Odisha where the last phase voting will take place on April 29. Only BJP leaders have been talking about these scams but people in general seem indifferent to them. […]

Kendrapara/Balasore: On a day when Odisha is voting in six Lok Sabha and 42 Assembly Constituencies, PM Narendra Modi seemed all brimming with confidence as addressing a Vijay Sankalp Samavesh in Kendrapara, he virtually foretold that the exit of Naveen Patnaik government is pre destined. He reiterated the same theme in Balasore also. ” I […]

Puri: Krushna Jagdev, a senior BJP leader of Satyabadi Assembly constituency in Puri has alleged that some miscreants attacked and vandalized his car today. Jagdev has raised allegations that some people believed to be supporters of BJD attacked him and broke his car’s window glasses while he was going to look into a protest incident […]

Jajpur: Coming down hard on the Centre, BJD supremo and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today asserted that BJP will definitely lose the 2019 general elections. While addressing poll meetings in Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur which will go to polls in the fourth phase,  Patnaik questioned why despite having double engine government in MP, Chhattisgarh, […]

Chandigarh: Having failed to find a suitable candidate from its existing leadership and cadres in Punjab, the BJP on Tuesday announced the name of Bollywood actor Sunny Deol, son of veteran actor Dharmendra, as the party candidate for the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat. Deol, 62, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi in […]

Puri: Two persons were arrested by the police in Gadishagoda today in connection with vandalisation of EVM and VVPAT machine at Birakishorepur in Satyabadi on Tuesday. The arrested persons, Manoj Samantray and Akhaya Biswal have been forwarded to court. Informing media about the arrest, Puri SP, Umashankar Das, said, “Yesterday when voting was underway, poll […]

Best known for his roles in the movies “Gadar: Ek Prem Katha” and “Border”, Bollywood actor Sunny Deol put an end to all speculations over his recent meeting with BJP president Amit Shah and joined the national party on Tuesday, showering praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sunny is third member from his family to […]

Bhubaneswar: As Odisha is inching closer to the final and most crucial phase of the polls, BJD has decided to go all out to leave no stone unturned in putting a brake to the rising popularity of BJP national vice president & Kendrapara MP candidate Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda. Seems, the love Kendrapara people are showering […]