Tag: Elections 2019

New Delhi: While the first phase polling for the 17th Lok Sabha went peacefully “barring few stray incidents”, the Election Commission on Thursday said that they have received 15 cases of damage to electronic voting machines (EVMs). Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain said that out of the 15 incidents reported during the first phase that […]

Port Blair: Around 73 per cent of over three lakh voters in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands exercised their franchise in the Lok Sabha election on Thursday, officials said. Fifteen candidates including Kuldeep Rai Sharma of the Indian National Congress and BJP’s Vishal Jolly are in the fray for the lone Lok […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday moved the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) here alleging that the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik violated the model code of conduct by organising poll meetings across the State. Speaking to the media after meeting the CEO, State BJP vice president Samir […]

Phulbani: The ‘Soochana Adhikar Abhiyan’, an RTI outfit in the district has launched a protest campaign alleging involvement of State government and ruling-BJD’s Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency candidate Achyuta Samanta in corruption and irregularities. RTI activists led by state convenor of the outfit Pradip Pradhan have been campaigning against the party and its candidate by […]

Sambalpur: As the race to win the poll battle is heating up, in an odd incident, leaders of BJP and BJD inadvertently ended up at the same meeting ground in Kuchinda area of Sambalpur distirct. According to sources, on Thursday, a public meeting of the BJP was organised at Manapali area in Kuchinda constituency of […]

Malkangiri: In a bid to derail elections in the cut-off areas of Naxal-infested Malkangiri, as many as four motorboats were allegedly detained by Maoists to snap off connectivity in the region. The boats were released today along with the employees after being detained for a period of 2 days. According to sources, the four motorboats, […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Chief minister, Naveen Patnaik collected a lot of brownie points by allotting 33 percent of Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD) Lok Sabha tickets to women. Though he failed to accommodate women in the same ratio on the assembly seats the move is still being hailed as a game changer. The ground reality, […]

Bhubaneswar: State BJP vice president Samir Mohanty today slammed BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik and his leaders for the incidents of violence reported from several constituencies during the first phase polls yesterday. Mohanty claimed that the BJD, apprehensive of losing out in the 2019 elections, is resorting to violence in an attempt to suppress the Modi […]

Bolangir/Mayurbhanj: Poll campaigning on any given season draws attention of the voters and when women members of Royal families hit the campaign trail on ground in this sizzling weather, the air of gloom lifts momentarily and entire limelight shifts towards them. Seven women from Bolangir and Mayurbhanj constituencies were in the line up urging voters […]

Amaravati: A little over 79 per cent voters cast their votes in the simultaneous elections to 175-member Andhra Pradesh Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats on Thursday, poll officials said on Friday. Officials said 79.05 per cent turnout was recorded but this may go up further as final polling figure was yet to be received […]

Berhampur: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday accused that the workers of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of threatening the supporters of the saffron party in Hinjili, the Assembly constituency of Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik. State BJP spokesperson and party’s Hinjili candidate, Pitambar Acharya sat on dharna at Sergada […]

New Delhi: A day after the Election Commission directed that all recorded programmes displayed on NaMo TV be pre-certified, the Delhi poll body has directed the BJP not to air any content on the platform without its certification, officials said. The poll body had on Thursday said since NaMo TV was sponsored by the BJP, […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday hit out at Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik stating that the CM is fighting an issue-less election as the BJD has no other agenda except citing Central-negligence. Speaking to the media, Pradhan said, “Even after 19 years of rule, Naveen babu and the BJD have […]

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: A couple of days after senior leader Dilip Ray expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for expediting the work for a super speciality hospital and second bridge over Brahmani River in Rourkela, Union Minister Jual Oram today urged Ray to return to BJP. Dillip Ray’s proposals have been accepted by PM Modi […]

The ongoing simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha and Assembly in Odisha will certainly go down in history as an election of several firsts; some welcome, others not so welcome. Perhaps fittingly enough, the credit for the first of the many firsts goes to the man around whom politics in the state has revolved over the […]