Tag: Panchayat Elections

Bhubaneswar: The rift within the Congress party in Odisha is growing day by day with two opposing camp emerging under the patronage of Opposition leader Narasingh Mishra and Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Prasad Harichandan. In fact, the conflict has become more noticeable with both the camps coming up with two separate blueprints for […]

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) has decided to reschedule the annual High School Certificate (HSC) examinations as the State Election Commission (SEC) has planned to conduct Panchayat elections in February next year. “The SEC had asked the Board to inform about the probable schedule for the annual HSC examinations. Usually the HSC examinations […]

Bhubaneswar:  The state BJP today began its preparation for the ensuing panchayat polls in Odisha scheduled in February next year. The core team of the saffron party prepared a blueprint at a meeting at its headquarters office in the capital city here this afternoon and reviewed the party’s organisational activities in the presence of party’s […]

Malkangiri: After a prolonged lull, the Maoists, in a desperate bid to reassert their supremacy in the cut-off areas of Chitrakonda block of Malkangiri district, have urged the people of six panchayats to boycott the ensuing panchayat elections and strengthen the militia by joining their outfit. The left wing extremists had organised a large meeting […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Congress on Sunday decided to field candidates in all 854 zilla parishad zones across the State in the forthcoming panchayat elections, but may go for alliance where needed. At ‘Sankalp Samabesh’ meeting, attended by party’s Odisha in-charge BK Hariprasahad, PCC president Prasad Harichandan and other senior leaders, it was decided that Congress […]

Bhubaneswar: The state government has approved a proposal to add 500 new panchayats ahead of the upcoming panchayat polls in 2017. The decison has been taken based on the recommendations received from the district level and the State Election Commission (SEC) will be informed about the same in a month’s time, informed Panchayatiraj secretary Deoranjan […]

Jammu/Srinagar: Polling began on Saturday for the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir panchayat elections under tight security arrangements. Voting started at 8 a.m. and will end on 2 p.m. Very few voters were seen outside polling stations in the valley while voters started coming out in good numbers in the Jammu region. Fifteen […]

New Delhi: The Congress leadership on Tuesday refused to accept the resignation of party General Secretary B.K. Hariprasad, who offered to quit the post owning moral responsibility for the partys dismal performance in the recent Odisha Panchayat elections. Hariprasad, who was in-charge of the party’s affairs in Odisha, submitted his resignation to Congress Vice President Rahul […]

Bhubaneswar: Barring stray incidents, the second phase of the three-tier panchayat polls concluded peacefully across Odisha on Wednesday with 73 per cent voter turnout. The first phase poll held on February 13, recorded 71 per cent turnout. “The state witnessed 73 per cent turnout in the second phase panchayat polls. While Dhenkanal district recorded the […]

Bhubaneswar: The process of filing nomination papers for the ensuing panchayat elections in Odisha began on Wednesday while the major political parties were in the process of finalising their candidates. “Nomination filing has started on Wednesday. The process will continue till January 17,” said Rabindra Nath Sahu, secretary, State Election Commission. He said scrutiny of […]

Kolkata: Around 1,500 security personnel from four neighbouring states like Assam, Odisha, Sikkim and Andhra Pradesh will be arriving to West Bengal for the panchayat elections scheduled on Monday, a senior official said on Friday. While ten companies (each company comprising of 80 personnel) of forces will be arriving from Andhra Pradesh while the North-Eastern […]

Berhampur: Seven persons were arrested today for their alleged involvement in the murder of a sarpanch candidate in Ganjam district on the eve of panchayat elections recently. Two prime accused – Mantu Khandala and Satyaban Prusty – sarapanch and samiti member candidates respectively and their five supporters were arrested in connection with the murder of […]

Bhubaneswar: Nearly 73 per cent of electorates today cast their votes during re-polling in 32 Wards spread over ten districts in Odisha, officials said. Re-polling was held in the districts of Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh, Puri, Rayagada and Sambalpur where polling was disrupted during the last phase of polling yesterday, State Election […]

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of being asked by the State Election Commission (SEC), Odisha to curb any poll-related violence across state, Director General of Police (DGP) K B Singh today said all possible steps are being taken to prevent any untoward incident. Affirming that his office has received a letter from the SEC Rabinarayan Senapati, […]

Kendrapara: The district administration of Kerndrapara has placed under suspension a booth level officer (BLO) for skipping poll duty in Aul block. The errant official Madhab Chandra Dalei skipped poll duty in Balakati polling booth under Aul block, officials said. “The official was found guilty of skipping poll duty assigned to him. So he was […]