Tag: Politics

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Do lapses in Odisha IAS officer’s service record prove his political leanings?

Bhubaneswar: Under fire for meddling in politics, Odisha CM’s private secretary V Karthikeyan Pandian’s service record discipline as a civil servant has come under scanner. While service rules make it mandatory for an IAS to undergo two-week training after 10-16 years of service, the 2000-batch IAS officer seems to have never attended any training session. […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Odisha bureaucrat’s dabble in politics whips up storm

Bhubaneswar: As interference of bureaucrats in the party affairs of the ruling-BJD is coming more and more under scanner amid allegations from politicians cutting across party lines, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s private secretary V Karthikeyan Pandian finds himself in the eye of the storm. After former MLA Ramaranjan Baliarsingh and BJD’s Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda, […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Gujarat verdict: Ruling-BJD, Congress in Odisha downplay BJP threat

Bhubaneswar: The outcome of the polls in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh that went in favour of BJP has now led to speculations whether the parties in Odisha will be able to stop the victory juggernaut of the saffron party. The emphatic win especially in Gujarat, considered to be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pride has certainly […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Suspect involvement of SOG jawans in Koraput gang rape: BJD’s Bishnu Das

Bhubaneswar: At a time when opposition parties have upped the ante against the State government over its failure to nab the Koraput gang rape accused, BJD on Friday found itself in an awkward situation after its Dalit Cell president Bishnu Das said he suspects involvement of SOG jawans in the incident. Addressing a press conference, […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Koraput gang rape: SCW registers case

Bhubaneswar: Taking stern note of the gang rape of a minor girl allegedly by ‘men in uniform, Odisha State Commission for Women (SCW) on Friday registered a case and its team will be shortly visiting the survivor, who is now battling for life at Sahid Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital in Koraput. It’s now […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Is 70 the new voluntary retirement age in politics in Odisha?

Bhubaneswar: A day after senior Congress leader Narasingha Mishra announced that he will not contest 2019 elections citing that it is not justified after the age of 70; former Chief Minister Hemanand Biswal too echoed similar views on Friday. Throwing weight behind Mishra’s proposal, Biswal, who will be 80 years old in 2019, too announced […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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BJD-BJP tussle over farmers plight

Bhubaneswar:  Once again BJD and BJP are at logger heads and this time the former alliance partners are vying against each other on the agriculture and farmers plight in the state. Though Odisha Government on Tuesday patted its back over the performance of agriculture department, BJP launched a scathing attack by launching protests at 53 […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Block chairman election: BJD candidates win in 218 blocks; BJP in 70

Bhubaneswar: The pre-Holi celebration has been reported at the camp of three major political parties as the election to block chairman posts concluded today following panchayat elections. Victorious Panchayat Samiti members in Panchayat polls casted their votes to elect chairmen of as many as 307 blocks, out of which BJD captured maximum 218 posts followed […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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‘Govt schemes are for vote, not for growth’

Bhubaneswar: Various welfare schemes implemented by Government is to garner votes and not for the development of society. If schemes are planned for vote, the democracy would be collapsed, said the eminent politicians of Odisha today. Speaking on the topic, “Welfare Schemes: Meant for Vote Bank or Development?”, at 7th OTV annual convention-Foresight-2017-, Utkal Bharat […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Politics intensifies over 'body on shoulders'

Bhawanipatna: With the incident of a man carrying his wife’s body on his shoulders for 10 kms on Wednesday having created national and international outrage, the political parties in the state are leaving no opportunity to squeeze some political millage out of the unfortunate incident. While a six-member Congress fact finding team visited the village […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Govt doing petty politics on Mahanadi: Congress

Bhubaneswar: The Congress today alleged that the Odisha government is doing petty politics on the Mahanadi issue. Briefing media persons here today, leader of the Opposition Narasingh Mishra said all political parties in Odisha, except the ruling BJD, are strongly opposed to the construction of projects in the upper reaches of Mahanadi by the Chhattisgarh […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Actress-turned-politician Poonam Dhillon doesn't want to be a 'decorative piece'

New Delhi: Veteran actress Poonam Dhillon joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2004, but it is only now that she has taken on an active role as its Mumbai Vice President. Poonam, who took charge just before Diwali, says she wants to be a “hardcore worker” rather than a “decorative piece” like most actors […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Ex-Cricketer Arjuna Ranatunga arrested over fatal shooting in Sri Lanka

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Petroleum Minister and cricket legend Arjuna Ranatunga was arrested on Monday for the first violent incident that killed one person during the on going political crisis in the country, police said. The political crisis in Sri Lanka took an ugly turn on Sunday when bodyguards of 54-year-old Ranatunga, a loyalist of Prime […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Yogendra Yadav detained, 'manhandled' by police in Tamil Nadu

Chennai: Swaraj Abhiyan chief Yogendra Yadav and four of his associates were detained and allegedly manhandled by police on Saturday in Tiruvannamalai district when they were on their way to meet protesting farmers against the proposed eight-lane expressway between Chennai and Salem. In a series of tweets, the psephologist-turned-politician claimed besides being prevented from going […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Congress' decision to censor 'Vande Mataram' led to partition: Amit Shah

Kolkata: BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday said the country’s partition could have been avoided had Congress not made the mistake of “censoring” national song “Vande Mataram” as part of its appeasement policy. “Had the Congress not made the mistake of censoring the national song Vande Mataram to just stanzas instead of the whole song, […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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