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Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Nisith Pramanik visits Kendrapara
BJP’s Mission Odisha: Union Ministers swing into action to strengthen party 

Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Nisith Pramanik on Sunday visited Kendrapara and paid obeisance to Sribaladev Jew on his second day of Odisha visit.

  • Sunday, 11 September 2022
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BJP’s Mission Odisha: 2 more Union Ministers visit state

With the general elections 2024 nearing, the BJP central leadership seems to have intensified its focus on Odisha. At least seven Union Ministers visited the state in a span of two days. The saffron party aims to come to power in the state in the 2024 Assembly election and the ministers are leaving no stones unturned.

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  • Saturday, 10 September 2022
Review Of Development Projects By Union Ministers Begins In 10 Aspirational Dists Of Odisha 
Review Of Development Projects By Union Ministers Begins In 10 Aspirational Dists Of Odisha 

The Ministers will submit their reports to the Central government by April 20.

  • Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Mission 2019: BJP puts top central leaders in charge of Odisha LS seats

Bhubaneswar: With 2019 elections in sight, the BJP has put five central leaders including union ministers in charge of the 21 Lok Sabha seats of Odisha. A blueprint regarding the saffron party’s strategy was chalked out at the state executive meeting held in Bhubaneswar today with the newly-elected Panchayat representatives. Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Jual […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Campaigning for first phase Panchayat poll in Odisha ends

Bhubaneswar: The high-pitched campaigning for the first phase of the three-tier panchayat elections in the state came to an end this evening with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his Chhattishgarh counterpart Raman Singh seeking votes for their respective party candidates. While Patnaik campaigned for BJD candidates in his home constituency of Hinjilicut in Ganjam district […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Parties take advantage of chink in poll expenditure norms

Bhubaneswar: Even though all the three major political parties are blaming each other for undertaking extravagant campaigning, one thing is clear that loopholes in the guidelines set by the State Election Commission (SEC) on poll expenditures are being blatantly exploited. Though the poll expenditure limits are applicable to the candidates, it is not applicable to […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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ED attaches properties of Ignis Technology Solutions

Bhubaneswar:  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today attached the properties of Ignis Technology Solutions Private Limited, a Bengaluru-based IT company having expertise in aerospace engineering, on the charge of defrauding Rs 30 crore from the United Bank of India (UBI) and registered a case against Nihar Samantara, an Odia entrepreneur and one of the directors of […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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BJD protest on June 29 ploy to shift focus from attack on Union ministers: BJP

Bhubaneswar: The BJD’s decision to hold a demonstration against alleged Central neglect in front of Raj Bhawan on June 29 is timed to divert attention away from the recent attack on the Union ministers by its workers in Bargarh, the BJP alleged today pointing out that it is staging a demonstration the same day to […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Union ministers kick off MSME support campaign in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a MSME support programme in Delhi on Friday, three Union Ministers kicked off the campaign in as many Odisha districts and asked entrepreneurs to take benefit of facilities including access to credit and market. While Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan attended a district level programme in Cuttack, Steel Minister […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
BJD ridicules Union Ministers for eating at poor people’s house

Bhubaneswar: The BJD on Monday ridiculed Union Ministers for eating food and sleeping at houses of poor families during their visit to the state to attend MODI Fest and Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas programmes and described them as publicity stunt. “Now Union Ministers coming down to Odisha are taking food at the poor man’s house […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
Highly qualified candidates in the fray for Panchayat polls

Kendrapara: Highly qualified candidates like IIT graduates, post graduates, law graduates and retired government servants are in the fray for the three-tier panchayat polls in Kendrapara district this time. Though in the past, highly educated people kept away from rural polls, this time they have expressed their desire to fight the polls for development of […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
PM Modi, Union ministers, opposition hail Chandrayaan 2 launch

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders across party lines on Monday hailed the launch of India’s second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 from the spaceport in Sriharikota. These leaders also congratulated the ISRO scientists and engineers for the “historic launch”, and said it was a proud moment […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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