Elections 2024

Bhubaneswar: Days after quitting BJP, Irani Ray, who unsuccessfully contested the Nayagarh assembly elections in 2019, joined the BJD along with her husband Lala Manoj Ray on Friday. They were inducted into the Conch party in the…
Read More...

New Delhi: Former Indian Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria (Retd) and former Member of Parliament from Tirupati, Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli, on Sunday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. …
Read More...

Berhampur: Police seized a huge quantity of foreign liquor worth over Rs 25 lakh at a check gate in Odisha’s Ganjam district while strictly enforcing the model code of conduct for the upcoming elections. The liquor was seized at the…
Read More...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha, senior leader and former Kendrapada MP joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bhubaneswar on Friday. Archana, who was BJD’s Member of Parliament from Kendrapada Lok…
Read More...

Cuttack: Senior BJD leader and Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab on Friday resigned from the regional party with the twin elections in Odisha barely 2 months away. Addressing a presser here, the 6-time MP said that he sent his resignation…
Read More...

Bhubaneswar: Amid suspense over alliance talks in Odisha, BJP state president Manmohan Samal on Friday reiterated that BJP will go solo and contest all 21 Lok Sabha and 147 Assembly seats under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister…
Read More...

Bhubaneswar: With the ECI warning against the spread of misinformation during the Lok Sabha elections, Odisha police have set up a special unit to keep an eagle eye on social media platforms. IGP (Crime Branch) Shefeen Ahamed is the nodal…
Read More...

New Delhi: Citing the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday asked the Central Government to stop sending WhatsApps messages about ‘Viksit Bharat’. The move came after opposition parties slammed…
Read More...

Bhubaneswar: A day after quitting Congress, sitting MLA from Khariar Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi joined the ruling BJD at Sankha Bhawan in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. Panigrahi joined the Conch party in the presence of several senior leaders,…
Read More...

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Wednesday again fuelled speculation over possible alliance of his party with BJD in Odisha by saying that no decision has been taken yet. “The BJP national president…
Read More...