Politics

Bhubaneswar: Congress on Sunday announced its candidate for Nilgiri Assembly seat and changed party nominees for five other Assembly constituencies for the upcoming elections in Odisha. The party has nominated...

Bhubaneswar: With BJP heavyweights already making whirlwind tours of Odisha, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are slated to visit the state to bolster the party’s...

Bhubaneswar: Congress has named Jay Narayan Patnaik as its candidate for Puri Lok Sabha seat in Odisha after Sucharita Mohanty pulled out of the race on Saturday, citing lack of...

Bhubaneswar: Seven of the 37 candidates (19 per cent) in fray for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Odisha have declared criminal cases pending against them. Six (16%)...

Bhubaneswar: Congress leader and former Odisha Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik, who is contesting the upcoming elections from Paralakhemundi Assembly seat, is taking a break from campaign after suffering a...

Bhubaneswar; A war of words erupted between Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over ruling party’s organisational secretary Pranab Prakash Das’ remark on Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan...

Koraput: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday launched a marathon campaign covering four districts in south Odisha to bolster the party’s prospects in the...

Bhubaneswar: Dubbing the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government in Odisha as ‘anti-farmer’, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday alleged that corruption to the tune of Rs one lakh crore has...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Simantini Jena resigned from the party on Thursday ahead of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha. Simantini, a former Odisha BJP...

Jeypore: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s close aide and senior leader V K Pandian on Wednesday held a roadshow in Jeypore Assembly constituency, stepping up Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD) effort...