Tag: Congress

Bhubaneswar: Dynastic politics sucks but it still rocks. And this election is turning out to be about sons, daughters and wives. The three major parties - BJD, BJP and Congress ...

Bhubaneswar: Congress leader Premananda Behera quit the party on Saturday ahead of 2019 general elections. Expressing dissatisfaction over ticket distribution, the former Satyabadi Panchayat Samiti Chairman sent his resignation to ...

New Delhi: In a surprise development, the Congress on Friday fielded senior journalist Supriya Shrinate from the Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. She replaced jailed politician Amarmani Tripathi’s ...

Bhubaneswar: The Central Election Committee (CEC) of the All India Congress Committee on Friday announced the name of candidates for seven Lok Sabha and 20 Assembly seats in Odisha. Mentioned ...

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ranjib Biswal has been appointed as the national spokesperson of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). Party president Rahul Gandhi made the appointment in New ...

Kandhamal: A day after filing his nomination as an Independent candidate, G Udaipur MLA Jacob Pradhan quit the Congress on Wednesday. He had earlier been denied the Congress party ticket to ...

Bhubaneswar: Three former Congress MLAs of Kalahandi district resigned from the primary membership of the party on Wednesday. Former Junagarh MLA (2009-2014) Gobardhan Dash, former Narla MLA (1985-1990) Kumar Mani ...

Puri: Puri Collector and Returning Officer Jyoti Prakash Das has served notice on Sambit Patra, the BJP candidate for Puri Lok Sabha seat, for violation of the model code of ...

With the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha less than three weeks away, the number of defections by political leaders is going up steadily, there's one almost every day. ...

Bhubaneswar: Denied ticket for the upcoming polls, two Congress leaders parted ways with the grand old party on Tuesday. They are former Rajgangpur MLA Gregory Minz and sitting G Udayagiri MLA, ...