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Odisha chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik welcomes Congress veteran and former Leader of the Opposition in Odisha Assembly Bhupinder Singh into his party.

Odisha politics abuzz with poaching manoeuvres

The BJP, under the stewardship of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, appears to be well ahead of others in wooing...

22 Oct 2017 8:06 PM

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik

Leaders huddle up at Naveen Patnaik's house

A political resolution was adopted at the state executive meeting to corner the government over the series of issues.

4 Oct 2017 11:20 PM

BJP president Amit Shah will kick off the partys 79-day Karnataka Parivartan Yatra in Bengaluru on Thursday, with the aim of returning to power in the southern state. (Photo: PTI)

Odisha: BJP strives for Amit Shah's Mission 120 plus' target

Patnaik, it was learnt, has been taking regular updates from BJD cadre in Bijepur.

19 Nov 2017 8:49 PM

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik (Photo: PTI)

Odisha CM rules out alliance with Cong and BJP

Patnaik rubbished the speculations regarding chances of political alliance of the ruling BJD with the BJP or Congress.

18 Feb 2018 1:36 AM

It does not matter to which party I belong. My only aspiration is to serve the people of my state, Rajeshwari said. (Photo: ANI)

Former BJD MP Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh joins BJP

She was inducted into BJP in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

23 March 2019 12:04 PM

Kajal is also the president of Transgender Association of Jajpur and has been working for transgender rights as well as on local issues. (Photo: ANI)

Approached many parties but no one entertained me: BSP's transgender...

Kajal Nayak will contest from Korei assembly seat for upcoming assembly elections in Odisha.

17 March 2019 5:24 AM

A total of 361 candidates are in the fray, while over 18.4 lakh voters can exercise their voting rights. Out of the 3,000 polling booths, web casting will be done at 193 polling stations, while 312 micro observers have been deployed. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Odisha gears up for second phase of Lok Sabha, Assembly polls

Out of the total electorate of 76,93,123, there are 37,47,493 women voters. At least 605 electors belong to the third...

18 April 2019 1:50 AM

Jayasheela Poojaari Ulthuru of Kundapura came to the polling booth in an ambulance to cast his vote, tweeted National Joint General Secretary (Org), BJP, B L Santhosh. (Photo: @blsanthosh | Twitter)

LS polls, Phase 2: K'taka voter comes to polling booth in an ambulance

Votes were to be held in 97 seats, but Vellore and Triputa East were kept out due to corruption, security concerns.

18 April 2019 1:35 AM

Niranjan Patnaik

Odisha Cong first list for 2019 polls by August-end

AICC president Rahul Gandhi has appointed V.D. Satheesan chairman of the screening committee for Odisha Congress.

25 Jun 2018 12:56 AM

In the 2012 BMC polls, Mulund had recorded 38.64 per cent and Borivali had recorded 42.58 per cent voting. (Representational image)

BJD urges EC for joint polls in Odisha

He said separate election would cost around Rs 1,000 crore to the state exchequer.

5 Sept 2018 8:35 PM