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BJD President Naveen Patnaik announced the list of fifteen candidates for the Lok Sabha seats

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced the first list of nine candidates for the Lok Sabha seats for the ensuing General Elections 2024. As per the announcement, BJD Orgnaisational Secretary Pranab Prakash Das will contest from Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat. Here is the list: Kalahandi: Lambodhar Nial Sambalpur: Pranab Prakash Das Sundargarh: ...

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Biju Janata Dal has released the first list of candidates for the coming Assembly elections

Bhubaneswar:27/3/24: Biju Janata Dal has released the first list of candidates for the coming Assembly elections in Odisha. BJD Supremo Naveen Patnaik announced the names of the candidates beginning with  Jagannath Saraka, who will contest from Bisam Cuttack. Here is the list of candidates: Bisam Cuttack: Jagannath Saraka Gunupur: Raghunath Gamango Rayagada: Anusaya Majhi Bargarh: Debesh Acharya Bijepur: Rita Sahu ...

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PIB Launches a Media Facilitation Portal for Information on General Election 2024

Newdelhi:27/3/24:Press Information Bureau has started a microsite https://pib.gov.in/elect2024/index.aspx  having several features as one one-stop facilitation portal for media persons reporting for General Election 2024. The portal has the following characteristics. A Digital Flip Book: This encompasses various interesting analytics and data-rich features. The media persons can utilize this information for writing their articles. Useful links are provided through which the ...

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Filing of nominations in the second phase of General Elections to begin tomorrow after ECI issues Gazette notification for Phase 2

Newdelhi:27/3/24:Nominations for the second Phase of General Elections 2024 to begin tomorrow. The Gazette notification for 88 Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs) across 12 States/UTs going for polls in the General Elections to Lok Sabha 2024 will be issued on 28.03.2024. The polling in these 88 PCs along with one part PC in Manipur (Outer Manipur) in Phase 2 will take place ...

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Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi sworn in as judicial member, Lokpal of India.

Newdelhi:27Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi sworn in as judicial member, Lokpal . Justice A. M. Khanwilkar, Chairperson, Lokpal of India, administered the oath. Shri Pankaj Kumar and Shri Ajay Tirkey took oath as members, of Lokpal. The oath ceremony was organised today at Lokpal of India office in New Delhi. The new appointments took place as two existing Judicial Members namely ...

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Thousands Throng To Maa Tara Tarini Shrine for Chaitra Parba

Berhampur:26/3/24: The annual festivities of Ganjam’s presiding deity Maa Tara Tarini – the Chaitra Parba began today with much pomp and gaiety. Today is the first Tuesday of Chaitra month and the Maa Tara Tarini Shirine on the Ratnagiri hills in Ganjam district is decked up to celebrate the most revered annual Chaitra Jatra. Thousands of people arrived at the ...

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Adani Group has increased its presence on the east coast by acquire 95 percent stake in Odisha’s Gopalpur Port Limited

Bhubaneswar: 26/3/24: Adani Group has increased its presence on the east coast by entering into a definitive agreement to acquire 95 percent stake in Odisha’s Gopalpur Port Limited (GPL) for an equity value of Rs 1,349 crore. In a regulatory filing, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) on Tuesday said that it has entered into an agreement to purchase ...

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Former MLA Purna Chandra Sethy joined Bharatiya Janata Party

Bhubaneswar: 26/3/24:After quitting Biju Janata Dal (BJD), former Odisha MLA Purna Chandra Sethy joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state. Sethy, who represented Khallikote Assembly constituency in Ganjam district, announced his resignation from BJD on Monday alleging that he was being sidelined by the Naveen Patnaik-led party. The former legislator joined ...

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Government has directed NCCF and NAFED to initiate procurement of 5 lakh tonnes of onion for the buffer requirement

Newdelhi:26/3/24; In the current year, the Government has directed NCCF and NAFED to initiate procurement of 5 lakh tonnes of onion for the buffer requirement directly from the farmers as Rabi-2024 harvest started arriving in the market. For the procurement, NAFED and NCCF are to pre-register the onion farmers to ensure that payments to the farmers are transferred to their ...

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TRAI releases recommendations on ‘Usage of Embedded SIM for Machine-to-Machine Communications’

Newdelhi:26/3/24:Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released recommendations on ‘Usage of Embedded SIM for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications’. Department of Telecommunications (DoT), through its letter dated 09.11.2021, sought TRAI’s recommendations under the TRAI Act, 1997 on the usage of embedded SIM for M2M communications. In this regard, TRAI issued a Consultation Paper on ‘Embedded SIM for M2M Communications’ on ...

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