New Delhi:1/4/24: Actor-turned-politician Anubhav Mohanty today joined the BJP today. He had left the ruling BJD in Odisha a few days ago. The Kendrapara MP joined the saffron party in New Delhi. Mohanty was welcomed to the BJP by senior party leader, Vinod Tawde. The former MP Anubhav Mohanty was entangled in a legal battle with his wife Varsha Priyadarshani. ...

Bhubaneswar: 31/3/24:With elections in Odisha barely weeks away, former Kuchinda MLA Brundaban Majhi returned to Biju Janata Dal (BJD) fold on Sunday. He was inducted into the Conch party at Sankha Bhawan here in the presence of organisational secretary Pranab Prakash Das and Rajya Sabha member Sasmit Patra. A prominent tribal leader, Majhi had won from Kuchinda on Janata Dal ...

Bhubaneswar:31/3/24: A day after quitting the ruling BJD, actor-turned-politician Akash Dasnayak joined the BJP in Odisha on Sunday. Dasnayak, a former MLA from Korei constituency in Jajpur, joined BJP at its Odisha unit headquarters here ahead of the upcoming simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state.BJP Odisha unit president Manmohan Samal and other leaders of the party including ...

Bhubaneswar: 30/3/24:Shortly after resigning from the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), former Odisha MLA Priyadarshi Mishra joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state. The former MLA from Bhubaneswar North joined the saffron party in the presence of Odisha BJP President Manmohan Samal and Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi ...

Bhubaneswar: 30/3/24:Three senior leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Odisha have been made members of party’s manifesto committee for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the country. BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Saturday announced the 27-member manifesto committee of the party for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. While Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has been made the chairman ...

Bhubaneswar: 29/3/24:Former Salepur MLA Prakash Behera has snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has resigned from the primary membership of the party ahead of the 2024 elections in Odisha. In his letter to the Odisha unit president Manmohan Samal, Behera said, “I tried his best to do justice to the post and make the party achieve milestones ...

Bhubaneswar: 29/3/24:Nilagiri MLA Sukanta Kumar Nayak resigned from primary membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. He has sent his resignation letter to BJP state president Manmohan Samal. In 2019, he left BJD and joined BJP. After quitting the BJP, Nayak has maintained silence about which party he will join. However, speculations are rife that Nayak would again return ...

Newdelhi:29/3/24:The cVIGIL app of the Election Commission of India has become an effective tool in the hands of people to flag election code violations. Since the announcement of General Elections 2024, over 79,000 complaints have been received as of today. Over 99% of complaints have been resolved and close to 89% of these complaints have been resolved within 100 minutes. ...

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: ...

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 ...