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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cuttack:22/3/24:In a big jolt to the BJD, senior leader & Cuttack’s sitting Member of Parliament Bhartruhari Mahtab Friday resigned from the Biju Janata Dal expressing dissatisfaction over the party’s functioning. Addressing a press meeting today, Mahtab read out his resignation letter to the BJD Supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. He resigned from the primary membership of the Conch party. ...

Bhubaneswar22/3/24:: Amid back-and-forth over alliance talks in Odisha, BJP state president Manmohan Samal on Friday confirmed that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will go solo and contest all 21 Lok Sabha and 147 Assembly seats under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of 4.5 crore Odias. Taking to his X handle, Samal thanked ...

Bhubaneswar:20/3/24: The Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) has revealed that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is the richest MLA in Odisha with Rs 63 crore assets. Patnaik has possessed immovable assets worth Rs 63, 64, 15, 261 and movable assets worth Rs 23,26,555, the report stated. The report released by the ADR after analysing the affidavits submitted by all candidates in ...