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 ...

Bhubaneswar:18/3/24: Manmohan Samal, BJP Odisha unit president, is in Delhi with the list of the party’s probable candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly elections. Balasore BJP MP Pratap Sarangi and Organisational Secretary Manas Mohanty are also in the national capital for the meeting. Vijay Pal Singh Tomar, BJP election in-charge for Odisha, and co-in-charge Lata Usendi have ...

Bhubaneswar: 15/3/24:The Odisha unit of the Congress party unveiled its manifesto on Friday, promising nine “guarantees” to the people of the state, following the Election Commission of India’s announcement of the 2024 General Elections schedule. The manifesto was released at a press conference in Bhubaneswar in the presence of Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Sarat Pattnaik, the party’s state in-charge ...

Kolkata: 10/3/24:Popular actress Rachana Banerjee, who had acted in several Odia, Bengali, and Hindi movies, will fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Hooghly in neighboring West Bengal as a Trinamool Congress candidate. Notably, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recently featured in Rachna Banerjee-hosted reality show Didi No 1 Season 9. The 49-year-old had become a household name in ...

Bhubaneswar:7/3/2 4: The speculation about an alliance between the BJP and the BJD before the simultaneous elections in Odisha further gained momentum as two prominent BJD leaders left for New Delhi on a special flight on Thursday evening. According to sources, 5T chairman VK Pandian and ruling BJD’s organisational secretary Pranab Prakash Das left for the national capital to discuss ...

Dhenkanal: 4/3/24:Former Odisha Minister Nabin Chandra Narayan Das and several other leaders Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of Union Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan in Dhenkanal on Monday. Das, who had served as Panchayati Raj as well as Education and Commerce Minister, recently resigned from Congress. He was also the chairman of Dhenkanal Municipality. ...