Last Updated: Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 19:36
Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik on Tuesday accused Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik of indulging in "Machiavellian power play" and said the party was poaching leaders from other parties failing to find winning candidates to contest for it in the upcoming general polls.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 15:45
BJD Tuesday appeared to have avoided a `husband-wife` fight in Koraput Lok Sabha seat by fielding Laxmipur MLA Jhina Hikaka against Congress nominee Giridhar Gamang even as the ruling party pitted a family member of BJP state president K V Singhdeo to contest against him in Patnagarh assembly segment.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 15:43
Last Updated: Monday, March 17, 2014, 12:36
Huge quantities of ammunition, twenty detonators, five gelatin sticks and medicines were seized from the four arrested yesterday, police said.
Last Updated: Sunday, March 16, 2014, 14:58
Fresh anti-poll posters by Maoists have surfaced in Koraput district of Odisha, leaving local leaders worried over the conduct of peaceful Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 15, 2014, 18:53
Ruling out diversion of central para-military force from ongoing anti-naxal operations in the state, Odisha Police today said it required an additional 50 companies of central forces for the ensuing twin elections in the state.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 15, 2014, 16:57
In a blow to Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, former party MP Hema Gamang, wife of former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang on Saturday joined BJD.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 15, 2014, 15:33
The process of filing nominations for 10 Lok Sabha and 70 Assembly seats began on Saturday with notification issued by the Election Commission.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 15, 2014, 14:47
Talks on seat sharing between ruling BJD and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha for the Odisha Assembly elections have failed following the latter`s demand for more seats, a senior BJD leader claimed.
Last Updated: Friday, March 14, 2014, 20:50
A local court on Friday sentenced the prime accused in the Kandhamal nun rape case to 11 years of rigorous imprisonment and awarded 26-month jail term to two others.
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