The state cabinet today recommended the Odisha Governor for dissolution of the 14th Assembly in order to pave way for the formation of the new Assembly after the May 16 counting of votes, official sources said here today.
The district administration of Kendrapara has registered cases against 86 government employees on charge of violation of model code of conduct under Representation of the People Act.
A poll official in Odisha`s Kendrapada district has been suspended after TV footage showed alleged rigging during April 17 election, an official said on Saturday.
BJP claimed that it would win 45 to 55 seats in the 147-member Odisha Assembly and would arrange support from other parties in order to form government in Odisha after announcement of results on May 16.
An estimated 80 percent voter turnout was recorded in nine booths under three parliamentary constituencies in Odisha where repolling was held on Friday, official sources said.
Repolling will be held in nine booths spread over three Parliamentary constituencies in Odisha Friday.
An official was transferred from Odisha`s Kendrapada district after protests against him over an alleged post-poll goof up.
A day after the Odisha police confirmed visit of two IM operatives to Bhubaneswar and Puri in January, the state government Tuesday made identity proof of visitors seeking accommodation to hotels mandatory.
Alleging a nexus between ruling BJD and officials to rig the recent elections in Odisha by using money and muscle power, Congress Tuesday apprehended attempts to tamper EVMs stored in strong rooms and asked all political parties to be vigilant.
A dozen people were arrested in Odisha`s Kendrapada district in connection with Friday`s post-poll violence, police said.
Rejecting the ruling BJD`s claim of securing 105 seats in the 147-member Odisha Assembly, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee today claimed its candidates will win in 70 Assembly segments and in at least 10 Lok Sabha constituencies.
Three Congress workers were arrested from Aul area of Odisha`s Kendrapara district on Sunday in connection with post-poll violence that left a man dead and four injured even as prohibitory orders remained in force in the district.
Accusing ruling BJD of misusing government machinery and pumping huge money during elections in Odisha, senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra today demanded a thorough probe by the Election Commission into the matter and role of officials in the whole process.
Prohibitory orders were clamped in Odisha`s Kendrapada district after a Biju Janata Dal supporter was killed and several injured as post-poll violence rocked the region, an official said.
The ruling BJD on Friday claimed to secure at least 105 seats in the 147-member Odisha Assembly and 17 of the total 21 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
A mob on Friday manhandled senior government officials in Odisha`s Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency where elections were held yesterday, alleging attempts to tamper votes as an EVM-loaded vehicle was spotted in front of an officer`s residence.
Total voter turn-out in the two-phased simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha was 74 percent against 65.3 percent polling in last general elections in 2009.
Women voters outnumbered their male counterparts in tribal dominated Kandhamal and Gajapati districts which went to the polls on April 10.