Maoists set ablaze road construction machinery, including two tractors and an excavator, in Odisha`s Bargarh district to oppose the building of a road, police said Tuesday.
Dilip Tirkey, a former member of the Indian hockey team who is contesting from Sundergarh Lok Sabha constituency on a Biju Janata Dal ticket, has been barred from using the Padma Shri award as a title in his campaign, an official said Tuesday.
As many as 147 of the total 673 candidates in Odisha, who will try their luck in the first phase of assembly polls April 10, have criminal background.
Odisha has 103 crorepati candidates for the 70 Assembly constituencies going to polls in the first phase on April 10.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday cautioned people against political parties making `tall pre-election promises` and asked voters not to get misled and carried away.
Promising CBI probe into mining, chitfund and other scams in Odisha, Congress today said it would review all MoUs signed by BJD government in the state in last 10 years, provide pucca houses to landless and allowance to unemployed youths if voted to power.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will address an election rally tomorrow and on April 10 in Odisha, party sources said on Friday.
Odisha police on Tuesday directed its force to remain neutral and honest while on duty during the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
The Election Commission (EC) in Odisha, in its initiative to encourage physically handicapped people to vote in large numbers, has roped in national blind cricket team captain Md Jafar Iqbal as its `icon`.
The value of assets of political heavyweights contesting assembly polls from politically-sensitive Kendrapara district has seen a big jump.
A large number of tribal people have threatened to boycott polls for Kandhamal Lok Sabha and Phulbani Assembly seats accusing the government of being callous in providing basic facilities like drinking water, electricity, education and healthcare.
Accusing the BJD government in Odisha of hijacking the credit for the work done through the welfare programmes of UPA government, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday claimed the state is ruled by "mine mafia" and not by the people`s representatives.
Former Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Legislature party leader in Odisha State Assembly KV Singh Deo is barced with the onerous task of ensuring Bjp victory or at least make it relevant in the state.
Jayadev Jena is the new Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief who replaced Niranjan Patnaik recently.
Naveen Patnaik, the three-time chief minister of Odisha, is all set to win another electoral battle and keep his winning streak from Hinjili Assembly constituency.