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BSF detects two ammunition dumps in Malkangiri forests ahead of polls next month

India, April 18 -- The Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday detected two ammunition dumps of Maoists in Malkangiri leading to the seizure of guns and explosives a month before Odisha votes for the ... Read More


Patnaik to fight 2nd seat from Kantabanji in assembly polls

Bhubaneswar, April 18 -- Odisha chief minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced that he will contest a second seat, the western Odisha town of Kantabanji, know... Read More


Patnaik to fight 2nd seat from Kantabanji in assembly polls

Bhubaneswar, April 18 -- Odisha chief minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced that he will contest a second seat, the western Odisha town of Kantabanji, know... Read More


Heatwave: Odisha govt orders closure of all schools for 3 days

India, April 17 -- The Odisha government on Wednesday ordered closure of all schools from Thursday for next three days as intense heatwave continued to singe the state with at least 30 places recordin... Read More


Naveen Patnaik to contest two assembly seats

India, April 17 -- Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced he will contest from Kantabanji in western Odisha apart from his pocket borough of Hinjili. He opted for a second seat-Bijepur i... Read More


BJP fields Dilip Ray from Rourkela after HC suspends conviction in coal scam

India, April 16 -- : Former union minister Dilip Ray, sentenced to three years in jail in a corruption case in 2020, was named as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Odisha's Rourkela asse... Read More


In a first, 30 Odisha polling booths to be set up in erstwhile Maoist citadel

India, April 15 -- The Election Commission of India will set up about 30 polling booths for the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in villages of nine gram panchayats in Odisha's Swabhiman Anchal, consi... Read More


Congress drops ex-Indian hockey captain Prabodh Tirkey as candidate in Odisha

India, April 15 -- The Congress has dropped former Indian hockey captain Prabodh Tirkey, 39, who led the country to victory in the 2007 Asia Cup championship, as its candidate from Odisha's Talasara a... Read More


LS polls: Congress fields ex-Union minister Srikant Jena from Odisha's Balasore

India, April 14 -- The Congress on Saturday announced former Union minister Srikant Jena as its candidate for the Balasore Lok Sabha seat in Odisha in its second list of nominees for the upcoming Parl... Read More


BJD fields 7 women candidates for Odisha's 21 Lok Sabha seats, reaches 33% mark

India, April 11 -- The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday kept its promise to ensure that 33% of its candidates from Odisha's 21 Lok Sabha seats will be women with chief minister Naveen Patnaik announc... Read More