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A gripping battle in Odisha amid Lok Sabha, assembly polls

India, May 10 -- High decibel electioneering, tall claims, accusations and an all-out tussle for power have not been the hallmarks of elections in Odisha in the recent past. The ongoing assembly and L... Read More


Strong undercurrent for BJP in Odisha: Sambit Patra

India, May 9 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Sambit Patra is trying his luck again from Odisha's Puri Lok Sabha seat. The doctor-turned-politician, who lost the 2019 election, sa... Read More


LS polls: In Odisha, BJP draws plan to make gains in former ally's citadel

India, May 9 -- Friendly ties with the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) going back to 1997, when it helped carve out the regional party as a breakaway fraction of the Janata Dal, eventually proved to be an imped... Read More


Adored by people, Naveen Patnaik went into cocoon: Bhartruhari Mahtab

India, May 8 -- Six-time lawmaker Bhartruhari Mahtab resigned from Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in March saying the party had deviated from the path it had set out on. Now contesting from Cut... Read More


Modi predicts Patnaik govt's 'expiry date', CM retorts with 'daydreaming' jibe

India, May 7 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the tone for the Bharatiya Janata Party's poll campaign in Odisha. The PM during a rally in the state on Monday said June 4 will be the "expiry dat... Read More


Odisha votes: Stiff battle between BJP and BJD; Congress battles 'lack of funds'

India, May 6 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is hoping to not only double its seats in the Lok Sabha from Odisha, but also oust the Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) from power in the state... Read More


West Bengal Raj Bhavan back in the news with fresh controversy

India, May 3 -- The Raj Bhavan in Kolkata has witnessed many acrimonious events play out between the elected state government and the Governor. Verbal duels between former governor Jagdeep Dhankhar an... Read More


Quota politics takes centre stage; spotlight on Raebareli

India, May 2 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is training its guns at Congress not just over the grand old party's suggestions on wealth redistribution and imposing inheritance tax, but also the si... Read More


ECI orders transfer of VK Pandian's wife Sujata Karthikeyan after BJP complains

India, May 2 -- The Election Commission of India on Thursday ordered the transfer of senior bureaucrat Sujata Karthikeyan, secretary of Odisha's Mission Shakti department, to a non-public dealing depa... Read More


BJD misusing her position for electoral gains: BJP tells EC on Pandian's wife

India, May 2 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday petitioned the election commission to divest Odisha senior bureaucrat Sujata Karthikeyan of her charge as the commissioner-secretary of Mission S... Read More