Election

New Delhi: Former Union minister and BJP leader Sanjay Paswan raised many eyebrows Friday when he said that cricketer MS Dhoni may join the BJP after retiring from cricket. Paswan claimed that Dhoni might soon begin his new innings in politics as part of ‘Team Narendra Modi’. He added that...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi; and Odia film stars will campaign for Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates for the Patkura Assembly by-election to be held July 20. The by-poll to Patkura Assembly segment...

Bhubaneswar:  Amidst the intensified campaigning by BJD and BJP for the July 20 polling in Patkura Assembly seat, opposition Congress Wednesday appealed to the electorate to help strengthen the opposition to maintain a healthy democracy in the state. Congress cannot match BJD or BJP in...

New Delhi: About 93 per cent of the total voluntary contributions above Rs 20,000 received by the six national political parties between 2016-17 and 2017-18 came from corporate and business houses, a report says. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got the major chunk --...

Bhubaneswar: With the announcement of the schedule for by-election to Patkura Assembly seat in Kendrapara, all the major political parties in the state have geared up to woo the voters. State Chief Electoral Officer Surendra Kumar said preparations have been made for the election to...

Kolkata: At least eight persons were allegedly killed and several others injured and missing following a clash between West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP workers in North 24 Parganas, sources in both parties claimed Sunday. While the state BJP sources claimed that five...

The recently held general election was different from any other held in India in the sense that for this election, the ruling party as well as the opposition were in serious election mode for almost four years before it was held. On the ruling party...

Bhubaneswar: The state leadership of the Congress party, the newly-elected MLAs and leader from the All India Congress Committee (AICC) Thursday met and brainstormed on the reasons why the national party performed badly in the recent elections. Senior AICC leader TS Singh Deo met the...

Kolkata: They are the best of friends, well-known faces in West Bengal and now pan-India after posting chic and stylish pictures of themselves standing in front of the Parliament and getting trolled. But both Mimi Chakrabarty and Nusrat Jehan, the two newly-elected Trinamool Congress MPs,...

Bhubaneswar: A day after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his 20-member Council of Ministers were sworn in, as many as 106 newly elected MLAs including Naveen took oath Thursday. Naveen has been elected from two seats –Bijepur and Hinjili – this time. Senior Biju Janata...