Election

Bhubaneswar: The four-phase poll battle in Odisha for both the Assembly and Lok Sabha this year had witnessed an unprecedented level of violence which was a rarity in earlier elections. The state witnessed several murders allegedly related to political rivalry.  Soon after, allegations and counter...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 125 out of 174 candidates have lost their security deposits in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections in the state. It means 71. 84 per cent (nearly 72 per cent) MP candidates have failed to secure one-sixth vote share in their...

Bhubaneswar: The newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) from Keonjhar in Odisha has now created a record at the national level for venturing into national politics and becoming a parliamentarian at a very young age. Chandrani Murmu, who is now 26 years old, has become...

Puri: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has managed to retain four Assembly seats out of six in Puri district in 2019 elections. However, the regional party lost two Assembly seats in the district to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The BJD had won all six Assembly...

Bhubaneswar: The decision of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to rope in high profile candidates from the BJD and import some Delhi-based leaders seem to have yielded no result. The party move to field its national spokesperson Sambit Patra against incumbent Puri Member of Parliament...

Bhubaneswar: The 17th Lok Sabha election and the 16th Assembly election in Odisha proved a mixed bag for the super rich candidates from Odisha. Many candidates with net worth running into crores were defeated, and many emerged victorious in the Lok Sabha polls. From Odisha,...

New Delhi:  Narendra Modi was elected the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) parliamentary party at a function in Central Hall of Parliament Saturday. "I am happy to announce that the BJP parliamentary party has unanimously elected Narendra...

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha is sending 33 per cent women to the Lok Sabha after the just held general elections. Seven women have been elected from the 21 parliamentary seats in the state. While five women won from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), two emerged victorious from...

New Delhi: In a swipe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over a ‘dirty pamphlet’ against the AAP candidate from East Delhi, cricketer-turned-BJP MP Gautam Gambhir Saturday said elections come and go but one cannot afford to lose one's conscience. Gambhir, who defeated AAP's Atishi...

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP Saturday claimed that the people of Jammu and Ladakh regions want immediate removal of Article 370 and Article 35A of the Constitution by voting for the party. It also said the National Conference's claim that it...