Election

Badasahi: Electioneering came to an end Saturday in the Badasahi Assembly constituency of Mayurbhanj district. The administration has made all arrangements for peaceful conduct of the polls here. Going by the poll scenario, the seat is going to see a tough fight between the BJD...

Jajpur/Dharmasala: The Dharmasala Assembly segment of Jajpur Parliamentary constituency is an important seat. This Assembly seat comprises all the 45 panchayats of Dharmasala block and nine panchayats (Odiso, Kalana, Singhpur, Sribantapur, Jabara, Nathuabar, Rahamba, Barabati and Rasulpur) of Rasulpur block. The number of voters in...

Kolkata:  The BJP on Saturday alleged that voters from a particular community were not allowed to exercise their democratic rights in parts of Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency which went to polls April 18. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the constituency Debasree Chaudhuri blamed the...

New Delhi:  Unemployment remains the leading concern for the people as they are far more worried about economic issues than security, according to the CVOTER-IANS tracker. In a survey carried out April 26, 28.42 per cent of respondents identified unemployment as their main concern. In...

Bhubaneswar: Countering the BJD’s allegations against Kendrapara MP candidate Baijayant Panda, the BJP Saturday said elections there cannot be held in a free and fair manner if unwarranted non-voter BJD workers continue to work in the constituency. The BJP alleged that the presence of numerous...

Bhubaneswar: The tirade against BJP’s Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) continued Saturday as the regional party came up with the accusation of distribution of cash by Panda’s associates. In a series of memorandums submitted to the CEO, the BJD tried...

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police ordered Saturday an inquiry after a 28-second video of a police gypsy vehicle being used for distribution of food packets and water bottles at a BJP rally in Anantnag parliamentary constituency went viral. The video lasts for 28 seconds....

Bhubaneswar:   Campaigning for the fourth phase general elections came to an end Saturday evening for six Lok Sabha and 41 assembly seats of Odisha. Polling in these seats will be held Monday, April 29. The six Lok Sabha seats to go to polls are...

New Delhi: The Congress said Saturday it may approach courts seeking action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah over alleged repeated model code violations. Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi alleged that the two leaders have ‘cheated’ on the issue of...

Bhubaneswar:   A special court of Additional District & Sessions Judge here Saturday granted bail to senior BJD leader Pradeep Maharathy in connection with an alleged attack on a team of Election Commission flying squad officials. According to sources, the bail was granted against sureties...