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Nuapada: The high-pitched election campaign for Nuapada by-election in Odisha ended Sunday evening after weeks of rallies and road shows by senior leaders. The bypoll, necessitated following the death of BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia on September 8, is the first electoral battle after the BJP...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Ahead of the November 11 by-election in Odisha's Nuapada, Opposition BJD Sunday urged the chief electoral officer (CEO) to take urgent steps to ensure free and fair polling, alleging infiltration of "outsiders" and misuse of money and muscle power. BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty said...

Nuapada: Odisha Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Manmohan Samal Sunday said that the balanced and inclusive development of Nuapada is not merely a promise but a firm commitment of the party. Speaking at a press conference in Nuapada, Samal alleged that the Biju Janata Dal...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Sunday submitted a petition to the Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) RS Gopalan seeking the intervention of the CEO for the removal of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) posters and banners “affixed” on government properties, including electricity poles and the walls...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Nuapada: The upcoming Nuapada byelection, necessitated by the untimely demise of MLA and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Rajendra Dholakia, has shaped up as a high-stakes political test for the three major parties in Odisha. For the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Nuapada: In every election, beyond the banners of major political parties, there stand individuals who contest not for ideology or symbols, but for conviction. Independent candidates, often dismissed as long shots, quietly play an influential role in shaping democratic outcomes across...

Tihidi: In yet another incident of police brutality, a minor boy from Narendrapur village under Pirahat police limits in Bhadrak district was beaten up by men in khaki at the police station, his parents alleged Friday. The matter came to the fore after the boy’s...

Berhampur: The family of slain lawyer and BJP leader Pitabas Panda has alleged receiving death threats and pressure to withdraw the murder case. Panda’s wife, Susmita Panda, made the revelation during a presser at her residence Saturday. She alleged that a few days back, the...

Nuapada: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, during his campaign for the Nuapada by-poll, Saturday wooed tribal voters, targeted Opposition BJD president Naveen Patnaik and called the former CM's party a “sinking boat.” Tribals constitute over 35 per cent of Nuapada's over 2.53 lakh voters....

Jajpur: Tension prevailed at a government-run hospital in Odisha's Jajpur district Saturday after family members of a deceased woman accused the doctor and staff of the health facility of a faulty sterilisation surgery leading to her death. The incident took place at Madhuban under Kuakhia...