Bhubaneswar, June 1 (UNI) Four wagons of a goods train derailed near Kantabanji station under Sambalpur Division of East Coast Railway (ECoR) , resulting in disruption of train movement on both the lines. East Coast Railway sources on Saturday said and confirmed no casualty was reported. Senior officials from Railways were at the spot following…
Bhubaneswar, May 31 (UNI) The fate of 460 candidates will be sealed as Odisha goes to the polls in the final phase on Saturday to elect six Lok Sabha members and 42 legislators. The electoral fortunes of 15 Lok Sabha members and 105 MLAs have already been sealed in the EVMs during the polling in…
Baripada/Remuna/Kendrapara (Odisha), May 29 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that all corruption cases during the Congress and BJD regimes in Odisha will be probed, and those who looted the state will be sent to jail, this is “Modi’s guarantee.” Addressing election meetings during his fourth leg of electioneering in Odisha, Modi accused…
Chandbali/Korei/Nimapara (Odisha), May 28 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday slammed Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for allowing a Tamil babu to run the government in the state. Addressing election meetings at Chandbali, Korei and Nimapara, coming under three Lok Sabha seats going to polls on June 1, Shah held Naveen Patnaik responsible…
Bhubaneswar, May 25 (UNI) Amid hot and humid conditions, voters were seen lined up before the polling booths much before 7 am, the scheduled time, in Odisha as polling began for six Lok Sabha and 42 Assembly seats spread over 10 districts under tight security. An estimated 94.41 lakh voters, including 48,26,375 male voters, 46,14,134…
Bhubaneswar, May 21 (UNI) A faux pas by BJP national spokesperson and Puri Lok Sabha candidate Dr Sambit Patra describing Lord Jagannath as ardent devotee of Narendra Modi, has triggered criticism from various quarters including political circles. On Monday, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s road show in Puri, Patra made the grave error in an…
Bhubaneswar, May 20 (UNI) People in large numbers were seen queuing up outside the polling booths as voting began at 7 am in Odisha on Monday for five Lok Sabha and 35 Assembly seats spread over 11 districts in the state. The second phase of the four-phase polling in Odisha will decide the electoral fortunes…
Bhubaneswar, May 19 (UNI) Former BJD Minister and three-time MLA from Nimapara Assembly seat Samir Ranjan Dash, who on Sunday resigned from the primary membership of the party, joined the BJP with hundreds of his supporters. Das was unhappy and expressed his resentment when the party denied him a party ticket to contest the 2024…
Bhubaneswar, May 16 (UNI) The BJP-led NDA government will not come to power at the centre and will be confined to less than 200 seats in the Lok Sabha election, All India Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said here on Thursday. Kharge ridiculed Modi’s tall claim of securing more than 400 seats in the election, stating,…
Soroda (Odisha), May 15 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday criticised Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for setting Odisha back by 50 years during his 25-year rule. Addressing an election meeting at Soroda in Ganjam district, considered the bastion of the Biju Janata Dal, Shah said that the days of the Naveen Patnaik government…
