The recently concluded urban local body election in Odisha has laid bare a disturbing trend of political apathy by electorates in the urban centres. As low as 50 per cent voters turned out in Bhubaneswar while the figure was 48 percent in Berhampur. The trend has left political analyst worried, and political parties putting an accusing…Continue Reading
Wife of deceased cameraman Manas Swain on Tuesday made some explosive statements alleging involvement of Odisha Ministers Pratap Jena and Dibya Shankar Mishra in the murder of her husband.She further alleged that some of big shots and other ministers are also involved in the murder of her husband. Manas had the memory chip containing some…Continue Reading
The Director General of Police (DGP), Odisha, Sunil Bansal, visited Koraput on Monday to take stock of the Maoist situation in the southern Odisha district and review the security arrangements for the urban body polls scheduled to be held on March 24.As per reports, Bansal arrived at the BSF Sector Field and headed straight to…Continue Reading
Ahead of the polling of votes for elections to 109 urban local bodies in Odisha, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has found itself in soup to contain rising dissidence among a horde of rebel leaders within the party.In order to deal with the situation, the party has now adopted a no tolerance policy against…Continue Reading
With the three major political parties in Odisha fielding strong candidates for the post of Mayor, the election for the top office in the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) is set to witness a tough battle.While BJD has fielded Subash Singh as their candidate for the post, Sritam Das and Giribala Behera have been declared candidates…Continue Reading
The campaigning for the upcoming elections to urban local bodies (ULBs) in Odisha has gained momentum with the State Election Commission (SEC) releasing the final list of candidates contesting the polls. There are 6,411 candidates in the fray for the elections to ULBs following withdrawal of nominations by 641 aspirants on the last day of…Continue Reading
As Odisha braces up for the upcoming urban elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alleged that several corporator candidates of the party contesting in Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) have received threats to withdraw their candidature.As per reports, several BJP candidates have alleged that they are being lured with different offers as well as threatened…Continue Reading
The dissidence by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) disgruntled aspirants is at its peak in Cuttack city where scores of rebel candidates are contesting the CMC elections either independently or on rival party tickets. Meanwhile, the BJD has reportedly started making efforts to persuade the rebel candidates to withdraw their nominations. March 14 is the last…Continue Reading
On February 22, the Delhi High Court has reserved its judgment in a batch of petitions that have challenged the exception to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, which exempts forceful intercourse by a man with his own wife from the offence of rape.While the battle in the courtroom is on, the National Family…Continue Reading
The Odisha government is aiming at boosting exports of non-Basmati aromatic rice to open new avenues of income for paddy farmers, an official release said on Monday.The government is focusing on exports due to the paddy production potential of the state’s agro-climatic zones, existence of huge genetic diversity of aromatic rice germplasm, traditional skill of…Continue Reading
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