The Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD) suspense over distribution of tickets for the upcoming ULB polls kept till the last day of filing of nominations is feared to prove counterproductive for the party. It is discussed in the political corridors that the BJD kept the Ward-wise list of candidates under the hat till the last moment in…Continue Reading
A day before the last date for filing of the nominations, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday named actor-turned-politician Sritam Das as the party’s Mayor candidate for the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC). The announcement was made by Cuttack Nagar BJP president Lalatendu Badu.Senior Congress leader Giribala Behera is the Mayor candidate for the party…Continue Reading
Parents of Archana Kar, who is pursuing her MBBS in Ukraine, are an anxious lot since her mobile phone went switched off two days ago.Archana, who hails from Bhadrak in Odisha reportedly shifted to a bunker from her hostel in Kharkiv city with 200 other Indian students two days back and since then no contact…Continue Reading
With the ending of the Panchayat elections in the State, the entire focus has now shifted to the upcoming Urban Local Body (ULB) polls for which the filing of nomination papers will begin from tomorrow (Wednesday). On Tuesday, aspirants for corporator seats in the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) were seen teeming up outside the official residence…Continue Reading
सीएम पटनायक सहित बीजद के शीर्ष नेता प्रचार अभियान से दूर रहे। वहीं, विधायकों सहित पार्टी के कई नेताओं को प्रचार और जमीनी स्तर पर पार्टी की चुनावी संभावनाओं को बढ़ाने का काम सौंपा गया था। ओडिशा में सीएम नवीन पटनायक के नेतृत्व वाली सत्ताधारी बीजू जनता दल ने राज्य के पंचायत चुनाव (Odisha Panchayat…Continue Reading
The ruling Biju Janata Dal was leading in 249 Zilla Parishad Zones (ZPZ) seats while BJP candidates are ahead in 30 and Congress in 13 as per early trends of Odisha Panchayat polls, officials said on Saturday.The counting of votes for 315 Zilla Parishad Zone seats began at 8 am in different block headquarters on…Continue Reading
As expected, the State Election Commission (SEC) on Friday announced the dates for the conduct of the urban local body (ULB) elections in Odisha.Announcing the dates, the State Election Commissioner (SEC) Aditya Prasad Padhi said that the elections to 106 Municipalities/NACs and three Municipal Corporations will be held on March 24, 2022.The general elections will…Continue Reading
Amid the protests, violence and tension over the proposed JSW steel plant project, the residents of Dhinkia Gram Panchayat under Ersama Block of Jagatsinghpur district are set to cast their votes during the fifth and final phase of the three-tire Panchayat election on Thursday.The otherwise sleepy village witnessed rounds of violent clashes between police and…Continue Reading
For the first time in the Odisha Panchayat elections, there will be central counting of votes at Block headquarters on February 26, 27 and 28. The counting will be carried out under CCTV surveillance and continue without any break till it is completed.As per the State Election Commission, counting for 315 Zilla Parishad zones will…Continue Reading
Even after the conclusion of the Panchayat polls in some parts of the state, the fear among the candidates and their supporters still continues. The fear stems from the possibility of tempering with the ballot boxes, now kept in strong rooms in Block headquarters under tight security and CCTV surveillance. Doubting something mischief might occur to the…Continue Reading
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