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Naveen Patnaik to contest two assembly seats

India, April 17 -- Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced he will contest from Kantabanji in western Odisha apart from his pocket borough of Hinjili. He opted for a second seat-Bijepur i... Read More


BJP fields Dilip Ray from Rourkela after HC suspends conviction in coal scam

India, April 16 -- : Former union minister Dilip Ray, sentenced to three years in jail in a corruption case in 2020, was named as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Odisha's Rourkela asse... Read More


In a first, 30 Odisha polling booths to be set up in erstwhile Maoist citadel

India, April 15 -- The Election Commission of India will set up about 30 polling booths for the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in villages of nine gram panchayats in Odisha's Swabhiman Anchal, consi... Read More


Congress drops ex-Indian hockey captain Prabodh Tirkey as candidate in Odisha

India, April 15 -- The Congress has dropped former Indian hockey captain Prabodh Tirkey, 39, who led the country to victory in the 2007 Asia Cup championship, as its candidate from Odisha's Talasara a... Read More


LS polls: Congress fields ex-Union minister Srikant Jena from Odisha's Balasore

India, April 14 -- The Congress on Saturday announced former Union minister Srikant Jena as its candidate for the Balasore Lok Sabha seat in Odisha in its second list of nominees for the upcoming Parl... Read More


BJD fields 7 women candidates for Odisha's 21 Lok Sabha seats, reaches 33% mark

India, April 11 -- The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday kept its promise to ensure that 33% of its candidates from Odisha's 21 Lok Sabha seats will be women with chief minister Naveen Patnaik announc... Read More


Orissa HC upholds conviction order of Congress MLA in loan forgery case

India, April 10 -- The Orissa high court on Wednesday upheld the orders of a special vigilance court that had sentenced Congress MLA Mohammed Moquim to three years of imprisonment in a case of loan fo... Read More


BJP, BJD accuse each other of violating Model Code of Conduct in Odisha

India, April 9 -- The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Odisha have accused each other of violating Model Code of Conduct (MCC) ahead of the Assembly and ... Read More


Delhi HC stays ex-Union minister Dilip Ray's conviction to allow him contest polls

India, April 8 -- The Delhi high court on Monday stayed conviction of former Union minister Dilip Ray in a coal scam case allowing him to contest the upcoming Odisha legislative assembly elections. R... Read More


3 turncoats in BJD list of 9 assembly candidates

India, April 6 -- The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday announced nine candidates for the upcoming Assembly election in Odisha. With this, the party has announced 108 candidates for the 147-member Asse... Read More