Prafulla Das

Both BJD and Congress not confident of securing an absolute majority

Speculation rife about a hung AssemblyBJD leaders in touch with smaller parties

BHUBANESWAR: Although the counting of votes polled in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections were several days away, leaders of the two major parties in the State — Biju Janata Dal and […]

Staff Reporter

Cash, cell phones snatched from poll staff returned to Malkangiri Collector

A letter purportedly written by divisional committee secretary also delivered
Naxals seek cooperation of officials in fighting corruption and injustice

BERHAMPUR: The CPI(Maoist) through a letter to Malkangiri District Collector Nitin Bhanudas Jawale has apologised for attacking government officials on election duty during the first […]

Staff Reporter
District Collector holds all-party meeting and discusses the issue
BERHAMPUR: Re-polling in 17 booths of the naxal-affected Malkangiri district will be held after April 28.
Speaking to The Hindu, the Malkangiri District Collector and Electoral Officer of the district, Nitin Bhanudas Jawale, said he wrote to the Chief Electoral Officer of Orissa recommending re-polling on […]

Staff Reporter

All major parties have such nominees for the second phase of elections

‘31 candidates of Congress facing criminal charges’
A four-time legislator has 46 cases registered against him

BHUBANESWAR: Congress has fielded 31 candidates who are facing different criminal charges, the highest number of such candidates among political parties, in the second phase of the Assembly […]

Sib Kumar Das
 “We try to remain aloof from politics to keep alive the dignity of our unique dance form”
Narendrapur: The rise of the Biju Janata Dal in Orissa has been a blessing for the Jodi Sankha troupes of Ganjam, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s home district. The main income for these troupes, which perform a […]

Prafulla Das
 
 
 
BHUBANESWAR: For many parties fighting the coming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Orissa, it is now time to garner votes by promising to provide rice to the poor at a throwaway price.
The Congress joined the bandwagon on Saturday by assuring that if it was voted to power in the State it would provide […]

Special Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the CPI and the Forward Bloc will address a rally to be organised by the Biju Janata Dal here on Friday.
Orissa Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik will preside over the public meeting, where the four parties will jointly launch […]

Staff Reporter
 
 
 
BERHAMPUR: The tribal organization Kui Samaj Samanwaya Samity (KSSS) has decided to field its members as candidates in three Assembly segments of Kandhamal district under the baner of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). “We wanted our tribal activists to contest the elections with a common symbol under a common platform, so we chose to […]

Staff Reporter
BERHAMPUR: Frequent undeclared power cuts due to low maintenance may prove to be a major hindrance for the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) during the elections in Berhampur.
The Congress has decided to make it a major electoral issue during the elections. Union Minister of State for Rural Development Chandrasekhar Sahu, who is contesting as […]

Special Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: It’s raining freebies in the State in the run up to the polls and salt and dal were the latest additions to the list. The Baratiya Janata Party on Monday said that if voted to power in the State it would provide rice at Rs. 1 per kg to all below poverty line […]