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 […]

Satyasundar Barik

Some 7,000 residents of six villages decide to boycott elections in future too

SAMBALPUR: At a time when every public personality is urging people to cast their votes to strengthen the democracy, some 7,000 residents of an island comprising six villages, about 35 km from here, have decided not to vote in any future […]

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 […]

Praveen Swami
Why adivasis in insurgency-hit Koraput risk their lives to participate in the elections  

Women at a polling booth in Laxmipur, Koraput.
Kotiya: Tied to a bamboo pole that seems to stretch to the sky, the red flag of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) flutters high above the hamlet of Ganjaipadar.
But draped all around it are […]

Staff Reporter

Each polling party allowed to travel only after their route was cleared by security troupes

 
Photo: Lingaraj Panda

IT’S EASY: An official putting up a poster depicting how to use an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) for the first phase of polling on Thursday for Berhampur Lok Sabha and Bidhan Sabha seats in Booth No […]

Sib Kumar Das  

Former Orissa Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang (left). Photo: By Special Arrangement
PARTY: Congress
CONSTITUENCY: Koraput (ST)
STATE: Orissa
MISSION STATEMENT: My tenth win will make my voters, constituency and the Congress proud
Koraput: His campaign is low profile, but Giridhar Gamang is confident of creating history for the Congress, himself and Koraput, from where he seeks re-election for […]

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 […]

Correspondent
 
 
 
CUTTACK: While BJP Prime Ministerial candidate L.K. Advani kicked off the campaign for BJP candidates in Cuttack district by addressing a massive public meeting here on Tuesday, the Congress party also began its electioneering from here the same day.
Senior party leaders of the State, including former Chief Minister J.B. Patnaik, his wife and former Cuttack […]

Staff Reporter
BERHAMPUR: Disgruntled political leaders would hold the key in constituencies in south Orissa which go to polls in the first phase.
Resentment among party cadres has ripened against the former Union Minister and Congress MP of Koraput, Giridhar Gamang.
A large number of Congress leaders are against his alleged ‘family politics.’ Three members of the Gamang […]