Politics

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) is planning a ‘mishran parba’ (joining ceremony) on September 5 here to induct several prominent personalities, including former chief minister Giridhar Gamang, former MPs Hema…
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Bhubaneswar: Amid talks about possibility of early elections in Odisha, a team of Election Commission of India (ECI) is scheduled to visit the state on September 13. Speaking to mediapersons, chief electoral officer of Odisha Nikunja…
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Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha’s 5T Secretary V K Pandian made adverse remarks on Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi, opposition political Congress and BJP lashed out at Biju Janata Dal (BJD) saying the ruling party has no respect for elected…
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Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi on Friday alleged that a massive land scam is taking place near Odisha capital under the patronage of an influential bureaucrat in the Chief Minister’s office. …
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Berhampur/ Bhubaneswar: The bitter fight between Odisha’s 5T Secretary V K Pandian and Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi was played out in full public view on Friday as the bureaucrat, for the maiden time, attacked the legislator though he…
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Bhubaneswar: While political circles here are abuzz with speculation about early Assembly polls in November/December, the Odisha Assembly is likely to be convened for the one last time for four to five days on September 26 to place the…
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Bhubaneswar: There is a likely threat to democracy amid the prevailing ‘dalatantri’ (keeping party above nation) and what is more worrying is the dominance of bureaucracy over party politics, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Khandapada MLA…
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Puri/ Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s 5T Secretary VK Pandian, who is on a two-day visit to Puri, was thrown ink at while attending an event at UGS College at Satyabadi in Puri district on Saturday. Some portion of the ink also fell on Puri…
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New Delhi: About 12% of sitting MPs of Rajya Sabha are billionaires. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have the highest percentage of such parliamentarians, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The ADR and the National…
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New Delhi: An FIR has been filed in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore against senior Congress leaders, including party’s National General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, MP Congress chief Kamal Nath and former Union Minister Arun Yadav, over a post…
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