Bhubaneswar, Mar 27 (UNI) BJD President Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced the list of party candidates for nine Lok Sabha and 72 Assembly seats in Odisha for the upcoming elections. The ruling BJD is the state’s first political party to announce the party candidates’ names for Assembly seats. Odisha will hold simultaneous Assembly and Lok…
Bhubaneswar, Mar 22 (UNI) Former Odisha Minister and veteran BJD leader Damodar Rout, who was elected to the Odisha legislative assembly seven times during his over four decades-long political career, passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar here on Friday morning. Family sources said Rout (83) breathed his last at 5:23 AM this morning…
Bhubaneswar, Mar 12 (UNI) Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has sanctioned an allocation of Rs.374.17 crore for the construction of a 3.5-km-long six-lane flyover at Ainthapali junction and a two-lane ROB (LHS) on NH 53 formerly NH 6 in Sambalpur. In a post on Tuesday Gadkari said an allocation of Rs…
Bhuabneswar, Feb 29 (UNI) President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday called for special attention to the development of more backward people in tribal communities. Inaugurating a national seminar on ‘Tribes of Keonjhar: People, Culture and Heritage’, organized by Dharanidhar University at Gamharia in Odisha’s Keonjhar district, the President said if any community or group is left…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 28 (UNI) Leading global philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates was honoured with the KISS Humanitarian Award 2023 in recognition of his philanthropic work on Wednesday. He was conferred the award for his unparalleled contributions to enhancing global health, and education and addressing climate change through innovative technology solutions aimed at reducing…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 22 (UNI) Odisha needs a double-engine government and the Bharatiya Janata Party will form the government in Odisha in the ensuing elections, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday. Rajnath who is on a one-day visit to the state told party workers at Nabarangpur that the BJP will this time perform much…
Bhubaneswar, Feb17 (UNI) The ECI Team led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner of India Arun Goel on Saturday conducted a comprehensive review of election preparedness in Odisha. Over two days, high-level meetings were held with key officials from the state government and enforcement agencies to assess the readiness for the upcoming…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 16 (UNI) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has solicited active cooperation from the political parties in Odisha to uphold the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in letter and spirit and to ensure a smooth electoral process. On the first day of the visit of a seven member team of the ECI, they…
Puri, Feb 15 (UNI) Union Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 28 National Highway projects costing Rs 6,600 crore through virtual mode. The projects dedicated on Thursday include the 6-laning work of the Chandikhol to Bhadrak section of National Highway-16 and 4-laning work of the Baharagora-Singhra…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 15 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Thursday raided several places in Bhubaneswar and Bhadrak linked to former Odisha Minister and senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Prafulla Samal, reportedly in connection with a multi-crore land scam. The raids were conducted at the residences of Bhandaripokhari BJD MLA Prafulla Samal in Bhadrak…
