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New Delhi: The Central government is reportedly panning to rope in booth-level officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI) for mass distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Officials from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Home…

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday announced that the bypolls due for 64 Vidhan Sabha seats, including Balasore Sadar and Tirtol in Odisha, and one Lok Sabha seat will be held simultaneously with Bihar assembly…

Bargarh: With the campaigning for the Bijepur Assembly by-election on October 21 kicking off on Wednesday, Director General of Police (DGP) BK Sharma held a high-level meeting at the district police headquarters here. Among others, DIG…

Bhubaneswar: Polling in the Patkura Assembly in Kendrapara district concluded peacefully on Saturday evening amid stray incidents. Briefing mediapersons at his office, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Surendra Kumar said while 67 per cent…

Bhubaneswar: The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Odisha on Thursday said that the indelible ink will be applied on the middle finger of voters for the Patkura Assembly polls on July 20. This follows a directive from the…

Bhubaneswar: After the Assembly elections, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the first time called a meeting of the newly elected MLAs from the ruling BJD at his residence Naveen Niwas on Wednesday. BJD insiders said Naveen will meet the…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday served notices to six states including Odisha, the Centre and the Election Commission of India (ECI) for announcing welfare schemes a few months before the elections. A three-member division bench…