Patkura

Kendrapara: The BJD took an unassailable lead in the Patkura Assembly seat, the counting for which began on Wednesday. By the end of the 16th round of counting, BJD candidate Sabitri Agarwalla polled 89,389 votes while BJP candidate Bijoy…

Kendrapara/Patkura: Tension ran high after locals attacked a polling officer, suspecting him of tampering with the VVPAT machines in the strongroom at Kendrapara College. According to sources, the polling officer had unlocked the room to…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has paid holiday for employees of business, trade, industrial undertakings, shops and commercial establishments in Patkura assembly segment, which is going to polls on Saturday. According to a Labour…

Patkura: Can Bijoy Mohapatra overcome his electoral jinx and upset Naveen Patnaik’s applecart? Or, will he go the Baijayant Panda way? As the D-Day for the high-profile Patkura polls becomes nearer, all eyes are on this assembly…

Bhubaneswar: The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Thursday gave the following details about the arrangements made for the election in Patkura Assembly scheduled on July 20 the campaigning for which ended in the evening. Poll…

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Congress and BJP members on Wednesday created a ruckus in the Odisha Assembly over the absence of the ruling BJD MLAs and ministers. Drawing the attention of the Speaker, leader of the Opposition, Pradipta Naik…

Bhubaneswar: With only three days left for the Assembly election in Patkura in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, the BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will take up the poll campaign for his party candidate Sabitri Agarwalla on…

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Sunday claimed Bijoy Mahapatra, the BJP nominee for the forthcoming Patkura Assembly poll, was a 'guinea pig' candidate. “The fact is that BJD and BJP are contesting a friendly match in Patkura and it is fixed.…

Kendrapara: The Patkura assembly seat under Kendrapara Parliamentary Constituency will go to polls on July 20, a notification issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Thursday. The counting of votes will be held on July 24,…

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…