Assembly elections

Ranchi: Polling began at 7 a.m. on Saturday for 13 seats of Jharkhand Assembly polls, said officials. In the first phase, polling is taking place in Maoist affected area amid heavy security arrangements. The polling will continue till 3…

New Delhi: Bypolls to 64 Assembly seats in 17 states and one Union Territory will be held on October 21 and the results will be declared on October 24, the Election Commission said on Saturday. The poll panel announced the schedule for…

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the three major political parties in Odisha are leaving no stone unturned to woo voters ahead of the upcoming polls, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today reaffirmed his…

Bhubaneswar: BJD President and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced the names of nine more MLA candidates for the third and fourth phase of the state Assembly polls. The following candidates have been given ticket to…

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today released the third list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha polls in Odisha. As per the list, former Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra, who has joined the BJP yesterday, will…

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today filed his nomination from Bijepur Assembly Constituency in Bargarh district today. Patnaik filed his nomination paper at Padmapur Sub-Collector office in…

Bhubaneswar: Top Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda’s wife Subhashree Panda alias Mili panda, who had debuted in Odisha politics in last elections, will contest from Ranpur Assembly Constituency on Congress ticket in the ensuing elections.…

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and Rajya Sabha member Prashanta Nanda's son Rishabh Nanda today joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here today after being denied a ticket to contest in the Assembly elections. Rishabh joined the saffron…

Bhubaneswar: Kandhamal MP Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh, who resigned from the ruling BJD yesterday after being denied party ticket to contest in the upcoming elections, will join Congress on March 23. Speaking to mediapersons, Odisha…

Jaleswar: After being denied ticket for the upcoming Assembly elections, former Jaleswar MLA Debi Prasanna Chand today resigned from Congress expressing displeasure over the party’s functioning and negligence towards him. The…