Bhubaneswar, April 20: The Home (Election) Department has ordered a fresh round of verification after nearly 9.8 lakh names were deleted from the electoral rolls, triggering concern over alleged irregularities.The move comes following multiple complaints that names of living and local voters were mistakenly struck off. Taking serious note, the department has directed Electoral Registration…
Kolkatta, 10/4 (AO Bureau): A day ago, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya tweeted a post. In this post, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s election strategist Prashant Kishore was talking on audio to a group of journalists regarding the Bengal elections. Prashant Kishore was praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the excerpt of Prashant Kishore’s speech…
Jajpur/Kaliapani: Nearly a decade after the Nagada child deaths, concerns over malnutrition and mysterious illnesses have resurfaced in the mining belt of Sukinda in Jajpur district.Six children of a family from a Juang hamlet in Tikarpada under Kansa panchayat are reportedly suffering from severe malnutrition and an unidentified disease.Although the government pumps in huge amounts…
New Delhi, 3/1: Former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly will be returning to the IPL fold as Director of Cricket with the Delhi Capitals during the upcoming edition starting in April, sources close to the development confirmed. The former India captain, who stepped down from the BCCI president’s post in October, will also oversee all the…
New Delhi, 22/10: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday objected to the Narendra Modi government “turning” civil servants and soldiers to “political workers” and “marketing agents” of the ruling BJP, saying the whole administration has officially become “pracharak” of BJP. Kharge’s stinging criticism in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi came against the backdrop…
Chennai, 18/4: Chennai Super Kings sign Dewald Brevis as a replacement for the injured Gurjapneet Singh. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have signed South Africa’s Dewald Brevis as a replacement for the injured Gurjapneet Singh for the remainder of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Dewald Brevis has played 81 T20s and scored…
Bhubaneswar: A day after announcing the schedule for the panchayat by-elections in Odisha, the State Election Commission today postponed it in view of the onset of the monsoon season. The State Election Commission had issued a notification yesterday to conduct the by-polls for 1043 vacant Ward Member seats, 43 vacant Sarpanch seats, 40 vacant Panchayat Samiti…
Kolkatta, 13/3 (AO Bureau) : Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday. Sinha took Trinamool membership in TMC Bhawan, Kolkata, capital of West Bengal. Yashwant Sinha, who handled the finance and foreign ministry under Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government, said in a press conference during this time that people will be…
16-Point Reform Plan For Lingaraj Temple Submitted To Law Minister Bhubaneswar: A 16-point reform plan for the Lingaraj Temple was submitted to Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Monday, with recommendations aimed at streamlining rituals, improving services and strengthening overall temple management.The proposals are part of the second interim report of the Satwa Lipi (Record of…
Tension flared in Nabarangpur district after the family of a youth found dead inside Dabugaon police station alleged that police murdered him.The deceased, identified as Purna Kalar of Anchala village under Medana panchayat, had been arrested for allegedly abducting and assaulting a minor girl.His family and villagers staged a protest outside the police station, blocking…
