politics

ONI Bureau:   The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday told the Election Commission that it favoured holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly. The party said simultaneous elections would help in saving over Rs…

ONI Bureau:  The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Central government, Election Commission and Lok Sabha Speaker to respond to a plea for by-election in the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha. Justice Siddharth Mridul asked…

ONI Bureau:  The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) candidate Arif Alvi won the presidential election of the country on Tuesday, according to official TV channel PTV News and initial reports of vote counting. Three candidates…

ONI Bureau:  The ruling BJD on Tuesday announced to launch a state-wide strike from September 7 to 9 to protest against fuel price hike. The party members including members of Biju Yuva Janata Dal, Biju Mahila Janata Dal and Biju Chhatra…

ONI Bureau:  A reply to a query under the RTI Act has revealed that as many as 65 members of the Lok Sabha and 29 of the Rajya Sabha are yet to declare their assets and liabilities. Out of that 4 Biju Janata Dal (JD) MPs are yet to declare…

ONI Bureau:  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday blamed Karnataka's ruling coalition partners Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) for its defeat in the state civic polls held across 22 districts. "The BJP should have won more…

ONI Bureau:  Though speculation is rife that the former Parliamentarian Baijayant Panda might join BJP, Panda today said that he hasn't decided yet if he will join any party or start something new. During his visit to Mahanga in…

ONI Bureau:  Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said Odisha's development and creation of job opportunities for youth is not a political issue, but a collective responsibility. "I appeal to the state government to…

Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday surrendered in a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here to serve his sentence in a fodder scam case. Lalu Prasad surrendered…

ONI Bureau:  Odisha Chief Electoral Officer to hold all-party meeting at 12 noon today to discuss about poll preparations in view of 2019 general elections. Reportedly, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha Surendra Kumar will meet…