Elections 2019

NF Bureau:  Bollywood Actor Abhishek Bachchan reached Bhubaneswar to witness final of the Super Cup at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. Football fans of Odisha are much excited to watch the final of the Super Cup between…

NF Bureau:  Polling during the 4 Lok Sabha and 28 Assembly constituencies in the first phase of voting on Thursday was largely peaceful in Odisha. The voters’ turnout was recorded 68% by 6 pm in the state against 75% recorded in the…

NF Bureau:  The Election Commission of India today said that total seizure in 2019 Election so far, till 6 pm, is Rs 2,626 Crore. The EC has seized a total of Rs. 607 crore unaccounted cash so far since the Model Code of Conduct has come…

NF Bureau:  It’s election season. From Whatsapp groups to facebook pages, there are endless debates on which party or candidate is better and why. Which party will win and form the majority and whatnot. Amidst the chaos, comes a surprise…

NF Bureau:  The Supreme Court on Monday has ordered the Election Commission of India to increase Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) from one Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) per Assembly constituency to five randomly selected EVMs in…

NF Bureau:  The Election Commission of India has seized a total of Rs. Rs 399.505 crore cash since the Model Code of Conduct has come into force for the general elections. The EC also seized Rs. Rs 162.892 worth liquor, Rs 708.549 crores…

NF Bureau:  The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today released a list of 40 star campaigners for Phase-I & II polls in Odisha. They include Naveen Patnaik, Ananga Uday Singh Deo, Prasanna Acharya, Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, Surjya Narayan Patro and…

NF Bureau: Sitting MP from Kandhamal, Pratyusha Rajeshwari, who had recently quit BJD after being denied a ticket, has joined the BJP in a dramatic turn of events. Earlier, Pratyusha had hinted that she would join the Congress. Even, PCC…

NF Bureau: As expected, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has denied ticket to its rebel MP Shatrughan Sinha in Patna Sahib, replacing him with Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Shatrughan has been a bitter critic of PM Modi and BJP…

NF Bureau: In 2014 general elections, when the counting of votes began, BJP took a lead in Bargarh Lok Sabha and continued its lead throughout the day before the BJD candidate took over in the last few rounds to win by a margin of 11,178…