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Efforts underway to bring remains of Odisha's first woman mountaineer
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 25 (ANI): The state government is working in close coordination with the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu to bring back the mortal remains of Odisha's first woman mountaineer, Kalpana Dash, who died while descending from world's highest peak.
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BJD MLAs to meet on May 26, elect Patnaik as leader
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 24 (ANI): Newly elected MLAs of the Biju Janta Dal (BJD) are likely to meet and elect Naveen Patnaik as the leader of the BJD legislature party on May 26.
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Coalition can't succeed without alliance 'dharma': Bihar Cong leader
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 24 (ANI): In a veiled attack against its alliance partners in Bihar, senior Congress leader Sadanand Singh on Friday said that if the coalition partners could have scored at least some seats if they had followed the "gathbandhan dharma".
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BJD wins 112 Assembly seats, Naveen Patnaik to be CM for 5th consecutive t
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 24 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has once again established its political supremacy by winning 112 Assembly seats in 146-member House and paving the way for Naveen Patnaik to be the state's chief minister for the 5th consecutive term.
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Odisha Congress chief Niranjan Patnaik resigns
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], May 24 (ANI): Odisha Congress chief Niranjan Patnaik on Friday tendered his resignation to party president Rahul Gandhi after the party managed to win just nine Assembly seats in the state while only one of its Lok Sabha candidates won in the state.
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People have silenced Opposition with their votes: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 24 (ANI): Hours after the BJP pulled off a stunning victory in the Lok Sabha elections, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday took a dig at the rival political quarters for criticising PM Modi during electioneering saying, "people have silenced the Oppositio
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Lok Sabha polls: In a first, RJD draws a blank in Bihar
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 24 (ANI): In a first, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) could not manage to win even a single seat in the 17th Lok Sabha elections which concluded on May 19.
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LS polls: Ravi Shankar Prasad wins against Shatrughan Sinha
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna Sahib (Bihar) [India], May 24 (ANI): BJP leader Ravi Shakar Prasad on Friday retained the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency for the saffron party after defeating sitting MP Shatrughan Sinha by a margin of 2.84 lakh voters.
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Naveen Patnaik set to return as Odisha CM for fifth time
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 24 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik, who won effortlessly in the state Assembly elections, is set to return to power for a fifth consecutive term.
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Odisha: Naveen Patnaik expresses 'deep gratitude' to voters after BJD's sp
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar [Odisha], May 23 (ANI): With the official trends indicating a spectacular victory by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in both the assembly and Lok Sabha elections, party supremo and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday expressed his "deep gratitude" to the voters for "sho
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Bihar: CM Nitish Kumar congratulates Modi on spectacular performance
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 23 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the spectacular performance of the NDA in the general elections.
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Hope 'double engine' govt will solve problems of Bihar : Tejashwi Yadav
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 23 (ANI): RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the BJP's victory in the Lok Sabha elections saying that he respects people's mandate.
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