Odisha rural polls: BJD, Congress, BJP to go for consensus candidates in area bordering Andhra Pradesh

Bhubaneswar: In the upcoming panchayat polls in the contentious Kotia area of Odisha, three major political parties Congress, BJD and the BJP on Thursday decided to select consensus candidates in the border region. The parties decided to select consensus candidates for sarpanch, samity member, and ward member posts instead of going for elections in Kotia…

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Odisha reports 9,833 new Covid-19 cases, six deaths

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Friday recorded a slight dip in fresh Covid-19 cases, as 9,833 more people tested positive for the virus, raising the tally to 11,87,295, the health department said. The death toll mounted to 8,507 with six new fatalities, including two in Cuttack, reported PTI. Odisha had on Thursday reported 10,368 Covid cases and…

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Odisha reports 10,368 new Covid-19 cases, seven deaths

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 10,368 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, while the single-day death count of seven was the highest in more than three months, a health department bulletin said. The state had recorded 11,607 fresh infections and six fatalities on Wednesday. Khurda district reported more than a quarter of the fresh cases with 3,036 infections,…

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