Odisha Congress

Bhubaneswar: Releasing its third list, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) Sunday named 75 candidates for the Odisha Assembly Election selected by its Central Election Committee. As per the announcement, senior leader Niranjan…

Bhubaneswar: The President of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC), Sarat Pattnaik, announced that the party will release the names of candidates for 70 Assembly seats out of a total of 147 in the state on March 1st. To select…

Bhubaneswar: Rajya Sabha candidature of incumbent Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw by BJP, backed by Odisha’s ruling BJD, has irked the Congress leaders who have alleged an unholy nexus between both the parties and highlighted that the…

Bhubaneswar: The Indian National Congress (INC) withdrew the suspension of senior party leaders Mohammed Moquim and Chiranjib Biswal on Tuesday. The grand old party also revoked the expulsion of former MLA Krushna Chandra Sagaria.   On…

Bhubaneswar: Congress MLAs will not participate in the election to the post of Odisha Assembly Speaker scheduled to be held on September 21. The monsoon session of the State Assembly will start on September 22 a day after the election of…

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader Sura Routray's son Manmath Routray has been suspended from party for 'gross violation of discipline'. Reportedly, Manmath Routray on Wednesday announced that he would not contest the 2024 polls in…

Bhubaneswar: Former Indian hockey captain Prabodh Tirkey on Monday joined the Congress at the party’s Odisha unit headquarters in Bhubaneswar and expressed his desire to contest the assembly elections next year. He joined the party in…

Bhubaneswar: Four retired bureaucrats former IAS officers Panchanan Das and Biswanath Acharya and ex-OAS officers Ravindra Nath Mishra and Uddhab Kar -joined the Congress in presence of OPCC president Sarat Pattanayak and party's state…

New Delhi: The Odisha Congress Executive Committee meeting on Saturday discussed the party's strategy for next year's Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections, a senior leader said. The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) held its…

Bhubaneswar: As the Biju Janata Dal did not join the opposition meeting in Patna, the Congress accused Odisha's ruling party of being ''hand in glove'' with the BJP. The relationship between the two parties will ''continue till the BJP…