Elections

Utkal Sankrutika Samaj, a social cultural organisation of Odias in the city, at its annual general body meeting at the Samaj premises, elected its new team of office-bearers for 2022-23. They are: president – J.K. Nayak (vice-president, Orissa Stevedores Limited), vice-presidents – Sashi Bhusan Bhuyan (VUDA) and Karunakar Padhee (Medicover Hospital), general secretary – Bimal Kumar Mahanta (Naval Dockyard), cultural secretary – Seema Mohanty (social activist) and treasurer - Maheswar Behera (Naval Dockyard). Congratulating the new team, Divisional Railway Manager Anup Satpathy and ADRM Manoj Sahoo, hoped that the new committee would contribute to the all-round development of the samaj. … [Read more...] about Utkal Samaj elects new team in Visakhapatnam

Progressive Democrats had a good night on Tuesday as five states held primary contests for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, while a key Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania remains extremely close. Candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump had a mixed night and the final outcomes of some key races are not yet known. However, there is also the real possibility that a Democratic congressman who was endorsed by President Joe Biden could end up losing his primary to a progressive challenger and that a Trump-backed Senate candidate could be defeated. Here are five key takeaways from Tuesday's elections. 1. Trump's Support Not Enough to Save Cawthorn Republican Representative Madison Cawthorn conceded defeat in the GOP primary for North Carolina's 11th congressional district after losing to state Senator Chuck Edwards in what may be the biggest upset of the primary season so far. The 26-year-old, who is currently the youngest member of … [Read more...] about Five key takeaways from primary election results

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for May 18 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! A Pennsylvania man is facing aggravated assault and other charges after allegedly disrupting his local polling place during the state's primary election. Police say 57-year-old David Huff was yelling at and filming voters at a Castle Shannon, Pa. polling location after casting his own ballot Tuesday. Huff also allegedly harassed poll workers at the location and refused a police order to leave the location, according to a report in WTAE. Voting booths. (iStock) Huff was arrested and sent to Allegheny County Jail , while the polling location was forced to temporarily halt voting. Police say Huff resisted the arrest and that an officer suffered a cut on her wrists during the altercation. Huff also allegedly attempted to swat police officers with … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania man arrested after disrupting polling place during primary election

Matt Castelli's run for Congress was prompted by the deadly events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Republican Representative Elise Stefanik 's actions in the aftermath and her repeated promotion of former president Donald Trump 's "big lie" that the 2020 election was stolen from him sealed Castelli's decision to launch a bid as a Democrat to unseat her in New York's 21st congressional district. The third-ranking House Republican's continued promotion of the baseless claims is "an ongoing threat" to the security of the country, said Castelli, a former CIA officer who served as the director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council in both the Obama and Trump White Houses. "The position that she has taken and has done so consistently and very recently has been to continue to promote the big lie that led to the deaths of five police officers, and the injuries of hundreds of others, in what was really one of the greatest assaults on law enforcement in the … [Read more...] about Elise Stefanik “QAnon queen” rhetoric threatens U.S. security—Matt Castelli

Left-wing challenger Jamie McLeod-Skinner holds a commanding lead over incumbent Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) in the primary race for Oregon’s 5th congressional district, with over 60% of the vote as ballots continued to be tallied Wednesday. The 5th congressional district was redrawn to include more Republican areas, making Schrader vulnerable in the fall in a tough environment for Democrats. But the increasingly polarized nature of national politics meant that Schrader, one of the few fiscally conservative Democrats left in the caucus, was also vulnerable to a challenge from the increasingly radical left. The Wall Street Journal noted last week: Mr. Schrader must make it through a May 17 primary where he is being challenged from his left over not doing more to move the Democratic agenda through Congress. Mr. Schrader raised concerns about the cost of Democrats’ social-policy and climate package and in committee opposed a bill to allow the government to negotiate the price … [Read more...] about Oregon Primary: Left-wing Challenger Holds Big Lead over Incumbent Dem Kurt Schrader

Another day, another allegation of serious sexual assault committed by a parliamentarian. More than that, another Conservative. It’s becoming a bit of a habit. How odd that a party led by a notorious philanderer should be secretly hosting so many dangerous misogynists. This morning, an unnamed Tory MP, aged in his 50s, was bailed by police following arrest on suspicion of sexual offences dating back the mid 2000s, including rape, sexual assult, abuse of a position of trust and misconduct in public office. Though the whips have allowed him to retain his membership of the parliamentary party pending a conclusion to criminal proceedings (innocent until proven guilty, of course), he has been requested to stay away from Westminster . What a way to kick off canvassing in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton, both constituencies holding a by-election on 23 June due to the sitting MP departing after allegations of sexual misconduct. In Yorkshire, Imran Ahmad Khan is … [Read more...] about Porn, sexual assault, rape – Westminster’s dangerous underbelly is finally exposed

After inflation hit a 40-year high of 9 per cent today, Conservative MPs, including some ministers, are again pointing the finger of blame at the Bank of England and its governor Andrew Bailey for raising interest rates too slowly. Worryingly, some senior Tories are even raising the question of whether the Bank should lose its operational independence on monetary policy,  threatening the 25-year consensus since Gordon Brown ceded the politicians’ control of interest rates to the Bank. Liam Fox, the former cabinet minister, argues the Bank should stick to its “day job” of hitting the government’s 2 per cent inflation target, rather than worrying about political matters such as climate change (though Rishi Sunak added that to the Bank’s mandate last year). Fox said : “There is a distinct feeling that those who should be protecting us from the debasement of our currency, the erosion of our earnings and the devaluation of our savings, have had their minds too much … [Read more...] about Giving the government control over interest rates would be a disaster

Janice McGeachin, the Trump-endorsed candidate in Idaho's gubernatorial race, lost Tuesday's Republican primary to incumbent Governor Brad Little. At the time that the race was called for Little by the Associated Press, McGeachin, who currently serves as the state's lieutenant governor, had only received about 31 percent of the GOP vote. McGeachin, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump in November , has been arguably the most extreme candidate that the former president has endorsed in the midterms. She has ties to the far right, having appeared and defended her participation at a March conference held by white nationalist Nick Fuentes, as well as maintaining connections with anti-government militia the Three Percenters . She also ran on a campaign promising a total ban on abortion that makes no exceptions for rape, incest or the health of the mother. She has even gone so far as to accuse her opponent—who recently signed a state ban on most abortions after six … [Read more...] about Trump-backed candidate who said Christ would “reign in Idaho” loses primary

In January 2021, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the 100% strategic sale of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), the corporate entity of Visakhapatnan Steel Plant. Since then, the employees and union members from various political fronts have been staging an agitation, which at one point of time had scaled a good height. Also Read As Vizag Steel Plant agitation nears one year, employees confident of winning the battle But of late, the tempo of the agitation appears to have slowed down, especially at a time when the Union Government had already appointed the legal advisory committee and the transaction advisory committee. It has also recently short-listed three firms from 10 companies who had bid for the appointment of the valuation committee. “It appears that the agitation is losing its steam, and we need to revive it as soon as possible,” feel many of the leaders from various trade unions, who are also part of the Visakha Ukku Parirakshana … [Read more...] about Is the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant agitation losing its steam?

Until a year ago, Soni Sori symbolised the plight of Bastar tribals — tortured, humiliated and caught in the conflict between Maoists and the state. But now, she is fast emerging as the face of a protest the tribals have launched against the violence and repression from the state as well as from the rebels. Many expected her to vanish from the political scene after she lost the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Bastar, where she was the Aam Aadmi Party candidate. Instead, she started fighting for the tribals, at the forefront of every protest organised in Bastar in the last one year. “The police abducted a woman, named Sukadi, from the neighbouring Bade Gurbe village in November 2014 and claimed that she might have gone missing. They [the police] branded her husband Ayata Mandavi a Maoist and forced him to go into hiding. Soni Didi [sister] led our protest,” says Mudakram Sodi, Sarpanch of Jangampal village under the Kukanar police station in Sukma district. Sukadi was freed after … [Read more...] about Soni Sori continues as face of tribal protest