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Patnaik is contesting from two Assembly constituencies, Hinjili and Bijepur. He has declared assets worth Rs 63 crore. The second in the list is BJP candidate KV Singhdeo contesting from the Patnagarh segment in Bolangir district. He has total assets worth Rs 37 crore.
 

MyNation gives you an outline of what India's World Cup 2019 squad may look like after the selectors get over with business on Monday

In the ongoing general election of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and southern states, almost a dozen IAS, IPS from the central services, state cadres are trying to get a new opportunity with political parties.

The first phase of polling for the Lok Sabha election has begun in 18 states. With the break of dawn, voting kicked off in 91 constituencies across 18 states and two union territories. Voting is also underway in 175 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, 32 in Sikkim and 28 seats in Odisha

BJP’s hyper animated TV face Sambit Patra will now contest from the beach city of Puri in Odisha. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released 36 names from Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam and Meghalaya at a little past 1 AM on Saturday.

The BJP has released the second and third list of candidates for the Lok Sabha election. 23 candidates have been announced for Andhra Pradesh. BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra will contest  from Puri constituency in Odisha.

Prakash Chandra Behera joins BJP in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Behera, Congress MLA from Salepur (Cuttack, Odisha), had resigned from the party yesterday.

Though captain Virat Kohli confirmed that there is only one slot pending to be filled for the World Cup starting in England on May 30, Sourav Ganguly felt a reliable batsman in the mould of Rahul Dravid should get the nod for No 4 spot in ODIs

Mathematics answer sheets of 108 students are missing. Poor administration and negligence have already led to the cancellation of English paper.  

 

 

From Congress leader Tom Vadakkan's entry into BJP, Congress-JD(S) finalising seat sharing for Lok Sabha election in Karnataka, Lingayat leader Mate Mahadevi's death to Rohit Sharma becoming ninth Indian batsman to be in the elite 8,000-run club in ODIs, watch today's news in MyNation in 100 seconds. 

Overall, Rohit Sharma is the ninth Indian batsman in the elite 8,000-run club in ODIs, after Virat Kohli, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Azharuddin

"We are sorted combination-wise. We know our playing 11 going into the World Cup. There will be just one change based on condition. When Hardik Pandya will come back, he gives depth in batting and opens up options in bowling. We know where we are going. We are clear about our playing 11," Virat Kohli said after losing the ODI series to Australia

Australia, who were trailing 0-2 initially, made a remarkable comeback in Delhi to grab their first ODI series win in India since 2009. It is only the fifth instance that a team has won a series after being down 0-2. Usman Khawaja won the Man-of-the-match and Man-of-the-series awards

Former Prime Minister Deve Gowda has kept the choice of constituency open and said that he will not contest from Hassan, paving way for his grandson Prajwal’s entry to politics from the same seat

Shikhar Dhwan has not been among the runs, except in the last ODI in Mohali. There are talks that he might miss the plane to England for the World Cup. But here are five reasons why the national selectors should persist with the southpaw