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’18 lakh vulnerable pensioners left in the lurch’: Naveen slams Odisha govt for three-month delay in pension

Stepping up his attack on the BJP-led Odisha government, Leader of the Opposition and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Friday accused it of failing the state's most vulnerable citizens over the non-disbursal of social security pensions to nearly 18 lakh beneficiaries for the last three months, and urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to ensure immediate release of the pending payments.

BJP’ clean sweep in panchayat presidential polls in Uttarakhand

As elections for remaining eight district and more 75 block panchayat bodies are scheduled for the coming days BJP's sweeping win in the first round on came as a big shocker for the opposition Congress party as latter failed even to find candidates for contest in three hill districts Uttarkashi, Pithoragarh and Champawat and one Udhamsingh Nagar in plain Terai region of the state.