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Bhubaneswar: A day after being named BJP Rajya Sabha candidate, Ashwini Vaishnav on Saturday formally joined the saffron party at the State headquarters here in the presence of party State unit president and Kalahandi MP Basanta Panda. BJD is also supporting the candidature of Vaishnav, a former Indian Administrative Service officer. He was the private […]
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Bhubaneswar: Minutes after announcing the name of former bureaucrat Ashwani Vaishnav along with the party’s two senior leaders – Amar Patnaik and Sasmit Patra – as party’s candidates for by-elections to the three Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha, Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Friday clarified that Vaishnav will be BJP candidate for […]
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Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha on Friday announced the names of BJD IT cell chief Amar Patnaik, party spokesperson Sasmit Patra and former IAS officer Aswini Baishnab as its candidates for by-elections to three Rajya Sabha seats in the State. Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik announced Patnaik, Patra and Baishnab’s names for the […]
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Bhubaneswar: Notification was issued on Tuesday for by-election to three Rajya Sabha seats vacated by three senior BJD leaders – Achyuta Samanta, Pratap Keshari Deb and Soumya Ranjan Patnaik. As per the notification issued by the Odisha Assembly Secretariat, candidates can file nominations between 11 am and 3 pm till June 25. While the nomination […]
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Bhubaneswar: Balasore MP and Union Minister of State (MoS) Pratap Chandra Sarnagi surprised everyone by taking oath in Sanskrit as a member of the 17th Lok Sabha on Monday. The Minister of State (MoS) for MSME and Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries pledged that he would abide by constitution in delivering his duties. The oath […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met floor leaders of various parties in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament beginning Monday. The PM called on leaders of all political parties in Parliament to work cohesively with the government in running the House smoothly and to collectively […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday attended the NITI Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and demanded that natural calamity be included as criteria for according Special Category Status to Odisha. “Natural calamity should be included as a criteria for according Special Category Status to Odisha. As an interim […]
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Cuttack: The members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha on Saturday burnt the effigies of BJD’s Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty and Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik in Cuttack demanding immediate arrest of the MP, his brother and wife for allegedly abusing a woman journalist. The leaders claimed that though an FIR has been […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought financial assistance of Rs 5,000 crore and 5 lakh pucca houses for the cyclone Fani affected people. “We have been hit by the recent cyclone which has done a great deal of damage. I asked for Rs 5000 crore and 5 […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 10:30 am at the PM’s residence at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi today. Patnaik will present several crucial demands pertaining to the interest of Odisha, including Odisha’s participation in Ayushman Bharat, Special Category Status demand for Odisha, financial assistance for a […]
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