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Cuttack, September 27: The Salipur JMFC Court on Wednesday issued summons to former Law Minister and Mahanga MLA Pratap Jena to appear before it personally on October 6 in connection with the double murder case involving a 75-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader two and half years ago. On Monday, the Judicial Magistrate First Class […]
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Bhubaneswar, September 21: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday expelled two party MLAs – Khandapadas MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and Remuna MLA Sudhanshu Sekhar Parida. BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik informed about the development on Thursday. “Two MLAs have been expelled from the Biju Janata Dal. First is Sudhanshu Parida, MLA […]
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Bhubaneswar, September 2: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA and former Odisha Legislative Assembly Speaker, Surjya Narayan Patro passed away at a private hospital here on Saturday evening. He was 75. As per reports, Patro was admitted to the hospital this afternoon today after his health deteriorated. A seven-time legislator, he was a sitting MLA of […]
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Bhubaneswar, August 29: Amid speculations of early Assembly elections in Odisha, Election Commission of India (ECI) officials will visit the State on September 13 to hold discussion with the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and Collectors of all districts. “A team of ECI officials will visit Odisha on September 13 and hold discussions with Collectors […]
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Bhubaneswar, August 8: Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday opposed the no-confidence motion brought by the Congress-led opposition bloc. The regional party headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also expressed gratitude for the Centre’s “support” to the State. Participating in the debate on the no-confidence motion, BJD’s Puri Lok Sabha member Pinaki Misra […]
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Bhubaneswar, July 11: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has received the highest Rs 622 crore donations through Electoral Bonds among all regional parties in the country, according to a report by election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). More than 89.81 per cent of Naveen Patnaik’s BJD’s total donations came from Electoral Bonds. “More than […]
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Jharsuguda, May 13: BJD’s Dipali Das on Saturday won the Jharsuguda Assembly bypoll by defeating her nearest rival, Tankadhar Tripathy of the BJP, by over 48,000 votes. While Dipali got more than 1.07 lakh votes, the BJP got 58,000 and Congress finished a distant third with 4,400 votes. The by-election was necessitated following the murder […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 12: State Assembly Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukha and two other Ministers – Samir Ranjan Dash and Srikanta Sahu – of State Council of Ministers resigned in quick succession on Friday evening, giving rise to speculation that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik may undertake a reshuffle of his Council soon. Speculation is rife that Naveen, […]
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Bhubaneswar, April 23: Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo Naveen Patnaik on Sunday inaugurated a new party office of the ruling BJD called ‘Shankha Bhawan’ on the occasion of Akshay Tritiya here. A big conch (BJD’s political symbol) with portraits of the Holy Trinity – Lord Jagannath, Goddess Subhadra and Lord Balabhadra, […]
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Bhubaneswar, March 27: The disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as MP by Lok Sabha Secretariat had repercussions on the functioning of the Odisha Assembly as Congress members, wearing black clothes, created ruckus in the House on Monday. As soon as the House met for the day, Congress members wearing black clothes trooped into the […]
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