Ticket aspirants in Odisha spend anxious moments as parties adopt dilatory approach to release full lists of candidates

Bhubaneswar, April 9: Prospective ticket aspirants in Odisha are now passing tense moments as their party bosses adopt a dilatory approach to release full lists of candidates. Delay in release of the full lists of candidates has made the aspirants sit at their homes with fingers crossed. Odisha, which has got 21 Lok Sabha and […]

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Odisha: BJP demands expulsion of 5T Chairman VK Pandian for his active role in politics

Bhubaneswar, April 4: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday demanded immediate expulsion of V Karthikeyan Pandian as Odisha 5T chairman. The acronym 5T stands for Teamwork, Transparency, Technology, Time, and Transformation. The government has introduced it as a governance model with an aim of improving administrative efficiency and ensuring efficient delivery of public services. […]

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Odisha BJP chief rules out alliance with BJD, says BJP will fight with full force

Bhubaneswar, March 1: Putting all speculations to rest, Odisha State unit BJP president Manmohan Samal on Friday evening said his party would fight in all the 147 Assembly seats and 21 Lok Sabha seats in the State on its own strength and there will be no alliance with the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD). “The […]

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BJP names Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw as Rajya Sabha candidate from Odisha, BJD extends support  

Bhubaneswar, February 14: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced the name of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw as Rajya Sabha candidate from Odisha. Vaishnaw will now seek re-nomination to the Rajya Sabha for the second time from the eastern State. Minutes after the BJP announcement, the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD announced that it will support Vaishnaw’s […]

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BJD opposes non-confidence motion against rival BJP-led NDA Govt in Lok Sabha

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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BJD’s Dipali Das secures landslide victory in Jharsuguda by-poll

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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Odisha: Naveen Patnaik inaugurates BJD’s new office ‘Shankha Bhawan’

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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Centre withdraws heritage bye-laws for Puri Shree Mandir

Bhubaneswar, February 8: Union Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on Monday issued direction for withdrawal of notification for proposed Heritage Bye-laws for Lord Jagannath Temple (Shree Mandir), Puri. The development came after two separate delegations of BJD and BJP MPs met the Union Minister in New Delhi conveying religious sentiments of the people […]

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BJD to attend President Ram Nath Kovind’s address in Parliament tomorrow

Bhubaneswar, January 28: Even as the 16 Opposition parties decided to boycott President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to a joint sitting of Parliament on Friday over the Union Government’s “undemocratic” attitude towards the farmers, Naveen Patnaik-led BJD will attend the the ceremony. “The Biju Janta Dal will attend the President’s address tomorrow and raise all […]

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Covid vaccine will be available in coming few weeks: PM Modi

New Delhi, December 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired the all-party meeting via video conferencing to discuss the Covid-19 vaccination strategy in India. “The Government is developing a comprehensive vaccination strategy. It is expected that the vaccine will be available in the coming few weeks,” said PM Modi. The Prime Minister shared his […]

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