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Bhubaneswar: The State Assembly was adjourned thrice till 3 pm on Monday following uproarious scenes and pandemonium by opposition BJP and Congress members over deteriorating law and order situation in the State. As the House met for the day at 10.30 am, Leader of Opposition Pradipta Kumar Naik stood at his chair and urged Speaker […]
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Bhubaneswar: The first session of the 16th Odisha Assembly began on Tuesday with the customary address of Governor Ganeshi Lal who announced that women will now get Rs 10 lakh for their treatment instead of Rs 7 lakh under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana and interest free education loans for students. Highlights of the speech […]
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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: Paradip MLA Sambit Routray on Friday said that his father Damodar Routray, who has joined BJP after being expelled from BJD in September last year, can make a comeback to the ruling party if the party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wishes. “I think my father is not happy after joining BJP,” Sambit […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik along with his BJD MPs will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 9 in New Delhi. It will be Chief Minister’s first meeting with PM Modi after the election results were announced on May 23. Sources said Patnaik will present several crucial demands pertaining to the interest of Odisha […]
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Bhubaneswar: Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi from Odisha were sworn in as Cabinet Minister and Minister of State (MoS), respectively in the second Government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pradhan, a member of the Rajya Sabha, held the Petroleum and Natural Gas, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister in Modi’s first Government. Pradhan, 49, represents […]
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Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha, on Thursday, snapped its 21-year-long relationship with the Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal (BJD). IAS officer-turned-politician Aparajita Sarangi is now the MP of Bhubaneswar. She defeated former Mumbai Commissioner of Police and BJD nominee Arup Patnaik by over 23,000 votes. Bhubaneswar has been the citadel of the ruling […]
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Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for yet another victory in Odisha. Patnaik set to become the Chief Minister of Odisha for a record fifth consecutive term, which would make him one of India’s longest-serving Chief Ministers. “Congratulations to Naveen Babu for yet another victory in […]
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Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is most suitable person to become the Prime Minister of the country, claimed party vice-president Surjya Narayan Patro here on Friday. The statement came at a time when Patnaik is once again in demand with both NDA and UPA leaders trying to get him […]
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