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Bhubaneswar/Berhampur: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the top star campaigner of the BJD, will take to a hectic campaigning across the State for party’s Lok Sabha and Assembly candidates, fielded to contest upcoming elections, from April 3 to 27. As only eight days is left for elections to be held in the first-phase […]
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Bhubaneswar: Senior lawyer and BJP vice-president Pitambar Acharya will fight against BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Hinjili Assembly segment. The saffron party today named Acharya as the party’s candidate for the Hinjli Assembly constituency. Acharya will make his political debut by contesting against the four-time Chief Minister. Speculation was rife that that […]
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Bhubaneswar: After being denied ticket by the party, sitting MP Kandhamal MP Pratyusha Rajeswari on Wednesday resigned from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). She has sent her resignation letter to party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Notably, BJD declared Achyuta Samanta as its candidate for Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat. Expressing anguish over the ticket […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik may contest Assembly election from western Odisha on ‘public demand.’ Today several heavyweight BJD leaders, including almost all the party MPs, MLAs and people from different walks of life from western Odisha met Patnaik at Naveen Niwas here and requested him to contest Assembly […]
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Bhubaneswar: After BJP Mahila Morcha vice president Sushamarani Biswal from Nilagiri joined Biju Janata Dal (BJD) three days back, Nilagiri’s outgoing MLA Sukant Nayak on Friday resigned from the BJD. Sushamarani is now tipped to contest from BJD. The fresh jolt came to BJD just a day after party Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi deserted the […]
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Bhawanipatna: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at a public rally in Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district saying “Chowkidaar Chor Hai’ in an apparent reference to Modi and Patnaik is being remote controlled by the PM. Launching a direct attack on both the leaders Rahul said, […]
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Puri: In his second public meeting in Odisha in less than a week, BJP national president Amit Shah on Sunday targeted both the Naveen Patnaik-led ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress saying the regional party in the State is a ‘B’ team of Congress. “Naveen Babu’s party is ‘B’ team of Congress. Two sides […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced to include additional five lakh new beneficiaries in Madhu Babu Pension Yojana to ensure that not a single eligible person is left out from getting the benefit. Madhu Babu Pension Yojana is State Government’s own scheme which currently benefits 43 lakh people and new beneficiaries will be […]
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Bhubaneswar: Maintaining that the doctors at AIIMS, New Delhi is pressing to discharge Jaga and Balia (Kalia), the craniopagus twins who were separated on October 25, 2017 and since then undergoing treatment there, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday requested Union Health Minister JP Nadda to advise the AIIMS authorities to continue the treatment and […]
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Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday approved the Rs 220 crore bid from Tata Projects to build a new Government Medical College at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district on turnkey basis. Turnkey project provides for every building solution under a single window. The 100-seated medical college will be completed in […]
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