Tag: Ashwini Vaishnav

How the soft-spoken Rail Min Ashwini Vaishnav, who calls himself a taskmaster, will take up the  task of fast-tracking 6 new line projects is being eagerly watched upon when the minister will be visiting the State tomorrow

The inclusion of Mayurbhanj MP Bishwesar Tudu in the Modi council of ministers hints at the grooming of a first time tribal MP from Odisha. It seems the party is now looking beyond its seasoned tribal leader and former BJP State president Jual Oram

Rajya Sabha MP Ashwini Vaishnav and Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha member Bishweswar Tudu are the two new faces from Odisha who have been made it to the Modi Cabinet 2.0.

Even though two Odias are currently representing the State in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet, one more MP from Odisha is expected to be inducted into the Cabinet which is likely to be expanded in a day or two.

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Chief minister, Naveen Patnaik’s decision to support BJP candidate and former IAS officer, Ashwini Vaishnav for the third Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha has taken many by surprise. After all, only about a month and a half ago the Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and BJP were at each other’s throats. […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: The visuals of Biju Janata Dal and BJP candidates filing their nominations for the Rajya Sabha by-poll together in the state assembly have made many political observers conclude that bonhomie is back between the two parties which had parted ways after ruling the state in tandem for more than nine years. […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Newspapers have quoted union minister of state for finance, Anurag Thakur as telling the Lok Sabha that Centre is not considering any proposal to grant special category state status to Odisha. There is also no move to increase Centre’s share of funds for centrally sponsored schemes in the state. Thakur’s statement […]