Tag: Bhupinder Singh

Singh was best known for songs such as 'Duniya Chhute Yaar Na Chhute' ("Dharam Kanta"), 'Thodi Si Zameen Thoda Aasman' ("Sitara"), which he sang with the late legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, 'Dil Dhoondta Hai' ("Mausam"), 'Naam Gum Jayega' ("Kinara").

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday appointed former Rajya Sabha member Bhupinder Singh as chairman of State Housing Board while former deputy Speaker Ramachandra Panda was appointed as State Planning Board member. Singh will get all facilities at par with a Cabinet Minister while Panda has been given the position of a Minister of […]

With just three days remaining for the filing of nomination to end for Rajya Sabha polls, outgoing BJD MP Bhupinder Singh met Chief Minister and party supremo Naveen Patnaik at Naveen Nivas here on Friday fueling speculation about his possible renomination to the Upper House

Bhubaneswar: Stating Bhuipnder Singh’s decision to leave Congress and join ruling BJD as ‘unfortunate’, state Congress leaders on Friday asserted the development won’t affect the grand-old party. “It is very unfortunate. Congress has given him a lot. I don’t know what led him to join the regional party,” said Jayadev Jena, president of Odisha Pradesh […]

In an outburst, veteran Congressman and former Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh, who switched over to Biju Janta Dal (BJD) on Saturday, cited OPCC is run by a coterie as the prime reason behind his move

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh, who remained incommunicado for the last four days keeping his party colleagues in suspense about his possible resignation, surfaced before media on Monday and put all speculations to rest. “I was very sick and would have gone to coma. I was undergoing treatment after returning from Delhi on February […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as 48 hours elapsed, suspense over resignation of senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh has refused to die down as the party top brass including PCC president Jayadev Jena are still unable to clarify Singh’s stand. Even former minister Prakash Debata, one of the close associates of Singh, who tried to meet him today, […]

Edited by Bijayashree Parida Bhubaneswar: In a possible setback to Odisha Congress, which is making desperate attempts to bring the party to life ahead of the 2014 elections, senior leader Bhupinder Singh is rumoured to have quit the party and is willing to join the BJD. Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly, Singh […]

Rajya Sabha member Bhupinder Singh of the BJD on Wednesday urged the government to form a national policy on ground water

Congress veteran Bhupinder Singh, who quit the party and joined ruling BJD on Saturday is not the first Leader of Opposition to do so in Odisha

Alleging that he was not given opportunity to participate in the general discussion on the Odisha Lokayukta Bill-2014, Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh on Wednesday sat on dharna in the well of the House while one of his party MLAs smashed the Speaker's mike in the Assembly