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A day after stating that 'a 53-year-old BJD leader and the president of Biju Yuva Janata Dal, who is in charge of two important portfolios', was gifted with a Pajero SUV by AT group chief Pradip Sethi, senior Congress leader and MLA Lalatendu Bidyadhara Mohapatra on Friday disclosed more information about the vehicle alleging the ruling party leader was using the SUV between 2007 and 2009

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was adjourned till 3 PM on Wednesday following a ruckus created by the opposition Congress and BJP members demanding a ruling from the Speaker on irregularities in the appointment of assistant executive engineers. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, leader of the Opposition Narasingh Mishra alleged that there have been massive […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after BJD MPs opposed the Polavaram project in the Parliament; ruling party legislators raked up the issue in the State assembly today protesting the central government’s stand on the matter. While the Congress and BJP created ruckus inside the house over the irregularities in the recruitment of engineers; the ruling party legislators […]

Bhubaneswar: After day one of the Budget session of the Odisha Assembly ended in formalities; the House is likely to enter into a stormy phase as the Opposition is on the prowl with its guns trained at the State government on a host of issues. Opposition is all set to raise its pitch on issues […]

Bhubaneswar: The clarion call given by Odisha Congress to all secular and democratic parties to fight against BJP and BJD collectively has been roundly denounced by the regional outfits in the State. Small regional parties like Utkal Bharat, Aama Odisha and communists have flayed the century-old party over the call. Utkal Bharat criticized the Congress […]

The Odisha Congress on Sunday called upon all secular political parties and organisations to fight against the BJP and the ruling BJD in the forthcoming panchayat elections in the state

The two major Opposition parties on Sunday charted out their game plan to corner the ruling BJD during the ensuing Budget session of the Assembly, scheduled to begin from March 15

A joint meeting of BJP legislature party and office bearers will be held here at 3 pm on Sunday to discuss the strategy on how to corner the BJD government in the State Assembly during the ensuing Budget session starting on March 15

While ministers and BJD leaders are busy blaming each other on the issue of the steep rise in the price of potato in the state, the BJP has taken a potshot at the state government for its failure in arresting the price rise

Rajya Sabha member Dilip Tirkey on Thursday urged the Centre and the Andhra Pradesh government to solve the problems relating to the rehabilitation of the villagers of Odisha to be affected by the upcoming Polavaram multi-purpose dam in the neighbouring state

After days of political commotion over the links of some leaders with the Dhalasamant brothers, the statement of senior Congress leader and member of the PCC Coordination Committee, Lalatendu Bidyadhar (Lulu) Mohapatra challenging the police to make a thorough investigation into the case has triggered a war of words between the ruling BJD and the Opposition

Opposition parties on Monday were up in arms demanding a CBI inquiry into the existence of around four lakh ghost beneficiaries under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana

Bhubaneswar: Even as the war of words between BJD vice president Damodar Rout and his party over Biju birth centenary celebration is yet to die down, the former today came up with a statement that is bound to further strain his already sour relationship with the ruling party. Rout today levelled an allegation that the […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s promise to take the Biju birth centenary celebration to every village across the State has invited sharp criticism from opposition BJP and Congress, who termed it as the beginning of the party’s campaign for the panchayat polls due next year. Senior Congress leader Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Lulu) […]

New Delhi: Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda on Friday met the speaker of the Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan and submitted a demand memorandum seeking installation of a statue of the legendary leader and former chief minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik in the premises of the Parliament. Panda in his memorandum highlighted Biju Patnaik’s achievements and contribution […]