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As 2016 sets in with celebrations among people cutting across class and political affiliations, the three major political parties in Odisha – BJD, BJP, Congress – will definitely face an uphill task in facing the challenges ahead in the new year

Bhubaneswar: A day after Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Kishan Kumar ordered an investigation into irregularities in ration card distribution, the Ganjam Collector on Friday asked officials to register cases against six persons, including four government officials. The order followed allegations made by district Congress committee that ration cards have been issued against these ‘ineligible’ […]

The Biju Janta Dal (BJD) will hold its organizational poll for election of State President on March 1. This was announced in a notification issued by the party on Thursday

Lambasting the ruling BJD government on its much vaunted ‘Odisha at 100’ vision document as announced by chief minister Naveen Patnaik during the party’s foundation day celebration on Saturday, the Opposition has demanded a white paper on the ruling party’s achievements during its 15-year tenure

Bhubaneswar: Though Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s announcement of a vision document to ensure holistic development by 2036 was received with a warm applause from his own party workers during the party’s 18th Foundation Day; the opposition parties termed it as another damp squib aimed at misleading people. “The State government has created many vision documents […]

Bhubaneswar: The House Committee of the Odisha Assembly has sought an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the Polavaram issue. This was announced by the House Committee member and Minister Sanjay Das Burma here on Monday. “The committee has requested the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to fix a date between December 27 and […]

Even as the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) continues its Central negligence stand, the State government during the last nine years, has failed to spend more than Rs 46,000 crore which includes Central assistance and Central share of State’s different schemes, the opposition BJP and Congress alleged on Sunday

The delay on the part of the Centre to release assistance to Odisha for drought mitigation even as it has allocated Rs 1,540 crore to Karnataka from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for the same purpose has stirred a political storm in the State

While the opposition Congress and BJP members remained absent in the State Assembly on Wednesday protesting the weeklong suspension of Congress member Naba Das from the House by the Speaker for allegedly watching porn video clippings, the statement of senior BJD leader and Excise and Cooperation minister Damodar Rout has put the ruling party in a fix

The brawl broke out after BJP supporters staged protest against the Minister who reportedly laid the foundation stones for some developmental projects without inviting the local MLA, Nityananda Gond.

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Despite being a profit-making Public Sector Undertaking, Nalco’s disinvestment has drawn a lot of opposition from the ruling BJD which continues to urge the Central government to reconsider the decision. Yesterday, all the BJD’s 23-member Parliamentary party met Union Steel and Mines minister Narendra Singh Tomar demanding withdrawal of disinvestment. The party MPs […]

Nayagarh: In a complete routing of BJP and Congress, ruling-BJD registered a comprehensive win in the Ranpur Notified Area Council election. Out of the 15 wards, ruling BJD captured 13 seats while BJP was not able to open its account. Congress registered victory in one ward while another ward went to Independent candidate. The elections […]

Despite strong opposition from Congress and Left parties, the BJP government at the Centre today managed to pass the Bill to amend the Mines and Minerals (D) Act in Rajya Sabha as Biju Janta Dal (BJD), Trinamool Congress, AIADMK, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) voted in favour of it

The Land Acquisition bill was criticised by the Opposition including BJD over various amendments while being presented in the Lok Sabha today

After spending nearly five months behind the bars, suspended BJD legislator Pravat Tripathy was released from Jharapada jail here today. He was greeted by his supporters and party members outside the jail