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Koraput: Days after the transfer of doctors and paramedical employees from the SLN Medical College and Hospital in Koraput to the district headquarters hospital in Jeypore, a political slugfest has ensued between the ruling-BJD and the Congress. While Congress MLA from Koraput, Krushna Chandra Sagaria has demanded withdrawal of transfer of doctors sent to the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today accused the Odisha government of misleading people by making false claims on the business climate and investment opportunities in the State. Targeting Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik after Odisha slipped in ‘ease of doing business’ rankings, Odisha BJP said that the Naveen government is solely responsible deterioration in investment […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the general elections this year, the Odisha BJP manifesto committee on Sunday launched a dedicated website to seek suggestions from the public on the party’s manifesto for the upcoming polls. The website was launched during the second manifesto committee meeting at the party headquarters in Bhubaneswar today. Committee’s chairperson and senior leader […]

The BJP's Odisha unit on Sunday launched a poster campaign against the BJD-led state government for "hijacking" the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in the state

New Delhi: Former Indian hockey captain and Rajya Sabha member Dilip Tirkey on Wednesday raised the issue of sports quota recruitments in government departments and Centre PSU’s during the proceedings of the upper house of parliament. Raising his voice for rural and tribal players in the Rajya Sabha, Tirkey said: “Players from rural and urban […]

Bhubaneswar: Expelled BJD leader Damador Rout Friday hinted at the possibility of loyalists of former chief minister Biju Patnaik ousted from the Biju Janata Dal coming together to form a new regional party ahead of the 2019 elections. Assembly elections in Odisha are also due along with Lok Sabha polls in 2019. Rout who was […]

New Delhi: Noting that “anti-incumbency and corruption” will be major factors against Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the Assembly polls next year, former BJD MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda has said the political landscape in the state has changed and the BJP or the Congress can no longer be written off. Panda, who quit the […]

Bhubaneswar: Rajya Sabha MP Prasanna Acharya was on Monday named as the ruling Biju Janata Dal’s leader in the Upper House of the Parliament. BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today wrote a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu apprising him about the decision, a party release said. The post was lying […]

Bhubaneswar: The Naveen Patnaik-led BJD on Friday said it was not in favour of the impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. “Impeachment notice against the CJI should be given on rare occasion. There is no point in demeaning the post of the CJI,” BJD spokesperson Amar Prasad Satpathy told reporters here. Seven […]

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha today rejected Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari’s proposal to settle the Mahanadi river water dispute with Chhattisgarh through dialogue. BJD spokesperson Prashant Nanda said that discussions on the matter would make sense only after the Chhattisgarh government halts construction work on the river. “There is no point in […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today quashed a petition filed by senior BJD leader Kishore Mohanty challenging the election of Congress’ Naba Das from Jharsuguda Assembly constituency. Mohanty, a former Assembly Speaker, had lost to Das by a margin of 1,563 votes in the April 2014 elections. Alleging that the election process, including counting of […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today adjourned to Monday the hearing on a bunch of pleas alleging discrepancies in the poll expenses of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his party BJD. The bench of Justice S K Mishra adjourned the hearing till July 31 when the counsel for various parties, including the one for the […]

Bhubaneswar: After yesterday’s visit to Mayurbhanj district, Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal supremo Naveen Patnaik today inducted a former student leader hailing from the district into the party. “I am very glad that Dr Debashish Marandi joined the Biju Janata Dal today. He had been the student leader of Cuttack SCB Medical College and […]

Bhubaneswar: Ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today moved a motion of notice for the election to the post of Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. The motion of notice was moved before the Assembly Secretary A K Sarangi. The BJD named former minister Pradip Kumar Amat as its candidate for the Speaker’s post. Chief Minister […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today claimed that the judicial commission which probed the killing of 13 people in police firing at Kalinga Nagar industrial hub of Jajpur district in 2006, has not indicted any official for the incident. “The judicial panel headed by Justice Pradyumna Kumar Mohanty has not made any recommendation against any official for the […]