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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 […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said his party was strong enough to counter the BJP in the state and hinted at an early reshuffle in the three-year-old ministry. “I can assure you that we will counter it (BJP) very well. We are a very strong party,” Patnaik told reporters replying […]

Cuttack: The health condition of freedom fighter Laxmi Indira Panda’s grandson, Babuli Panda, who is undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College Hospital here was normal today, hospital sources said. “The patient s general condition is normal and his conscious level has improved. He is able to speak now”, said the Medical College principal and […]

Bhubaneswar: With a focus to strengthen its base in Odisha ahead of 2019 polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today said time has come for people to reject the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) as it “failed” to develop the state despite flow of huge funds from the Centre. BJP’s Odisha unit which began its […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to leave on a five-day visit to the national capital tomorrow, his second visit to Delhi in a month, amid speculation of non-BJP parties planning to field a united candidate for the ensuing presidential elections. Sources said Patnaik is scheduled to attend a meeting of the NITI […]

Bhubaneswar: The regional parties are strong enough to counter the BJP, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today after meeting her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik, who made no comment on the perceived saffron surge in his state. “The regional parties are enough to tackle the BJP,” Trinamool Congress chief Banerjee told reporters after a […]

Bhubaneswar: Congress on Monday hit out at ruling BJD in Odisha and BJP, stating that both the parties were equally responsible for poverty, backwardness and misrule in the state. “While BJD is to be blamed for Odisha’s poverty, backwardness and misrule, BJP is also equally responsible for this,” Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Prasad […]

Nabarangpur: Union Minister of State for Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav today alleged the BJD government in Odisha is hijacking some of the welfare schemes launched by the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre. Yadav said this during his day long visit to this tribal dominated district, where he addressed BJP workers at Umerkote and […]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said the upcoming BJP National Executive meeting here in the state capital would have no impact on the people of Odisha. “I think, it (BJP’s national executive meet) will not have any impact on the people of Odisha,” Patnaik said while replying whether […]

Bhubaneswar: The BJD on Thursday denounced the idea of Union Secretaries holding performance review of different central schemes being implemented in Odisha during BJP’s national executive meet here on April 15 and 16. “It is something unheard of that Union Secretaries, while accompanying their department ministers to attend the BJP’s national executive meeting, will undertake […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of BJP president Amit Shah’s proposed meeting with booth-level leaders of Odisha in April, BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is set to meet grass-root leaders as part of post-panchayat poll review. “The party president would meet grass-root level leaders starting from Sarpanch, Samiti members and Zilla Parishad members. The exercise would […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly today witnessed pandemonium as opposition Congress and BJP MLAs strongly opposed appointment of defeated BJD leaders as chairman of different college managing committees in the state. The issue was raised by members of both BJP and Congress. Congress legislator Chiranjib Biswal raised the issue seeking explanation from the government as to […]

Berhampur: Five persons were today arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a BJD supporter at Rohigaon village, a police officer said today. Ashok Jena (38) younger brother of Sanyasi Jena, President of the ruling BJD s Kukudakhandi block unit, was killed on Friday night, subdivisional police officer of Berhampur Sadara, A K […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly witnessed ruckus for the second consecutive day today over the farmer suicide issue with both the opposition Congress and BJP members forcing Speaker Niranjan Pujari to adjourn the House twice. The issue was raised by the BJP members as soon as the House assembled for the question hour. The BJP members […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik today congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for BJP’s landslide victory in the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Assembly elections. “Patnaik called Modi over telephone and conveyed his good wishes,” sources in the Chief Minister’s Office said.