Tag: Bjd

Kendrapara: Two activists of ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) were killed as their motor bike rammed against a stationary oil tanker at Aannlabanka Chowk on the Paradip-Daitary Expressway, about 10 KM from here, police said. The deceased have been identified as Khageswar Swain (25) and Ajay Swain (42), natives of Despur village under Derabish police […]

New Delhi: The opposition to river linking project involving Mahanadi by a “section of people” in BJD-ruled Odisha is aimed at reaping political benefits, Union Minister Uma Bharti alleged today even as she sought to allay apprehensions that project will “take away” the river’s water. Union Water Resources Minister Bharti also asked officials to make […]

Berhampur: Apprehending foul play by ruling BJD during panchayat polls in Odisha’s Ganjam, BJP demanded deployment of special protection forces in some of the vulnerable areas in the district. “We doubt if the elections will be free and fair with the local police on election duty because we feel it will favour the ruling party,” […]

Bhubaneswar: Ruling BJD President and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said his party has not taken any stand on the ensuing presidential election even as he has been invited to Rashtrapati Bhavan for a lunch tomorrow. “I have been invited for lunch by the President tomorrow,” Patnaik said before leaving for the national capital […]

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD today alleged that the newspaper advertisement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing packages for farmers, self-help groups and others is in clear violation of the model code of conduct which is in force for the three-tier panchayat elections in Odisha. A party delegation led by vice-president S N Patro today submitted […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was today adjourned twice due to pandemonium over demonetisation issue, which completed a month yesterday. The issue was raised by Opposition Chief Whip TaraprasadBahinipati of Congress who demanded a statement from OdishaFinance Minister Pradip Kumar Amat. “The situation has become akin to the Emergency due to scarcity of cash in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Internal feud in Odisha’s ruling BJD came to the fore today when the party’s Lok Sabha MP Baijayanta Panda faced opposition reportedly from supporters of former health minister and party MLA Atanu S Nayak at a public meeting in Kendrapara. Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik was present at the meeting in Mahakalpada, […]

Bhubaneswar: Rejecting allegation that Dana Majhi was denied a hearse by the authorities forcing him to carry his wife’s body on his shoulder for 10 km last month, Odisha government today told the Assembly he had never sought any help before leaving Bhawanipatna district headquarters hospital. Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu S Nayak gave […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday vowed to fight for the rights of the people at the tripartite meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi tomorrow on the Mahanadi water issue. During his visit to Delhi, the Chief Minister would meet his Chhattisgarh counterpart Raman Singh at the meeting convened by Union […]

Bhubaneswar: Intensifying the stir against Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh, the ruling BJD today sought President’s intervention and demanded immediate withdrawal of clerances accorded for construction of the controversial dam. BJD leaders staged a dharna in front of Raj Bhavan here opposing Polavaram project and a party delegation led by Tribal Development Minister Lal Bihari […]

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is not an enemy of BJP but its political rival

Bengaluru: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik does not want to create a bitter “India-Pakistan type conflict” between the state and Chhattisgarh over the Mahanadi river water dispute, his Industries Minister Debi Prasad Mishra said. Patnaik was ready to discuss the issue with his Chhattisgarh counterpart during a meeting convened by Union Water resources Minister Uma […]

Around 50 BJP and Congress supporters were detained at various locations here today as a preventive measure for the visit of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to Ganjam district

CPI today accused the BJD government in Odisha of working against the tribals, saying it was amply proved by the killing of five civilians in the name of anti-Naxal operation in Kandhamal and death of over 19 children due to malnutrition in Jajpur district

Coming down heavily on Odisha government over the killing of five civilians during an anti-Maoist operation in Kandhamal, BJP today accused the ruling BJD of being habituated with forging understanding with naxals for electoral gains