Tag: Giridhar Gamang

Bhubaneswar: Former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Giridhar Gamang today urged Odisha Governor SC Jamir to direct State government to hand over the Kunduli gang rape and suicide case to CBI. In a letter to Jamir, the former CM said people and family members of the victim are not satisfied with the investigation undertaken […]

Bhubaneswar: After remaining silent for over one and half months since he was suspended from BJD, former MP Jayaram Pangi along with hundreds of his supporters today joined BJP in presence of union minister Dharmendra Pradhan here at BJP State headquarters. Senior leaders Giridhar Gamang and Biswa Bhushan Harichandan were present among others during the […]

Bhubaneswar: In a sensational case, Sishir Gamang, son of former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang, has charged his wife with harassment, torture of their minor son and extra-marital affair. At a press meet here today, Sishir revealed that her wife Monica Gamang has mentally and physically tortured their 10-year-old son. Moreover, Sishir alleged that Monica […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Former Odisha unit of BJP president K V Singhdeo and former chief minister Giridhar Gamang were inducted into the BJP national executive, a party release said.

Senior BJP leader and former chief minister Giridhar Gamang has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to initiate a CBI probe into the scam in the allotment of scholarships by the Odisha Knowledge Corporation Limited (OKCL). The scholarships are give by the state Higher Education department

Bhubaneswar: As former Chief Minister and long-time Congress leader Giridhar Gamang begins his new innings with BJP, questions are now being raised about the ability of already-ailing Congress party to gain its footing in State amidst the vacuum created by Gamang’s departure. Interestingly, the question on the effect of Gamang’s departure on the future of […]

Bhubaneswar: After days of speculations, former Odisha chief minister and senior Congress leader Giridhar Gamang today refuted claims of quitting Congress. Speaking for the first time since reports of him parting ways with the grand-old party started making rounds, Gamang said that neither he has contacted any party nor has been approached by any party. […]

Former MP Hema Gamang, wife of former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang, surprised Congress by expressing her interest to join Biju Janta Dal (BJD) while meeting BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik on Saturday

With Odisha having Assembly polls along with the Lok Sabha elections, Congress on Wednesday constituted a 29-member Manifesto Committee under former Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Chief minister, Naveen Patnaik came to power in the state for the first time in 2000 riding an anti-Congress wave. People were angry with the Congress for a number of reasons, the foremost being its terrible mismanagement of the situation arising out of the super-cyclone in 1999. It had left behind […]