Tag: Golak Mohapatra

Bhubaneswar/Malkangiri: Hours after the inauguration of Gurupriya Bridge in Malkangiri, political parties in Odisha engaged in crossfire of words over who should get the credit for the construction of the bridge. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik who inaugurated the bridge today stated it is a record that the bridge was completed in four years despite many […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) will observe a six-hour ‘Chaka jam’ agitation in the twin city of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack on Monday to protest the rising fuel prices As per reports, party leaders and activists will gather at various places between 6 AM to 12 noon and request people to halt their vehicles […]

Berhampur: Posters alleging BJP spokesperson Golak Mohapatra’s involvement in the Chhatrapur councillor Laxmidutta Pradhan murder case were put up at various places in Berhampur today. The posters put up by ‘Ganjam Zilla Buddhijibi Manch,’ as mentioned in the posters, have urged the people of Ganjam to not allow Mohapatra’s entry in the district and have […]

Chhatrapur: Senior BJP leader and party spokesperson Golak Mohapatra was questioned by Chhatrapur police today in two phases in connection with councillor Laxmidutta Pradhan murder case. Chhatrapur SDPO and Ganjam Additional SP quizzed the BJP spokesperson in presence of two lawyers. Sources said Mohapatra was questioned on his alleged links with one of the key […]

Berhampur: Demanding arrest of BJP leader Golak Mohapatra in connection with Chhatrapur Councillor Laxmidutta Pradhan’s murder case, BJD activists staged a demonstration in front of the office of IG (southern range) here today. Alleging hooliganism by the saffron party, the activists burnt effigies of Mohapatra and shouted slogans against him and even Union Minister Dharmendra […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after his Call Detail Records (CDR) was published in media in connection with Chhatrapur BJD councillor Laxmidatta Pradhan’s murder, BJP leader Golak Mohapatra today came down on Ganjam SP by dubbing the call record documents fake and fabricated. “Has he (Ganjam SP) provided the CDR to media? Who gave that fake paper? […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP spokesperson Golak Mohapatra today refuted the allegations of having links with the two conspirators arrested in connection with the murder of Chhatrapur councillor Laxmidutta Pradhan. Addressing a press meet here Mohapatra said that as he is the BJD observer for Ganjam district many people contact him on phone and he does not know […]

Till the time this piece was being written, there was no official word from the CBI that BJD MLAs Arun Sahu and Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak have indeed been served notices in connection with the chit fund scam. Though it was ‘breaking news’ on all local TV channels on Tuesday evening, the source for all of […]

Cuttack: The High Court of Orissa today granted interim relief to BJP leaders Bhrugu Buxipatra and Golak Mohapatra in connection with the sensational murder of Chhatrapur Councillor Laxmidutta Pradhan in September 2017. The HC also ordered the police to file case diary in the case. Information with regard to the case was shared by senior […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police today issued notices to three BJP leaders – State BJP vice-president Samir Mohanty, Spokesperson Golak Mohapatra and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha chief Tankadhar Tripathy for interrogation in connection with the letters purportedly issued by State Intelligence Branch of the Odisha Police, which recommended that CM Naveen should not constest from Hinjili […]

Bhubaneswar: In the run up to the crucial 2019 polls, two major political parties in Odisha- the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and ruling Biju Janta Dal (BJD) – are now at loggerheads over a purported intelligence report which allegedly carried out a political assessment for CM Naveen Patnaik’s candidature from Hinjili constituency. The report, which […]

Bhubaneswar: A couple of days after the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released the ‘Crime in India – 2017’ report, which placed Odisha among the top -10 states in the country where the crime rate against women is very high, the BJP and the Congress today slammed the ruling-BJD left, right and centre. Alleging that […]

Bhubaneswar: Launching a scathing attack on senior Congress leader Narasingha Mishra for his comment on Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today termed Mishra’s remark as ‘derogatory’ and demanded his apology. Mishra allegedly made some derogatory remarks against Swami Nischalananda Saraswati while discussing the Endowment Amendment Bill brought by the Odisha […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid massive uproar over Congress leader Pradip Majhi’s statement instigating arson, the State unit of BJP on Sunday alleged that the ex-MP made such inflammatory comments on the direction of his party high command. “It is not possible that a State leader will give such a comment without direction of their party supremo Sonia […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha government discontinued providing assistance under Odisha State Treatment Fund (OSTF) for treatment of poor patients in hospitals across the state, the opposition BJP on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the ruling-BJD for ‘making false promises prior to the elections’. Targeting the Naveen Patnaik-led government, BJP State general secretary Golak […]