Bhubaneswar: A few hours after Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram’s vehicle was attacked with eggs by BJD activists during his visit to Kendrapara district on Wednesday, the BJP lodged a complaint with police last night. Accusing 22 persons in the incident, BJP senior leader Brajsundar Bhuiyan filed an FIR at the Aul police station. […]
Kendrapara: Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram today faced stiff resistance from BJD and Congress during his visit to Rajkanika area in the district to attend BJP’s ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’ programme. Protesting his tour to the coastal district, BJD activists showed black flags and hurled eggs at the vehicle of the Minister at Aul. […]
Bubaneswar: Eyeing 2019 general elections, the Odisha BJP launched its ‘Mo Booth Sabuthu Majboot’ (my booth is the strongest) programme today to strengthen party base at grassroots level. Union minister Jual Oram kickstarted the campaign from Chandaka in Bhubaneswar. Hundreds of tribal people joined the party on the occasion. “They received primary membership of the […]
Bhubaneswar: BJP top brass Amit Shah will savour ‘pakhala’ during his trip to the state later this month to reach out to people and strengthen the party base at grassroots level. Shah will be trying Odia dishes during his Berhampur visit. This is the formula the party had applied during the UP elections too. The […]
Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram on Tuesday said the position of the ruling BJD in Odisha has become just like that of the Janata Dal during 1995-97. Speaking to mediapersons here, the Union Minister said resentment is brewing among the BJD cadres and it is clearly visible from outside. […]
Bhubaneswar: Brushing aside speculation, Union minister Jual Oram on Wednesday said he was not interested in the post of Chief Minister of Odisha. Oram told this on the sidelines of attending the working committee meet at Panposh in Sundergarh district. Responding to media queries, Oram said, “I am not interested in CM post. Tomorrow if […]
Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is gearing up for a two day state executive meet at Baripada from April 22 to chalk out a roadmap to bolster its base in Odisha. And the party has, as usual, kept its agenda to target Naveen led government in the state. Official sources said that the state […]
Bhubaneswar: Hitting out at Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee over their recent meeting in New Delhi, Union Minister Jual Oram today alleged that there is a secret coalition between BJD-TMC and dubbed both the leaders as ‘sinners’ of multi-crore ponzi scam. The Statement of the Tribal Affairs minister came […]
Bhubaneswar: Rubbishing BJP leader and Union Minister Jual Oram’s statement on some BJD MPs and legislators showing interest to join BJP, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said the remark can be tagged as ‘wishful thinking.’ Patnaik was replying to a query by newsmen after meeting the panchayat raj representatives of Puri district. ”I can only […]
Bhubaneswar: In what could be an explosive overture ahead of BJP’s upcoming national executive meet in Odisha, senior party leader and Union Minister Jual Oram created a flutter by stating that leaders, including MPs and MLAs from the ruling-BJD are in talks to join the saffron party. Not only BJD, members including former MLAs, MPs, […]
Bhubaneswar: A day after Congress MLA Prafulla Majhi alleged horse trading in which Rs one crore deal was struck to lure one of the party’s candidates to vote for BJD in the Sundergarh Zilla Parishad (ZP) chairman post, BJP levelled similar charges against the Congress and BJD, and demanded a CBI probe into the matter. […]
Bhubaneswar: With election for Zilla Parishad chairmen in State scheduled to be held on March 12, the BJP on Friday moved the Orissa High Court after the State government stirred the hornet’s nest by making a change in the Odisha Zilla Parishad Act – 1994. According to sources, Section 51 of the Act has been […]
Bhubaneswar: Core Committee of Odisha BJP has started post-mortem of the three-tier panchayat poll results. It is reviewing the factors that helped in victory of some party candidates and the flaws which led to defeat of others. Even the party has decided to fight legal battle for the candidates who have lost the polls in […]
Bhubaneswar: In a sharp departure from the earlier occasions, BJP national president Amit Shah during his one day visit to the State on Friday, choose to stay away from talking to media and held discussions with party’s office bearers here. Shah, party karyakartas (activists) said, expressed his enthusiasm about the ensuing panchayat poll results. “Besides […]
Rourkela: The Crime Branch police, which is probing into the torching of a minor girl at Madhupur village in Kalahandi district, today recorded the statement of the victim at Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here. Reports said a three-member Crime Branch team went to IGH where the victim is undergoing treatment, and recorded her statement which […]