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Bhubaneswar:  Clearing the air on upcoming Presidential polls, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday categorically ruled out possibilities of ‘cross voting’ by any leaders from his Biju Janata Dal (BJD). The statements of Patnaik came after his meeting with National Democratic Alliance (NDA’s) Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind at Bhubaneswar. Patnaik’s statements assume significance as […]

Bhubaneswar: NDA’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind along with Union Health Minister JP Nadda today met BJD legislators and MPs at the State Assembly conference hall for around one hour. Kovind also addressed the BJD MLAs and MPs after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s short speech. Before the meeting started, Patnaik, Kovind and Nadda raised hands […]

Bhubaneswar: Ruling BJD has asked its legislators and MPs to remain present at the State Assembly conference hall at 11 am tomorrow for a meeting with NDA’s presidential candidate Ramnath Kovind, informed the party’s spokesperson Samir Das today. Das further stated as BJD has announced its support to Kovind, the MLAs and MPs should be […]

Bhubaneswar: Questioning BJD’s support to BJP nominee Ram Nath Kovind for President, the party MP Bhartruhari Mahatab on Sunday said Naveen Patnaik should have waited till UPA’s declaration of its candidate. In his editorial ‘President Election- Dalit vs Dalit’, Mahatab once again rattled the BJD and expressed displeasure over the party’s decision to support Kovind. […]

Bhubaneswar: Stating the charges framed by the Special CBI court against him in the Brahmadihi coal block allotment case today as an outcome of political vendetta by the Congress-led UPA government, Rourkela BJP legislator Dilip Ray stated he has complete faith in the country’s legal system and urged for a speedy trial in the court. […]

Bhubaneswar: Just five days after the Amit Shah’s speech in Bhubaneswar slamming the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government on a host of issues, the camaraderie between Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley and the chief minister during the former’s visit to the Make in Odisha conclave has sparked speculations over the BJP-BJD relationship. Though this has left […]

Berhampur: The BJP will hold its ‘Vikas Utsav’ in Berhampur on Tuesday for which preparations are in full swing to make it successful.

He is already being talked about as the future Chief Minister of Odisha. As the NDA government completes two years in office, he has been rated among the five best performing ministers in the Narendra Modi government. But with an eye on the future, Dharmendra Pradhan has not restricted himself to the affairs of his ministry – at least not in Odisha. He has intervened in every major issue in the state – whether it is jaundice deaths in Burla or the repair of the Jagamohan in the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, frequently earning the wrath of the BJD government in the state. In this exclusive interview with Shubhankar Behera of odishatv.in, Pradhan talks about a range of issues: the results of the latest round of Assembly elections, the prospects for his party in the state in the near future, speculation about his Chief Ministerial ambition, the affairs of his ministry and much more

Bhubaneswar: Union minister of state for Agriculture Mohanbhai Kundaria on Thursday claimed that the BJP-led NDA government had sanctioned the highest-ever drought assistance to Odisha as compared to previous governments at the Centre. “The state government had submitted a memorandum seeking about Rs 2200 crore for drought assistance and the Centre has sanctioned Rs 815 […]

Hours after a Special CBI court in Delhi summoned Dilip Ray, former Union Minister of State for Coal, in connection with a coal block allocation case during the erstwhile NDA government in 1999, the BJP MLA from Rourkela smelt a political conspiracy behind the development

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Wednesday without transacting much business amid unrelenting protests both by the opposition and NDA’s ally Shiv Sena. While the opposition rallied over the Rafale fighter jet deal, BJP ally Shiv Sena demanded early construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya. The House witnessed […]

Chennai: Continuing his efforts to forge a grand alliance against the BJP in the next Lok Sabha elections, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Friday met DMK President M.K. Stalin and urged opposition parties to sink their differences in the interest of the nation and democracy. “We are all together in bringing parties on […]

Bengaluru: TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday termed his joining hands with other party leaders an attempt to save the nation and democracy, and accused the BJP-led Central government of “destroying” institutions like the CBI and the RBI. Speaking to reporters after meeting Janata Dal (Secular) supremo and former […]

New Delhi: Railway and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday asserted that the BJP would return to power with over 300 seats in the next year 2019 Lok Sabha elections and that the NDA would secure a two-thirds majority in the Lok sabha. Interacting at the 16th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here, Goyal said, “The […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday alleged that BJP President Amit Shah lied on the deportation of foreigners and demanded his apology, claiming that the UPA government had deported 82,728 Bangladeshi foreigners during 2005-2013, while the count was only 1,822 in the last four years of the Narendra Modi government and also noted that NRC […]