EC under pressure to delay Bijepur bypoll: Odisha minister
While bypoll for the Bijepur Assembly was necessitated following the death of three-time Congress MLA Subal Sahu in August this year, the election schedules are yet to be announced.
Nov 20, 2017, 11:42 AM IST
Chit fund scam: CBI interrogates BJD MLA Pravat Biswal
A clash also took place between the police and BJD workers near the CBI office, but there was no report of any injury.
Sep 20, 2017, 19:58 PM IST
Odisha: Nine more persons arrested for violence during hartal
While one case was regarding beating up of a person and damage to his vehicle, another was in connection with the ransacking of the IOCL office at Chandrasekharpur area here.
Sep 20, 2017, 18:43 PM IST
Seashore chit fund scam: Odisha BJD MLA sent to 5-day CBI custody
Seashore Group is one of the 44 ponzi companies in Odisha which came under the CBI scanner following a Supreme Court order to probe their finances and transactions.
Sep 19, 2017, 20:20 PM IST
Odisha: CBI arrests BJD MLA in Seashore Chitfund scam case
Ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) legislator Prabhat Biswal was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday in connection with the Seashore Chitfund scam in Odisha.
Sep 19, 2017, 12:53 PM IST
Odisha MLAs demand hike in salary, MLA LAD Fund
"We have been making demands for different categories of people. This time, the MLAs have urged the chief minister to increase the salary of lawmakers," said Congress chief whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati.
Sep 13, 2017, 15:42 PM IST
BJD criticises Amit Shah for remarks against Naveen Patnaik
BJD spokesman Pratap Deb, party general secretary Arun Sahu and Sanjay Dasburma at a press meet said that Naveen Patnaik entered politics after the death of Biju Patnaik.
Sep 07, 2017, 22:43 PM IST
Only BJP and Communist parties have internal democracy: Amit Shah
BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday said internal democracy exists only in the BJP and Communist parties.
Sep 06, 2017, 23:21 PM IST
Vice-President Election 2017: Parliament gears up for D-day tomorrow
The opposition has fielded Gopal Krishna Gandhi against Naidu.
Aug 04, 2017, 11:32 AM IST
BJP seeks ED probe into BJD's poll funding
A state BJP delegation met ED Joint Director Madhab C. Mishra here and sought the probe into what they claimed were hawala transactions by the BJD and its President Naveen Patnaik.
Jul 28, 2017, 16:28 PM IST
No chance of going back to NDA fold, says BJD
BJD on Thursday ruled out any possibility of forging an alliance with BJP.
Jul 28, 2017, 00:35 AM IST
Presidential Polls: Electoral College numbers seem to be in Ram Nath Kovind's favour
With the BJD, a faction of the AIADMK, the TRS and the YSRC firmly behind the BJP, its vote share would come to nearly 8,83,578 much more than the 50 per cent plus mark.
Jun 20, 2017, 18:17 PM IST
BJP steps up campaign for its Presidential nominee, to file nomination before June 24
Bharatiya Janata Party and allied MPs are being called to New Delhi by Tuesday to sign the nomination papers.
Jun 18, 2017, 22:38 PM IST
Throw eggs, I'll make omelet: Babul Supriyo to BJD, Congress workers
Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Thursday ridiculed the ruling BJD and the opposition Congress in Odisha and said he would make omelet if eggs were hurled at him.
Jun 15, 2017, 16:11 PM IST
BJD bandh to protest closure of Kalma barrage gates
The bandh observers demanded immediate opening of the gates of the barrage so that the flow of Mahanadi into Odisha from Chhattisgarh does not get affected.
Jun 10, 2017, 18:31 PM IST
Eggs hurled at Union Agriculture Minister's vehicle; 5 arrested
The incident took place when the union minister left the state guest house and was on his way to attend a programme on "Sabka Sath Sabka Bikas" in Jatani.
Jun 10, 2017, 15:38 PM IST
Eggs hurled at BJD MP Jay Panda during water tank inauguration
Alleged supporters of Biju Janata Dal MLA Pratap Jena hurled eggs at party MP Jay Panda on Tuesday, after the former was not invited during a water tank inauguration ceremony.
May 30, 2017, 14:27 PM IST
BJD govt in Odisha a failure on all fronts: Opposition
"BJD had promised to transform Odisha, but pushed the state backward because of misrule, corruption, neglect of farmers and farm sector and inefficiency for the last 17 years," OPCC president Prasad Harichandan told reporters here.
May 21, 2017, 21:32 PM IST
BJD's Deb set to enter Rajya Sabha, files nomination
The ruling party also set in motion the process to get Pradip Kumar Amat elected as the Odisha assembly`s new Speaker.
May 15, 2017, 17:13 PM IST
All 30 districts can't be represented in ministry: Patnaik
"We have 30 districts. All 30 districts can't be represented in ministry. There is a limit to the number of ministers you can have," Patnaik told reporters on his return from Delhi after four days.
May 11, 2017, 19:53 PM IST
