Bhubaneswar: 27/9/23:Former BJD MP from Kalahandi Arka Keshari Deo along with his wife Malabika joined the BJP in the state party office here on Wednesday. BJP Odisha President Manmohan Samal, Kalahandi MP Basant Panda and MLA Pradeepta Nayak welcomed both Arka Keshari Deo and his wife Malabika into the party fold. Arka Keshari joined Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in 2013 ...

Bhubaneswar:7/4/23: Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has appointed leaders as block and municipality observers for the ensuing by-election to the Jharsuguda Assembly seat. The appointments have been made by the order party President Naveen Patnaik, informed BJD Organizational Secretary Pranab Prakash Das.  

Bhubaneswar26/3/23:: The new BJP president of Odisha unit Manmohan Samal today asserted ensure party-led government after 2024 elections as he took charge from the incumbent party chief with a grand welcome at State headquarters in Bhubaneswar. A host of BJP leaders including State in-charge D Purandeswari, national vice president Baijayant Panda, former union Minister Pratap Sarangi, Jual Oram, outgoing president ...

Hyderabad.:27/1/23: Setting aside all speculations, former Odisha chief minister Giridhar Gamang, who had recently quit BJP, today joined Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Hyderabad. His son Sishir, former Minister Jayram Pangi, former MLA Nabin Nanda and Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) leader Akshay Kumar also embraced the BRS in presence of party chief K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR). Earlier in the day, ...

Newdelhi:25/9/20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the farm bills and labour laws recently passed by the parliament will free the farmers and workers in the country from the cobweb of unnecessary laws. Addressing BJP party workers on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, he took a sharp dig at the opposition parties and said that ...

Bhubaneswar:16/7/20: BJD Supremo-cum-Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday appointed 36 party leaders as State Level General Secretaries of BJD. The name of the leaders along with the responsibilities bestowed on them are mentioned as under. 1. Sushanta Singh – In charge of Sashakta Odisha 2. Chandra Sarathi Behera – In charge of S.C. Empowerment 3. Manohar Randhari – In charge ...

Bhubaneswar:28/5/20: State unit of Congress today demanded the Centre to provide monthly financial assistance to poor people suffering from ongoing lockdown across the country. “We demand Union Government to deposit Rs 7,500 in accounts of poor people at least for a period of six months to help them during lockdown,” said Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Niranjan Patnaik at ...

Bhubaneswar:14/4/20: Veteran trade union leader, writer and columnist Souribandhu Kar died at a hospital in Bhubaneswar following a brief illness, family sources said. He was 72  and survived by his wife, three sons and a daughter. His elder son Soubhagya is an Indian Information Service officer posted in New Delhi. His second son Sidharth is a lawyer while daughter Supriya is ...

Madhya Pradesh:23/3/20:In Madhya Pradesh, senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chauhan has become Chief Minister of the state for the fourth time. Governor Lalji Tandon administered him the oath of office and secrecy at a simple ceremony held at Raj Bhavan, a short while ago. Mr Shivraj Singh took oath alone due to the outbreak of Corona virus. Earlier, Mr Chauhan ...

New Delhi:11/3/20 Former Congress stalwart Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday joined Bharatiya Janata Party.  After months of speculations, Scindia parted ways with the grand old party following infighting over various issues with the Kamal Nath-led government. He was welcomed by the party’s president JP Nadda at BJP headquarters in New Delhi. Nadda remembered his grandmother and party’s co-founder late Vijaya Raje Scindia. ...