Bhubaneswar: 25/9/24:Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday constituted three committees namely the Advisory Committee, Membership Drive Committee, and Programme Implementation Committee to assist the Co-ordination Committee formed on August 5 this year. While senior BJD leader Prasanna Acharya has been named as the Convenor of the Advisory Committee Usha Devi, Prafulla Kumar Mallick, Chandra Sekhar Sahoo, Ranendra ...

Bhubaneswar:6/9/24:: Within minutes of resigning from the membership of Rajya Sabha, former BJD leader Sujeet Kumar on Friday joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at the party headquarters in Delhi. He joined the BJP in the presence of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the party’s Odisha in-charge Vijaypal Singh Tomar, Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahatab, and other leaders. “I left BJD as ...

Bhubaneswar:4/9/24: BJD President and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday urged the members of Biju Mahila Janata Dal (BMJD) to expose the lies of the BJP. Addressing the organizational meeting of the BMJD, Naveen said that his party has always been and will be the voice of mothers. It was Biju Babu who laid the foundation for the ...

Bhubaneswar:1/9/24: Suniti Mund, who was BJP nominee for the 2022 election to the post of Mayor of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, has been suspended for anti-party activities. On being asked by reporters about her suspension, BJP’s Odisha in-charge Vijaypal Singh Tomar on Sunday said, “Anyone who breaks discipline of the party will face action.” However, he did not elaborate further. According ...

Bhubaneswar:21/8/24: A day after being announced as BJP’s Rajya Sabha candidate, Mamata Mohanta arrived at the Odisha Assembly to file her nomination papers on Wednesday. Accompanied by Odisha CM Mohan Majhi and other BJP leaders, she filed her nominations for the Rajya Sabha by-poll from Odisha scheduled for September 3. She recently joined the saffron camp after resigning from her ...

Bhubaneswar: 21/8/24:BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan today filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha by-election as an independent candidate, hours after Mamata Mohanta, the party’s nominee, submitted her nomination. Accompanied by 10 supporters, Pradhan presented his papers to the returning officer. Among the supporters were Chhendipada BJP MLA Agasti Behera and nine other party legislators, all of whom were present during ...

Bhubaneswar:5/8/24: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik on Monday constituted a committee to coordinate various party activities across the state. Senior party leader Debiprasad Mishra will head the 15-member committee. Other members of the committee are Pramila Mallik, Niranjan Pujari, Bikram Keshari Arukha, Pratap Keshari Deb, Pradip Kumar Amat, Aruna Kumar Sahoo, Aswini Kumar Patra, Pratap Jena, Sarada Prasad ...

Newdelhi: 31/7/24:Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Mamata Mohanta resigned from the party as well as her Rajya Sabha seat on Wednesday. The chairman of the Upper House has accepted her resignation. Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar announced that he received Mohanta’s resignation letter on Wednesday.”She resigned her seat by writing to the chairman under her hand and handed personally to ...

Bhubaneswar:30/7/24; The issue of price hike of essential commodities stormed the Odisha Assembly on Tuesday as the Opposition BJD MLAs came face-to-face with the BJP members while cornering the government during discussions on an Adjournment Notice by the BJD. In his reply to the House, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krishna Chandra Patra said that the previous BJD government ...

Bhubaneswar: 29/7/24:Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik on Monday took a dig at the BJP Government over the state budget 2024-25, terming it a name-changer budget, not a game-changer budget. Participating in the budget discussion in the Assembly, LoP Naveen Patnaik said Congratulations to the new government on presenting its first budget and a special congratulations for repeating more than ...