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 ...

Bhubaneswar:24/7/24: Talasara MLA Bhabani Shankar Bhoi has been elected deputy speaker of the Odisha Assembly. Ruling BJP legislator Bhabani Shankar Bhoi on Tuesday filed the nomination papers for the post of deputy speaker in the Odisha Assembly. Having been elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly in 2019 and again in 2024, Bhoi is a seasoned member. Previously, BJP veteran Surama ...

Bhubaneswar:22/7/24: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik on Monday appointed 16 panelists to represent the party in various electronic media debates. The panelists are Prashant Muduli, Byomkesh Ray, Subas Singh, Goutambuddha Das, Sarada Jena, Latika Pradhan, Ramesh Behera, Manmath Routray, Tumbanath Panda, Mihir Ray, Chinmay Sahoo, Ipsita Sahoo, Sofia Alam, Irani Ray, Biswa Pratap Sahoo and Arup Srichandan. As ...

Newdelhi:21/7/24: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has appointed senior MLA Ramachandra Kadam (Potangi) as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party. Similarly, Ashok Das was appointed as the deputy leader of the Congress legislative party while CS Raazen Ekka got responsibility of party chief whip. Similarly, Ashok Das was appointed as the deputy leader of the Congress legislative party ...

Bhubaneswar:20/7/24: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) legislature party held an important meeting in Bhubaneswar on Saturday to chalk out its strategy for the upcoming budget session of the Odisha Assembly. The legislature party meeting was chaired by BJD president and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik. All the 51 MLAs of the regional party were present at the meeting held ...

Bhubaneswar:24/6/24: Parliamentary party meeting under the chairmanship of BJD party president Naveen Patnaik. Rajya Sabha MP held a meeting with Naveen at Naveen’s residence. Chairing the meeting of the BJD parliamentary party, Naveen directed the MPs to be the strong voice of the state in the Parliament and raise various important issues of the development of 4.5 crore people of ...