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Tuesday witnessed another major political shift when long-time Biju Janata Dal leader Debashish Samantaray crossed over to the Bharatiya Janata Party. The formal induction ceremony in New Delhi was...
The Biju Janata Dal has placed the state election machinery under a microscope following the Election Commission’s directive for a Special Intensive Revision of voter lists. Although the revision...
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal has suffered another high-profile resignation after Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray walked away from both the party and his legislative seat. The seasoned...
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is gearing up for a grand statewide commemoration of Biju Patnaik's 29th death anniversary, transforming it into 'Prabuddha Purush Diwas' across all assembly constituencies...
Tensions are rising within the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) as Odisha gears up for Rajya Sabha elections on March 16. The party has slapped show-cause notices on two MLAs—Chakramani Kanhar (Baliguda-ST) and...
Tensions are mounting in Odisha's political arena just before the Rajya Sabha elections, with two men taken into custody near Bengaluru for trying to lure Congress MLAs with massive bribes. The drama...
The political landscape of Odisha mourns the loss of Kanhu Charan Lenka, a seasoned Congress leader and ex-Union Minister, who breathed his last at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Friday. Aged...
Odisha's dominant regional force, the Biju Janata Dal, is tightening its grip on internal dissent. Party president Naveen Patnaik suspended two sitting MLAs on charges of anti-party conduct, marking...
Odisha's political landscape shook today as BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik dropped the hammer on two rebellious MLAs, suspending them on charges of anti-party behavior. The high-profile purge signals a...
Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi has strongly condemned the assault on Ratnakar Sahoo, the Additional Commissioner of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). She stated that such actions...
The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha on Monday announced the restructuring of various organisational committees, wings, and cells of the party. The regional party has also announced the...