Ruling BJD leader Minakshi Mishra dies of self immolation
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Minakshi Mishra, leader of ruling BJD, who set herself on fire on February 12 last, succumbed to her burn injuries today at a private hospital here in the state capital.
RTI Bill will see the light of the day as BJP manages to rope in fence-sitting parties
New Delhi July 25 (IBNS): With the fence sitting parties like Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS) and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) deciding to back the centre on RTI bill, the decks are cleared for it's passage in the Rajya Sabha.
BJD member raises issue of accountability of Medical Council of India
New Delhi, Jul 2 (UNI) BJD member Anubhav Mohanty on Tuesday asked the Union Government as to how it planned to strengthen the accountability of the Medical Council of India (MCI).
Naveen Patnaik takes oath as Odisha CM for firth consecutive term
Bhubaneswar, May 29 (IBNS): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik took oath as the Odisha Chief Minister for the fifth consecutive term on Wednesday.
Naveen Patnaik takes oath as Odisha CM
Bhubaneswar, May 29 (IBNS): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik took oath as the Odisha Chief Minister on Wednesday.
Narendra Modi wishes Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, Naveen Patnaik for Assembly polls victory
New Delhi, May 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wished YSRCP President Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy after his party registered a massive victory in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly polls.
BJD ahead in 11 Lok Sabha seats, BJP leading in 9
New Delhi, May 23 (UNI) Biju Janata Dal is leading in 11 seats followed by 9 by the BJP in Odisha, as the counting for votes is underway on Thursday.
Open to support front which will give Odisha special status: BJD
Bhuvneshwar, May 18 (IBNS): Changing its stance of maintaining equal distance from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has said it is now open to support any front which will grant special status to Odisha, media report said.
BJD has already got majority, says Naveen Patnaik and invites Modi to oath-taking ceremony
Balasore, Apr 24 (UNI): BJD Supremo and Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik today claimed that his party had won the people’s mandate to form the next government after the third phase of the ongoing election.
Pre-poll violence rocks Odisha as it goes to poll for third phase in six LS and 42 Assembly seats
Bhubaneswar, Apr 22 (UNI) Pre-poll violent incidents were reported in many parts of Odisha leading to the arrest of former minister and sitting BJD MLA Pradeep Maharathi today as the state goes to polls tomorrow in third phase in six Lok Sabha and 42 Assembly seats.
BJD govt promoting goonda raj, spreading rumours against me: PM Modi
Bhubaneswar, Apr 16 (UNI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the BJD government led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of spreading lies and rumours against him
BJP conspiring to block the Kalia scheme: Naveen Patnaik
Sundergarh, Apr 10 (UNI) Odisha Chief Minister and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik today alleged that BJP is conspiring to stop the KALIA scheme, launched by the state government for the benefit of the farmers.
Ruling BJD suffers another jolt as veteran party MP Arjun Sethi resigns
Bhubaneswar, Mar 30 (UNI) Ruling Biju Janata Dal in Odisha today suffered a jolt when party’s sitting MP from Bhadrak Arjun Charan Sethi, also former Union Minister, today resigned from the primary membership of the party.
PM Modi targets BJD, Congress in Odisha during Lok Sabha poll campaign
Bhuvneshwar, Mar 29 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an attack on the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJP) and Congress during his Lok Sabha poll campaign in Koraput on Friday.
#LokSabhaPoll2019: BJD to win all 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, says CM Naveen Patnaik
Nayagarh (Odisha), Mar 24 (UNI) Asserting that no single national political party this time will get majority to form the government at the centre, BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik today said his party will play a crucial role in the formation of the government at the Centre.