New Delhi: Three INDIA bloc MPs appointed by President Droupadi Murmu to assist pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab in administering oaths to the newly-elected Lok Sabha members are set to turn down …
After a decade of remaining in power and confident from delivering on its poll promises, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) approached the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with high expectations. The …
The move, BJD insiders said, could have been triggered by feedback suggesting that it had not gone down well with the people, resentment among party workers and backlash from the …
Bhubaneshwar: When Santrupt Misra, the 59-year-old group director of human resources in the Aditya Birla group, quit his high-profile job in February to join Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and contest …
Sambalpur: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) doesn’t agree with the approach of the Naveen Panaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) to Odisha’s ‘asmita (pride)’ and self-respect — one of the reasons why the …
Puri: When Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the heritage corridor around Puri’s 12th-century Jagannath temple on 17 January, just five days ahead of the Ram Mandir consecration in Ayodhya …
Take, for instance, the Puri seat, where the BJD has pitted former Mumbai police commissioner Arup Patnaik against BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra. In 2019, Patnaik, a native of Puri, …