Tag: BJD

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD has criticized senior BJP leader and Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan for comparing Chhera Panhara of Lord Jagannath with the Swachh Bharat programme of the Centre. Criticising ...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Parliamentary Party (BJDPP) has requested Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to immediately accept the resignation of Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda. In a letter to the Speaker on Monday, ...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will place its opinion on the proposal for holding simultaneous elections before the Law Commission on July 10. “The Law Commission has asked us ...

Bhubaneswar: BJD’s Choudwar-Cuttack MLA Pravat Biswal, who had been undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack for past nine months, was discharged on Saturday. He will be ...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and Agriculture minister Pradeep Maharathy has slammed the Centre for a paltry hike in the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy. “The Prime Minister and the ...

Bhubaneswar: The special committee constituted by Odisha Government to study the functioning of the Legislative Councils will visit Bihar on Thursday for setting up of a Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council) in the ...

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to BJD MP (Mayurbhanj) Ramachandra Hansda, in connection with the Nabadiganta chit fund scam. Since his arrest on November 4, 2014, Hansda had been languishing in Jharpada ...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the 2019 elections, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) appointed two media coordinators on Wednesday. Sasmita Patra has been appointed as the electronic media coordinator while Manas ...