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BJD govt will expire on June 4: Modi; Odisha CM calls it daydreaming

Bhubaneswar, May 7 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)-led government in Odisha will cease to exist on June 4, the day the results for the assembly electi... Read More


Six more bodies found day after boat capsized in Odisha, toll at eight

Bhubaneswar, April 21 -- A day after a country boat carrying 50 people capsized in the upper streams of Mahanadi river in Jharsuguda district, the death toll rose to eight on Saturday as divers and re... Read More


Odisha assembly elections: Patnaik to contest second seat from Kantabanji

Bhubaneswar, April 18 -- Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced that he will contest a second seat, the western Odisha town of Kantabanji, known for being t... Read More


BJD names 33% women candidates, like in 2019

Bhubaneswar, April 12 -- The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has given one-third of its Lok Sabha tickets to women, repeating its 2019 feat of fielding seven women from the 21 Lower House constituencies in the ... Read More


Patnaik sets sights on becoming longest serving chief minister in country

Bhubaneswar, March 17 -- Naveen Patnaik, who has been the chief minister of Odisha for 24 straight years, will seek a sixth consecutive term in the eastern state during the assembly elections in May-J... Read More


BJP-BJD pact talks hit hurdles ahead of Lok Sabha, assembly polls

Bhubaneswar, March 10 -- Suspense continued over an alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly polls, amid s... Read More