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LS polls: In Odisha, BJP draws plan to make gains in former ally's citadel

India, May 9 -- Friendly ties with the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) going back to 1997, when it helped carve out the regional party as a breakaway fraction of the Janata Dal, eventually proved to be an imped... Read More


Adored by people, Naveen Patnaik went into cocoon: Bhartruhari Mahtab

India, May 8 -- Six-time lawmaker Bhartruhari Mahtab resigned from Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in March saying the party had deviated from the path it had set out on. Now contesting from Cut... Read More


Modi predicts Patnaik govt's 'expiry date', CM retorts with 'daydreaming' jibe

India, May 7 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the tone for the Bharatiya Janata Party's poll campaign in Odisha. The PM during a rally in the state on Monday said June 4 will be the "expiry dat... Read More


Odisha votes: Stiff battle between BJP and BJD; Congress battles 'lack of funds'

India, May 6 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is hoping to not only double its seats in the Lok Sabha from Odisha, but also oust the Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) from power in the state... Read More


West Bengal Raj Bhavan back in the news with fresh controversy

India, May 3 -- The Raj Bhavan in Kolkata has witnessed many acrimonious events play out between the elected state government and the Governor. Verbal duels between former governor Jagdeep Dhankhar an... Read More


Quota politics takes centre stage; spotlight on Raebareli

India, May 2 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is training its guns at Congress not just over the grand old party's suggestions on wealth redistribution and imposing inheritance tax, but also the si... Read More


ECI orders transfer of VK Pandian's wife Sujata Karthikeyan after BJP complains

India, May 2 -- The Election Commission of India on Thursday ordered the transfer of senior bureaucrat Sujata Karthikeyan, secretary of Odisha's Mission Shakti department, to a non-public dealing depa... Read More


BJD misusing her position for electoral gains: BJP tells EC on Pandian's wife

India, May 2 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday petitioned the election commission to divest Odisha senior bureaucrat Sujata Karthikeyan of her charge as the commissioner-secretary of Mission S... Read More


Discontent among BJP cadre over party's decision to not contest on Valley seats

India, May 2 -- NEW DELHI The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) decision to not contest the Lok Sabha elections on all three seats in Kashmir Valley is a dampener for the cadre in the region, as they had... Read More


NC, PDP oppose Anantnag-Rajouri poll deferment; Modi writes to BJP candidates

India, May 1 -- Elections in Jammu and Kashmir are seldom without controversy. This election season, vagaries of the weather have brought the polling process under a cloud, at least in one constituenc... Read More